“Despiértate, tú que duermes; levántate de entre los muertos, y Cristo te alumbrará.” Una niña que nació con problemas de visión, fue creciendo con su discapacidad y sus padres y demás familiares no lo habían notado, a pesar de que la niña tropezaba muy a menudo. A los tres años de edad la abuela habla…

LCR: Hechos 1:15–17, 21–26; Salmo 1; 1 San Juan 5:9–13; San Juan 17:6–19 Los capítulos catorce al diecisiete del evangelio de San Juan constituyen lo que los expertos bíblicos llaman “el discurso de despedida de Jesús.” De ese bloque de cuatro capítulos el último es considerado la oración más larga de Jesús registrada en cualquiera…

RCL: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 116:1-8; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38 Isaiah 50:4-9a In this reading, one of his “servant songs,” Isaiah adopts the voice of God’s suffering servant, the Messiah. He is to be a teacher, dedicated to relieving his people with a new lesson. He will be obedient, even through suffering and injustice. And he…

[RCL] Josué 5: 9-12; ­Salmo 32; 2 Corintios 5: 16; Lucas 15: 1-3, 11b-32 Josué 5: 9-12 El pueblo de Dios está recuperando el aliento. Han cruzado otro río… el Jordán. Cuando comenzó este viaje, cruzaron el Mar Rojo (Mar del Junco), huyendo de sus opresores egipcios. Ahora, con el desierto en el espejo retrovisor,…

RCL: Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 Note: During the 2024 Season after Pentecost, Sermons That Work will use Track 2 readings for sermons and Bible studies. Please consult our archives for many additional Track 1 resources from prior years. Ezekiel 2:1-5 Impudent and stubborn! Lord, keep those epithets from ever describing…

Jesus as the vine with us as the branches is a very powerful model for the Christian life. It sets things straight as to how we are to be and what we are to do. As the text says, “cut off from me you can do nothing.” So this text calls us to be branches….

RCL: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Exodus 34:29-35 In this passage, Moses departs from the presence of God after receiving the Ten Commandments. He is not aware that his time with God has changed his appearance. But when he gets back to the Israelites’ encampment, they are astonished to see…

Narra el evangelio de Mateo que Jesús “se puso a hablarles de muchas cosas por medio de parábolas”. Jesús, el Maestro y pedagogo por excelencia, frecuentemente hace uso de comparaciones y parábolas para comunicar el mensaje a quienes le siguen, gente sencilla, muchos de ellos sin educación. El secreto de las parábolas es el secreto…

What does it feel like to have less than a week to live? That’s the situation in which Jesus finds himself when he makes his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds don’t know what’s coming. The disciples have been given hints and even outright declarations from Jesus that the Son of Man will be betrayed…

Last Sunday, the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, we proclaimed with joy and wonder: “He is risen!” That was the theme for the day, that was the truth renewed and declared. The stone is rolled away! The Lord is alive! And what we have is an empty tomb. The women came…