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For churches across the country, the month of December is devoted to preparation—not only the kind of spiritual preparation that Advent invites; but rather, practical planning: where (and when) to hang the decorations, how to assemble the Christmas liturgies, when to organize the Christmas parties and festivities, and so on. Altar guilds and worship committees…
In the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” Paul Newman plays Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp, who refuses to conform to prison life. In a famous scene, Luke tries to escape, but he is caught and dragged back in shackles and brought to the captain of the prison. In order to make a lesson…
Nothing changed. God had broken into our world with sound and beauty. Light and hope pierced the dark of gloom and nothing changed. The prophets of old had spoken of it; “For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor,…
Cuando invitamos a nuestros familiares o a nuestros amigos a que vengan a visitarnos a nuestros hogares, abundan los preparativos. Nuestro deseo es que se les ofrezca una estadía inolvidable. La casa va a estar limpia. De la cocina los olores de nuestras mejores recetas van a abrir el apetito del más exigente. Las habitaciones…
Fourth Sunday in Advent and one wonders: What remains to be said about the season? Year after year, preachers and priests must wonder: How can one tell the story of Jesus’ birth without falling into historical and cultural clichés, without being accused of mythologizing? Or: Without being accused of not following the Scriptures word for…
Hoy celebramos el Tercer domingo de Adviento que también es llamado el domingo de gaudete o regocíjense. Hoy alumbramos la tercera vela, la vela rosada. La corona de adviento con su forma circular nos invita a la eternidad; las hojas verdes representan la vida. Tres velas de color morado o azul, y la de color…
We are well into the third week of the Advent season. Advent is a season of waiting, expectation, and preparation for the coming of the Messiah. But who is this Messiah? Do we have any preconceived idea how we would like this Messiah to be? John the Baptist seems to have certain ideas. In today’s…
La historia nos ha mostrado que los que fueran adversarios en el pasado, hoy en día comparten el mismo sueño de construir juntos un mejor futuro para sus naciones. Tal es el caso de Sudáfrica, que entre 1948 y 1990 se impuso un sistema de segregación racial, conocido como el apartheid. Esto causó muchísimo dolor…
One has to love John the Baptist! Not for his sense of fashion – although camel’s hair clothing is quite trendy. And definitely not his diet. But our fondness for John the Baptist can be rooted in the fact that he is a ‘tell it as it is preacher.’ He doesn’t fit in the box…
Este domingo comienza un nuevo año litúrgico con un llamado a estar vigilantes porque el Señor está cerca. Es el tiempo del Adviento, tiempo en el cual evocamos la época anterior a la llegada del Señor la cual celebramos en la Navidad. Durante los próximos cuatro domingos vamos a meditar sobre el hecho de que…
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