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Sometimes landlubbers venture onto water in a boat with a “do-everything” professional guide. Country folk might view this as people “calling themselves ‘fishing.’” This kind of fishing includes little, if any, challenge. It is possible for a guide not only to provide the boat, rods and reels; but also to furnish bait and hooks, set…
Were the Magi real? Did they actually make their way from a distant land in the East some 2,000 years ago, following a mysterious star all the way to Bethlehem? And did they really bring the Child Jesus those gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh? Good questions. Every year around this time of course, astronomers,…
This doesn’t happen very often with our new lectionary, but today there’s one theme that can be found in all four of our readings from scripture. It’s the notion of being called. The readings from Isaiah and from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians both begin with words about being called, about being set apart…
Having a baptism today gives us something to celebrate. Whether the person to be baptized is a child or an adult, a baptism done on this day is more than special, it is triumphant. In a world that celebrates life achievements mostly for celebrities, the church rejoices at the baptism of a person into the…
El primer día del año es designado, reconocido y celebrado por la Iglesia como la solemnidad del Nombre de Jesús. Es interesante que en muchas culturas latinas se use el nombre de Jesús no solamente como nombre propio para muchos varones cuando son bautizados (nombre que se le da a los varones y de vez…
If we start with Christmas Day, December 25, and count eight days, we come to today, January 1. It is on the eighth day of Christmas that the church celebrates the Holy Name of Jesus. We celebrate the Holy Name of Jesus on this eighth day of Christmas because it was on the eighth day…
Muchos teólogos contemporáneos afirman que la muerte de Jesús es consecuencia de su radicalidad en el mensaje. Esto es cierto. Sin embargo, se podría afirmar que a Jesús desde siempre lo han querido “eliminar” por ser alguien peligroso para los intereses de algunos de su época. Realmente, ese querer “eliminar” a Jesús se ha dado…
Have you ever noticed that when you get together with your family and start telling stories about when you were growing up or what happened years ago, the same events sound very different as different people tell the story? Depending on who’s describing it, the guy who used to live across the street was a…
¡Feliz Navidad a todos! Cada año la abuelita llevaba a su nieta a ver el “nacimiento” o “belén” que ponían en un parque de la vecindad. En esta ocasión, la nieta ya tenía unos siete años y, como típica niña a esa edad, opinaba libremente sobre todo lo que observaba. La abuelita le hizo el…
“Did you find what you were looking for?” You have likely heard this phrase uttered many times over these past few weeks during Christmas shopping forays. It’s rather ubiquitous, isn’t it? “Did you find what you were looking for?” Most of the time, you likely answered, “Yes, thank you,” or perhaps you inquired about something…
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