{"id":13923,"date":"2024-07-26T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=13923"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:58:19","slug":"divine-power-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2024\/07\/26\/divine-power-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Power at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is power beyond human power. The scriptures on this 17th\u00a0Sunday B insist on one thing:\u00a0Believe in the power of God!\u00a0<\/em>But faith is a gift of God beyond human strength to achieve. It can come only from God. Our task then is to be open to that gift, to allow the gift of faith to enter and become strong. So, let the readings this weekend rekindle in\u00a0us,\u00a0faith!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellisha, of the first reading, was an assistant to the great prophet Elijah.\u00a0As Elijah\u00a0was taken up\u00a0to God, Elisha begged the prophet to share\u00a0with him\u00a0just a portion of his God-given power.\u00a0As Elijah\u00a0was drawn up, he left his cloak behind, a sign that Elisha\u2019s wish had been satisfied. With the prophet\u2019s cloak, Elisha struck the water of the Jordan. It parted. Wearing it, he called for the miracle of multiplied bread, and it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\u00a0is not just a fable. The Church has used it to stress God\u2019s power, not Elisha\u2019s. It is an invitation for us to permit God to give us faith. The second call is from St. Paul. To us\u00a0as well as to\u00a0the Ephesians he urges that we \u2018live in a manner worthy of the call [we] have received.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0He wants us to receive that call humbly and to live at peace with one another. Brothers and sisters,\u00a0Believe!\u00a0<\/em>By the faith instilled at Baptism, we\u00a0are called\u00a0to be one with God and\u00a0one with\u00a0our neighbor. Again,\u00a0 our task is to submit to God\u2019s call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus too calls us to\u00a0Believe.\u00a0<\/em>At Passover time, our\u00a0Lamb of God\u00a0<\/em>had\u00a0compassion<\/em>\u00a0on the crowd. He asserted His power over nature.\u00a0He\u00a0multiplied bread and fish to feed a great multitude. Our Gospel has not yet been there, but Jesus will say in Chapter Six of St. John that He is the true bread sent by God who comes down from heaven. The Word he speaks is God\u2019s.\u00a0He\u00a0will say further on that at His command bread will take on the nature of His body and blood. He, Word of God, creator of all things,\u00a0<\/em>will create the greatest of marvels. He will be in the bread of the Eucharist. Believe Him, that what we receive in Holy Communion is HIM!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hand of the Lord feeds us!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Resp. Ps 145, 17th\u00a0Sunday B)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB There is power beyond human power. The scriptures on this 17th\u00a0Sunday B insist on one thing:\u00a0Believe in the power of God!\u00a0But faith is a gift of God beyond human strength to achieve. It can come only from God. Our task then is to be open to that gift, to allow the gift of faith to enter and become strong. So, … Continuar leyendo Divine Power at Work<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":12751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[777629889,2343517,20310044],"tags":[782003455],"class_list":["post-13923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news","tag-fr-ed-liptak"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/intouch-scripture-graphic-600.jpg?fit=600%2C510&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-3Cz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13925,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923\/revisions\/13925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}