[RCL]: 2 de Samuel 7:1-11,16; Cantico 8 o Salmo 89:1–4, 19–26; Romanos 16:25-27; San Lucas 1:26–38 “Y la palabra se hizo hombre y habitó entre nosotros” Quizá la enseñanza más característica del cristianismo es el gran misterio de la encarnación de Dios como ser humano; este importante acontecimiento de nuestra salvación nos muestra el inconmensurable…

[RCL] Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Waiting is the hardest thing to do because it feels like you’re not doing anything. And it seems twice as hard when you’re young. When we’re children, Christmas always seems eons away and we think the end of school or our birthday will never…

[RCL]: Ezequiel 34:11–16, 20–24; Salmo 95:1–7a; Efesios 1:15–23; San Mateo 25:31–46 El papel del profeta en el Antiguo Testamento no se limita a la denuncia de la injusticia social, la inmoralidad de la gente o la corrupción y despotismo de sus líderes. El papel del profeta es mucho más amplio que eso, también describe una…

[RCL]: Amós 5:18–24; Salmo 70; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13–18; San Mateo 25:1–13 QUE LA LÁMPARA DE NUESTRAS BUENAS ACCIONES NOS GUÍE AL ENCUENTRO CON DIOS Y LA RECONCILIACIÓN CON LOS HERMANOS A largo de nuestras vidas seguramente hemos pasado por momentos difíciles y, para muchos, este año 2020 estará presente entre las cuentas; a pesar de…

Apocalipsis 7: 9-17 Si bien puede ser muy fácil para los cristianos modernos descartar el Apocalipsis como un texto apocalíptico excesivamente imaginativo, las implicaciones pastorales de la visión de Juan tienen gran significado para la Iglesia del siglo XXI. En su contexto original, la revelación a Juan pretendía ofrecer una palabra de esperanza a una…

[RCL] Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 It may be that the most important and consequential question ever uttered in the history of humanity was Pilate’s three-word question, asked of Jesus: “What is truth?” In his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell coined the term, “doublethink” to describe the phenomenon…

[RCL] Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, one of the principal feasts in the life of the church. All Saints’ is a day when we recall the enduring beauty of the faithful, both living and departed, and when we profess that, somehow, we…

[RCL] Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14 “Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”  (Philippians 4:6-7) It has been…

[RCL] Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 Being preached to on a parable can sometimes feel like you’re at the Grand Canyon and the tour guide is standing right in your line of vision. Or you are meandering through a stunning art gallery and the curator stops right in the middle…

Exodus 14:19-31 The Israelites have escaped their enslavers and are on the way to the land God had promised to them. From the Egyptians’ perspective, however, these Israelites are their rightful possessions that have been stolen away from them. On top of that, these Israelites are responsible for plagues that have laid waste to their…