{"id":17495,"date":"2024-12-13T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=17495"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:08:56","slug":"blameless-for-the-day-of-christ-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2024\/12\/13\/blameless-for-the-day-of-christ-2\/","title":{"rendered":"God In Our Midst"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

What a tremendous privilege is ours, that God should dwell amidst humanity! That the eternal God, \u201cMighty Savior,\u201d should come and assume and cleanse our human race. The prophet Zephaniah could not have known the full meaning of what he said, that in truth, one day when sinfulness was to be conquered, darkness overcome, God would dwell anew in Jerusalem. The joy Zephaniah calls for of old is our joy too in this Advent season. \u201cThe King of Israel, the LORD your God is in your midst,\u201d said the prophet. Rejoice! That is the Faith of God\u2019s new people as we renew the joy of the Savior\u2019s birth, God with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, our response this day also comes from Isaiah (14:6), \u201cCry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.\u201d We have come a long way since Isaiah and Zephaniah of old called to praise and exult over God\u2019s presence. We know who the \u201cHoly One\u201d is, and St. Paul too exclaims, \u201cRejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!\u201d It is all very consistent with the spirit of this Season. We have yearned for our Savior and He comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul tells how to find rejoicing. Be kind to one another. Shun anxiety and trust in the Lord. Avoid being swamped by cares, but in everything pray and petition the Lord. This is the season of giving. It would be typical of St. Paul to add that God gave the incomparable gift of his Son to us. Would He refuse what you ask in the Namie of His infant Son? Pray! \u201cThen the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u201d That is the Peace in which we rejoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke\u2019s Gospel gives some of the exhortations of the new prophet, St. John the Baptist. Accepting them brings peace and joy, for he teaches the way of the Lord. For all, defeat your selfishness. Share your clothing and food with the poor. For those who hold power and prey on others like tax collectors who overcharge or soldiers who display their power to extort or falsely arrest, all for money. Be satisfied with what is just, John is not the Messiah, but one who is coming truly is. Greet him joyfully with right and fair living.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come, Child Jesus, Lord of Glory! <\/em> We Love You! <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB – What a tremendous privilege is ours, that God should dwell amidst humanity! That the eternal God, \u201cMighty Savior,\u201d should come and assume and cleanse our human race. The prophet Zephaniah could not have known the full meaning of what he said, that in truth, one day when sinfulness was to be conquered, darkness overcome, God would dwell anew in … Continuar leyendo God In Our Midst<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":12531,"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":[35890,782003455],"class_list":["post-17495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news","tag-featured","tag-fr-ed-liptak"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/intouch-scripture-graphic-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C510&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-4yb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495","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=17495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17516,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495\/revisions\/17516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}