Propio 5 (B) – 2018
¡Qué difícil distinguir la voluntad de Dios en el mundo en que vivimos! Los ejemplos abundan: “los necesitados son responsabilidad del gobierno”, “los inmigrantes quitan el trabajo a los ciudadanos”, “la homosexualidad es antinatural y repugnante a los ojos de Dios”, “Dios habla solo a través de tal o cual iglesia”, “el planeta nos fue…
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Jun 10, 2018
Jueves Santo – 2018
La celebración del Jueves Santo está impregnada de simbolismo y significado. Hoy celebramos la institución de la Santa Eucaristía y recordamos la importancia de la humildad en nuestro caminar y liderazgo cristiano. La institución de la Santa Eucaristía sucedió en un contexto histórico muy particular. Jesús se encuentra con sus discípulos justo antes de la…
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May 29, 2018
Día de Pentecostés (B) – 2018
En la novela clásica norteamericana titulada “Moby Dick” del autor Herman Melville, encontramos la historia de un barco que se pierde en el océano Atlántico. Como es lógico, después de varios días perdidos sin alimentos ni agua, los marineros empezaron a morirse de sed. Pero empezaron a tener esperanza cuando vieron que se aproximaba otro…
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May 20, 2018
In the Space In-Between, Easter 7 (B) – 2018
Today the Church gathers around the world in the space between: just a few days ago, the Church celebrated the feast of the Ascension and today the church finds itself on the threshold of something new. It isn’t quite here yet. We are invited on the Seventh Sunday of Easter to enter a period of…
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May 12, 2018
Pascua 4 (B) – 2018
El cuarto domingo de Pascua es también conocido como el domingo del Buen Pastor dado que el Salmo 23 y el evangelio según San Juan utilizan la metáfora del Mesías como pastor del mundo. Es bueno entonces identificar en qué manera Jesús es un Pastor, y qué significa que Jesús sea nuestro Buen Pastor. El…
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Apr 22, 2018
Bible Study: Easter 4 (B) – 2018
Acts 4:5-12 “The stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone” (verse 11). As is often the case, the context of this passage is set in the portion of the text that is not included in the reading. Here, the situation is that Peter and John were preaching and rejoicing…
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Apr 22, 2018
The Good Shepherd, Easter 4 (B) – 2018
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Today’s gospel text uses an image that may be lost on many of us, an image that we may know from childhood stories — but not firsthand experience. Jesus, living in the first century, talking to people who know livestock and agriculture in their hearts and bones, tells his disciples, his…
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Apr 20, 2018
Jesus Comes to Coffee Hour, Easter 3 (B) – 2018
The language of scripture is, for the most part, a graceful and formal language. There’s that one place in Paul’s epistles where he uses a word we don’t use in polite company. There is more than one instance of whining, of rudeness, even of insult. Of course, there are the stories of things we don’t…
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Apr 13, 2018
Pascua 2 (B) – 2018
Ha pasado una semana desde que celebramos la Semana Santa, una semana en la que experimentamos el caos y la emoción, una semana en la que nos postramos cerca de la tumba vacía y en la mañana del domingo con alegría cantamos nuestro primer “Aleluya. Cristo ha resucitado. El Señor verdaderamente ha resucitado. Aleluya”. No…
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Apr 8, 2018
A Week Late to the Resurrection: Wounded, Stubborn, Alive, Easter 2 (B) – 2018
Today, the first Sunday after Easter, is traditionally known as Low Sunday. Low Sunday—that’s a tremendously unflattering nickname for us as the Church. Last week we presented the triumph of the church year. We announced to the world the Good News of Jesus Christ: Jesus died and rose again to new life for love of…
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Apr 8, 2018