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Decimoctavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario.
Ya es suficientemente malo en sí que los israelitas se quejen contra sus líderes, pero también se quejan ante Dios de que hubiera sido mejor quedarse como esclavos en Egipto. Después de todo lo que Dios hizo para traerlos a la libertad, ahora quieren volver a la esclavitud. Antes de juzgarlos muy fuertemente, podríamos preguntarnos si alguna vez nosotros hemos actuado de esa forma. Para nosotros, podría ser mirar hacia atrás a nuestra esclavitud al pecado.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s bad enough that the Israelites were grumbling against their leaders. But they also complain to God that they were better off as slaves in Egypt. After all God did to bring them to freedom, now they want to go back to slavery. Before we judge them too harshly, we might ask ourselves if we ever act like that. For us, it might be looking back on our slavery to sin.
Bishop David Ricken returned this week from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress which took place in Indianapolis, Indiana. Here, he provides some first impression insights and reflections on his time there. Come, Holy Spirit, come and inspire in us a deeper love for Jesus in the Eucharist!
A number of MBS parishioners, along with many pilgrims from the Diocese of Green Bay, joined 60,000 other Catholics at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21, 2024. Our parish Director of Liturgy and Encounter, Maria Grygleski, shared about the experience along with a few key takeaways for our parish.
Decimoséptimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. No es coincidencia que la primera lectura muestre al profeta Eliseo alimentando a una multitud de personas como Jesús en el evangelio. Si quieres comparar milagros, Eliseo lo hizo primero, pero Jesús lo hizo mejor. Eliseo tenía que alimentar a cien personas con veinte panes de cebada y un puñado de grano fresco. Jesús tenía cinco mil personas y sólo cinco panes y un par de peces. Entonces, ¿estaba Jesús tratando de superar a Eliseo?
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s no coincidence that the first reading shows the prophet Elisha feeding a crowd of people like Jesus in the gospel. If you want to compare miracles, Elisha did his first, but Jesus did it better. Elisha had a hundred people to feed with twenty barley loaves and a handful of fresh grain. Jesus had five thousand people and only five loaves and a couple fish. So was Jesus trying to show up Elisha?
Decimosexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. Probablemente sepas que a los judíos del primer siglo no les caia muy bien los gentiles. Algunos de los que se hicieron cristianos todavía despreciaban a los cristianos no judíos. En la epístola de hoy, Pablo aborda este problema recordándoles que Jesús murió por todos, tanto judíos como gentiles. Y así como Jesús resucitó de entre los muertos a una nueva vida, a los conversos al cristianismo también se les dio una nueva vida. Esa nueva vida del bautismo los unió a todos a Cristo, quien vive en ellos, los perdona y les trae la paz. Entonces, ¿por qué fue tan difícil de aceptar esa unidad?
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You probably know that the Jews in the first century did not particularly like the Gentiles. Some of them who became Christians still looked down on the non-Jewish Christians. In the epistle today, Paul addresses this problem by reminding them that Jesus died for all people, Jew and Gentile. And just as Jesus rose from the dead to a new life, the converts to Christianity were given a new life also. That new life of baptism joined them all to Christ, who lives in them, forgives them, and brings them peace. So why was that unity so hard to accept?
Decimoquinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. La segunda lectura de Efesios es bastante larga y con sólo seis frases no es fácil de seguir. Si lo analizas, verás que Pablo es muy alentador. Está dando una descripción de las muchas bendiciones que Dios nos ha dado.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The second reading from Ephesians is rather long and with only six sentences, it is not easy to follow. If you take it apart, you see that Paul is very encouraging. He is giving a description of the many blessings God has given us.
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Decimocuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. ¿Pablo está hablando en serio? ¿Te imaginas estar contento con “las debilidades, los insultos, las necesidades, las persecuciones y las dificultades”? (2 Cor 12,10) Pablo nunca especifica qué era esa “espina clavada en mi carne”. Antes solía pensar que se refería a una debilidad o discapacidad física. Pero algunos de los comentarios que he leído dicen que fue una persona que se opuso a Pablo (como alguien que sea muy fastidioso). Ese oponente puede haber sido un cristiano a quien Pablo no quería mencionar por su nombre.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Is Paul serious? Can you imagine being content with “weaknesses, insults, hardships, and persecutions?” (2Cor 12:10) Paul never specifies what that “thorn in the flesh” was. I used to think it referred to a physical weakness, or disability. But some of the commentaries I’ve read say that it was a person who opposed Paul (think of a “thorn in my side.”) That opponent may have been a Christian who Paul did not want to mention by name.