¡Feliz Año Nuevo! ¡Así es! El primer domingo de Adviento marca el inicio de un nuevo año litúrgico. El término adviento es una versión de la palabra en latín que significa “venida”. Es una estación de espera, anticipación y esperanza que nos prepara para la celebración de la Natividad de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Muchos cristianos…

After the sermon ends in the Ash Wednesday liturgy, it is customary for the minister to invite us, “in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent.” The Church invites us to self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting and self-denial, and reading and meditating on God’s Holy Word. Many of us recall…

One moonlit night a Fox was prowling about a farmer’s chicken coop, and saw a Hen roosting high up beyond his reach. “Good news, good news!” he cried. “Why, what is that?” said the Hen. “King Lion has declared a universal truce. No beast may hurt a bird henceforth, but all shall dwell together in…

LCR: Isaías 50:4–9a; Salmo 31:9–16; Filipenses 2:5–11; San Lucas 22:14–23:56 o 23:1–49 Este Domingo, conocido como de Pasión, de Palmas o de Ramos, nos indica que el tiempo de Cuaresma está en su recta final. Pero, sobre todo, señala el inicio de la Semana Santa: la conmemoración de la Pasión, Muerte y Resurrección de Jesucristo….

Relationships are tricky. They require both well-formed individuals and a cohesive communal whole. Individuals who are too isolated, and deprived of human contact are often quite damaged. Mad and raving at the edge of society, in the tombs, in either literal or metaphorical deserts, in places where demons dwell… And people who are too group-centered,…

El Reino de Dios es aquí y ahora. El tiempo de Adviento tiene sin duda un contenido profundamente escatológico, es decir del final de los tiempos, que nos invita a reflexionar sobre nuestra relación con el Creador y con nuestros hermanos en una perspectiva de futuro, pero también, con la responsabilidad que nos asiste en…

LCR: Isaías 45:1–7; Salmo 96:1–9, (10–13); 1 Tesalonicenses 1:1–10; San Mateo 22:15–22 A muchas personas no les gusta asistir a la iglesia. Dentro de las muchas razones, está el hecho de que algunos textos bíblicos suelen tener un tono “regañón”. Casualmente, este domingo es distinto. Pablo, quien con frecuencia está regañando a los cristianos de…

There’s a great saying in the South that goes like this: “That preacher’s just gone from preachin’ to meddlin’.” And that’s exactly what Jesus has done in today’s Gospel. He’s gone from preachin’ to meddlin’. “If you don’t hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, you cannot…

Religious Orders and Christian Communities The Episcopal Church canonically recognizes 18 traditional orders and 14 Christian communities for men, women, or both. Religious Orders and Christian Communities serve the greater church in several ways. Many offer retreat houses and individual spiritual direction. Each community has a rule of life and is committed to prayer, life in…

Today the scriptures teach us that the Gospel of Jesus Christ, above all other things, is liberation. We see this dynamic all over our story from Acts. We read that Paul and Silas, as they minister in Philippi, attract a hanger-on. She is an enslaved woman, and she is said to have a spirit of…