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Jesús insiste en que los niños pequeños pueden acercarse a Él. Está disponible para ellos tanto como lo está para los adultos, lo cual es gran sorpresa para los adultos que lo rodean. Jesús luego les pide a esos adultos sorprendidos que consideren cómo estos niños tienen cualidades de las que carecen los adultos. “Les aseguro que el que no reciba el Reino de Dios como un niño, no entrará en él”. Mientras reflexionaba sobre las cualidades que tiene un niño, el Espíritu Santo me llamó la atención sobre una oración aspiracional en un diario de misa que tengo.

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Respect Life Sunday. Jesus insists that the little children can come to Him. He is available to them just as much as He is to the adults, much to the shock of the adults surrounding Him. Jesus then asks those shocked adults to consider how these children have qualities the adults are lacking. “Whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” As I pondered the qualities a child has, the Holy Spirit drew my attention to an aspirational prayer in a Mass journal I have.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. When someone mentions laws and/or commandments, we usually think of them as burdens that we have to bear to be good citizens or church members. But if you listen carefully to the first reading from Deuteronomy, you get the sense that the laws Moses presented to the people of Israel were gift from God, something to be proud of. Moses gives two reasons for this.

Fall Session Begins September 11! Are you looking to improve your relationships? Be a better coworker, a more loving husband and father, or a deepen your connection with God? Men who answered yes to those questions have high praise for our city-wide That Man is You program. Wednesday mornings from 5:30 - 7:00AM at St. Jude's Leannah Hall beginning September 11th.

XXI Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. Si quiere iniciar una pelea, intenta decirle a tu esposa que la carta de San Pablo a los Efesios dice que ella debería estar de acuerdo con todo lo que dices. Estoy seguro de que mucha gente ha sacado de contexto la frase acerca de que las esposas son sumisas a sus esposos. De hecho, la primera frase dice que ambos deberían estar subordinados el uno al otro. (Efesios 5,21) Y aún más importante es el último versículo: Pablo dice que en realidad está hablando sobre Cristo y la Iglesia.

Tw​​​​​​​​enty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time If you want to start an argument, try telling your wife that St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians says she should agree with everything you say. I’m sure that many people have taken out of context the line about wives being submissive to their husbands. In fact, the first sentence says they both should be subordinate to one another. (Eph 5:21) And even more important is the last verse: Paul says he is actually talking about Christ and the Church.

Vigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. Cuando estábamos en la secundaria, aprendimos que la palabra “sophomore” (estudiante de décimo grado) proviene del griego y significa “tontos sabios”. La idea era que el estudiante de décimo grado cree que ya lo sabe todo, pero aún tiene mucho que aprender. Las dos primeras lecturas describen la sabiduría en contraste a la necedad. En el libro de Proverbios, la Sabiduría es una mujer que nos invita a su banquete y nos dice que “dejemos la necedad”. San Pablo nos invita a abandonar la ignorancia y conocer la voluntad del Señor, llenándonos de su Espíritu. Jesús dice que él mismo es el camino para comprender la voluntad de Dios; se entrega a sí mismo como alimento y bebida para la vida eterna. Entonces, ¿cómo aceptaremos estas invitaciones a participar de la Sabiduría de Dios?

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time When we were in high school, we learned that the word sophomore came from Greek words meaning “wise fools.” The idea was that the second year student thinks he knows it all now, but still has a lot to learn. The first two readings describe wisdom versus foolishness. In Proverbs, Wisdom is a woman who invites us to her banquet, telling us to “forsake foolishness.” St. Paul invites us to give up our ignorance and to know the will of the Lord, by filling ourselves with the Spirit. Jesus says he himself is the way to understanding God’s will; he gives himself as food and drink for eternal life. So how will we accept these invitations to partake of the Wisdom of God?

Saturday, November 2 • 9AM - 4PM Join us for a morning retreat that will leave you empowered and inspired. Discover the gifts the Holy Spirit gave you at your baptism. Explore how you may be called to share those gifts with others. Experience the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The second reading of Paul to the Ephesians talks about forgiving one another. It reminds me of the line in the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” (Mt 6:12) You could read that line as a warning that God only forgives those who forgive others. Paul reverses that conditional meaning to say that we forgive because God has already forgiven us. So which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Decimonoveno Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario. La segunda lectura de Pablo a los Efesios habla de perdonarnos unos a otros. Me recuerda la frase del Padrenuestro: “Perdona nuestras ofensas como nosotros también perdonamos a los que nos ofenden”. (Mt 6,12) Podrías leer esa línea como una advertencia de que Dios sólo perdona a quienes perdonan a otros. Pablo invierte ese significado condicional al decir que perdonamos porque Dios ya nos ha perdonado a nosotros. Entonces, ¿qué fue primero, el huevo o la gallina?