La noche es una noche de sangre. Se trata de sangre, derramada y borracha. En nuestra fiesta de Pascua, Cristo es el cordero que sacrifica su propia sangre por nuestros pecados. En esta noche, Jesús, un judío observador, sabe que la Pascua no está completa hasta que sus discípulos comen la carne del cordero, pero […]
John 13: 1-15 Cycle C Tonight is a night of blood. It is about blood, shed and drunk. In our Passover Feast, Christ is the the lamb who sacrifices his own blood for our sins. On this night Jesus, an observant Jew, knows that the Passover is not complete until his disciples eat the flesh […]
Josué 5: 9, 10-12; Cor 5: 17-21; Lucas 15: 1-3, 11-31 En esta parábola el hijo menor lo desperdicia todo. Oímos: “Se encontró en una necesidad extrema” una vez que gasta su herencia. Sentir una necesidad extrema lo lleva a sus sentidos. Había disfrutado las cosas del mundo, y ahora está vacío. Recuerda quién es, […]
Josh 5: 9, 10-12; Cor 5: 17-21; Luke 15: 1-3, 11-31 In this parable the younger son squanders everything. We hear: “He found himself in dire need” once he spends his inheritance. Feeling dire need brings him to his senses. He had enjoyed the things of the world, and now he is empty. He remembers […]
Third Sunday of Lent: Luke 13:1-9 Are you prepared to meet the living God? On Monday of this week I was walking in downtown Nashville where I went to bury the ashes of a priest friend. As I was preparing to cross the street to the Cathedral, I came upon a large building under construction. […]
Luke 6: 27-38 “Now is the winter of our discontent.” That’s Shakespeare. It really is. It’s from Richard the Third. And it applies to us today in the Church. It really is the winter of our discontent, a long cold winter. We are dealing yet again with the continuing clergy sexual abuse scandal, now focusing […]
Luke 6: 27-38 Nos enfrentamos una vez más con el continuo escándalo de abuso sexual del clero, ahora centrado en la responsabilidad del obispo. El Papa Francisco y los obispos de todo el mundo acaban de concluir el sínodo especial en Roma esta mañana. Ha recibido una tremenda cobertura de prensa. Las noticias del ex […]
Indeed, his “reward will be great in heaven” (Gospel). His “hope is full of immortality” (first reading) and he is to be “united with him [Christ] in the resurrection” (second reading). Indeed, happy will he be –Blessed”. He was “a staunch Catholic.” This theme emerges repeatedly when people tell me Bob Schuster. From these comments […]
Wis 3:1-6, 9; Cor 5:1,6-10; Matt 25:31-46 In a moment such as this we stand helpless. In Holy Week, we hear in the book of the prophet Zechariah: “They shall look on him who they have thrust through, and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they shall […]
Is 6:1-2, 3-8; 1 Cor: 15:1-11; Luke 5: 1-11 In this gospel account, Jesus is present in the lives of these people who are needy. Luke says the people are straining to listen to Jesus. They are pressing in on Jesus. They sense Jesus has something they need. The fishermen sense this, too. Peter especially […]