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Recordamos y celebramos hoy el bautismo de nuestro Señor Jesús. Vemos en el capítulo tercero de san Lucas que Juan el Bautista llamaba a la gente de los lugares junto al río Jordán a volverse a Dios, y a ser bautizados, para que Dios les perdonara sus pecados (Lc 3:3). A los que bautizaba les…
“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky.” These lovely works by poet John Masefield talk about the sailor’s almost irresistible draw to the water. It’s been said that since our bodies may be up to 75 percent water, we are automatically drawn to water. We know certainly…
Hace muchos años estuvo de moda una canción de Joan Manuel Serrat basada en uno de los poemas más conocidos de Antonio Machado. Decía así: “Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más. Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino y al volver la vista atrás. Se…
The plot is familiar. It could well be a contemporary tale. We meet a grasping dictator, determined to hang on to power at all costs, paranoid and bloodthirsty. We meet determined seekers after truth, who although without “power” in the normal sense, are possessed with faith and adventure to seek and to find. We meet…
La lectura del evangelio de san Mateo designada para hoy es una hermosa narración evangélica que recrea escenas del Antiguo Testamento. El pasaje nos enfoca en el tema principal del texto: la salvación es para todos. El evangelista une al relato detalles tales como la referencia al nacimiento de Moisés que escapó de la matanza,…
The gospel reading today reminds us that Jesus was born at a time that held little to no regard for human life. Emperors and kings reigned supreme, considering themselves equal to gods. They held the power to kill, and there was no one to hold them accountable. We like to think that eventually Christianity changed…
Una vez durante la guerra de independencia de Estados Unidos un grupo de soldados sudaba para reconstruir de prisa una barricada mientras el sargento, sin hacer nada, les gritaba dándoles órdenes de que se apuraran más. De pronto apareció un hombre montado a caballo y preguntó al sargento porqué él no ayudaba. “Porque soy el…
Abraham means “Ancestor of many.” Moses means “to draw out.” Israel means, either “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.” So, if our etymological skills are keen enough, at least from an Old Testament point of view, we can figure out the purpose of a particular patriarch or matriarch simply by reading his or her name. Of course,…
“En el principio existía la Palabra y la Palabra estaba con Dios y la Palabra era Dios” (Jn 1:1). Con estas palabras el evangelista Juan nos introduce el cuarto evangelio y establece con claridad meridiana que todo lo que existe y tiene su ser se origina en y por la Palabra. Esa Palabra decidió establecer…
[NOTE TO READER: The word Chuuk is pronounced to rhyme with “look.”] On the island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, there are many people who have come seeking a better life for their children. One of them is a man we’ll call Andrew. Andrew is from Chuuk State, a chain of islands surrounding…
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