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Increase our faith. Our gospel starts off with the apostles asking this favor of Jesus, and so we don’t get to hear the context that led to that the request, but if we back up a few verses to the beginning of chapter seventeen we can find it easily enough. Jesus, at this point in…
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Auméntanos la fe. Nuestro evangelio comienza con los apóstoles pidiendo este favor a Jesús, por lo que no llegamos a conocer el contexto que llevó a esa petición, pero si retrocedemos unos versículos hasta el comienzo del capítulo diecisiete, lo encontramos fácilmente. En este punto del relato de Lucas, Jesús acaba de terminar de contar…
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This Sunday we continue reading from the prophet Amos, who, if you remember, was sent to preach in the northern kingdom of Israel, which had, following Solomon’s death, entered into rebellion against the sons of David in Jerusalem, and had in fact achieved for itself by this time significant wealth and power, even outshining the…
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Esta parábola del mal administrador es una de esas parábolas que a menudo nos resultan confusas. Parte de esta confusión surge simplemente porque carecemos de comprensión del contexto de la parábola. En la época de Jesús, el administrador de la casa de un hombre rico gozaba de bastante libertad, pero también tenía importantes responsabilidades. La…
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Some fifty years or so before the birth of Christ, Julius Caesar was on campaign in Gaul. Now at this point in his career, Caesar was not yet the dictator that he would become, but was instead, in those ailing years of the Roman Republic, one of several major players vying for power, and in…
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Unos cincuenta años antes del nacimiento de Cristo, Julio César estaba en campaña en la Galia. En ese momento de su carrera, César aún no era el dictador en que se convertiría, sino que, en aquellos años últimos de la República romana, era uno de los principales protagonistas que luchaban por el poder y, de…
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At the beginning of this gospel, Jesus is surrounded by great crowds. Many had flocked to him because they had been healed by him or by his disciples, or else because they had been delivered from demons, and, some doubtless, because they were simply moved by his preaching, or else marveled at what they had…
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On the front of your worship aids is a quote of Pope Francis’s from Laudato Si: “When we can see God reflected in all that exists, our hearts are moved to praise the Lord for all his creatures and to worship him in union with them.” At the heart of this quote are the twin…
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Strive to enter through the narrow gate, says our Lord, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. A lack of strength – that is what condemns one to the outer darkness, according to this parable. Not a failure to recognize the way to salvation – those who…
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Esfuércense en entrar por la puerta, que es angosta, dice nuestro Señor, pues yo les aseguro que muchos tratarán de entrar y no podrán. La falta de fuerza es lo que condena a uno a las tinieblas exteriores, según esta parábola. No es el no reconocer el camino de la salvación —tanto los que entran…
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