1 Samuel 1:4-20 Los libros de Samuel tratan del período que marcó el surgimiento de la profecía y de la monarquía en el antiguo Israel. El Primer Libro de Samuel se abre con un tema recurrente en la historia de Israel: Dios escucha el clamor de los marginados y oprimidos. En este caso se trata…

“Mantengámonos firmes, sin dudar, en la esperanza de la fe que profesamos, porque Dios cumplirá la promesa que nos ha hecho”. Las lecturas y las oraciones de hoy nos invitan a avivar nuestra esperanza en Dios y a nutrir nuestra fe con el mensaje de las Sagradas Escrituras. En ellas aprendemos de Dios quien siempre…

El texto del evangelio de Marcos que se ha proclamado hoy hace parte de las últimas acciones y enseñanzas de Jesús entre nosotros mientras estaba en Jerusalén. Asimismo, también nosotros nos encontramos en la recta final de este año litúrgico, camino a la festividad de Cristo Rey. Esto lo vemos en las lecturas de estos…

Si nos preguntáramos cuáles son las reglas que hemos establecido y que guían nuestra vida diaria, la respuesta sorprendería porque nos daríamos cuenta de que nuestra vida se ve regida por muchas reglas. Fuera de las que obedecemos creadas por el gobierno nacional y el local, están las que nosotros y nosotras establecemos ya sea…

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John…

Job 42:1-6, 10-17 The Book of Job is a classic story, told with many classic elements: a squeaky-clean protagonist who still falls on hard times, three antagonists, and here, finally a resolution beyond the reader’s wildest dreams. The restoration of Job’s riches comes not only in an unbelievable amount, but through an unbelievable series of…

The ancients used to call sight, “The Queen of the Senses.” I suspect this enthronement of the sense of sight is still understandable to us. After all, what is lovelier than seeing the orange fire of the sky at sunrise? What is more beautiful than the burning leaves of autumn? What touches our hearts more…

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” Is this in the Bible? I hope everyone is thinking—no! It’s a proverb, of course, but one of Benjamin Franklin’s, not from the Old Testament. However, it could have been one as the book of Proverbs is full of earthly and spiritual wisdom. We may think of proverbs…

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” Is this in the Bible? I hope everyone is thinking—no! It’s a proverb, of course, but one of Benjamin Franklin’s, not from the Old Testament. However, it could have been one as the book of Proverbs is full of earthly and spiritual wisdom. We may think of proverbs…

It’s a familiar scene: parents and grandparents lingering in conversation on the steps of the parish hall after coffee hour, as their children and grandchildren make the most of the beautiful early summer day. They scamper through the churchyard with cheerful squeals and, after a few moments of frolic, they decide to organize a game…