Life on this earth is filled with challenges. One challenge that we all are familiar with is that of learning how to accept that every aspect of life is a mixture of good and evil, of pure and impure. Take for example, the natural seasons of the earth — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall — and…

Demos gracias a Dios Padre que nos brinda la posibilidad de aproximarnos al término de este año litúrgico. Hemos sido robustecidos en la fe al recorrer y vivir como Iglesia las diferentes estaciones, centrándonos en la experiencia del Resucitado y su Santa Cena. Un maestro de liturgia muy sabio decía: “el ciclo completo de un…

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams delivered his annual Easter Day sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on April 24, speaking on the theme of joy, and the capacity to be surprised by it. In his sermon, he stresses that “corporate prosperity divorced from personal and communal fulfillment or stability is an empty thing … we can’t find…

Todavía nos queda el agradable sabor a Navidad, pero ya estamos en la estación de la Epifanía. El maravilloso plan de Dios de darse a conocer y salvar a la humanidad. En el camino que vamos recorriendo, por las dificultades y los problemas de cada día, perdemos fuerza y energía. Pero es bueno tener en…

Alleluia! Christ is risen.He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Grace and peace to you this Easter morning when Christ the morning star is risen indeed. Christ is risen, come back to us, but is not yet here. Already and not yet. How can that be? Already and not yet? We proclaim Christ crucified and risen. We…

In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan,earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone…snow had fallen, snow on snow,in the bleak mid-winter long, long ago. Some days seem darker than others. Some days seem colder. The shortest, darkest day of the year was only a few days ago. Although the days gradually lengthen…

O God, take my lips and speak through them. Take our minds and think through them. Take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. “Gratitude” becomes a buzzword every year around mid November. We see it on jewelry commercials, see it on grocery-store billboards, and hear it on radio advertisements. There is almost no…

¿Alguna vez has estado en la incertidumbre de si creer en algo o en alguien? Ciertamente la mayoría de nosotros nos hemos preguntado si creer o no creer en una cosa u otra. En 1983 se descubrió que un virus estaba afectando de modo devastador a gran número de personas. Pronto se aprendió que el…

What are we to do with Jesus’ parable of wise and foolish bridesmaids? It’s not easy to be sympathetic with any of the characters here. The bridegroom sends out invitations, but shows up hours late himself and then shuts the door on half of the bridesmaids. Those maidens who get shut out are off trying…

God is different from us. Although we are created in the image of God, God, nevertheless, does things that we humans find surprising. We are often puzzled. We find ourselves scratching our heads and wondering, “why did God do it that way? What’s going on here?” This morning’s Gospel is a good example of that….