{"id":18992,"date":"2025-03-07T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=18992"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:32:47","slug":"god-near-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/03\/07\/god-near-us\/","title":{"rendered":"God Near Us \/ Dios Cerca De Nosotros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

God was about to lay the foundation of true faith in Him, and God chose Abraham, a descendant of Shem, Noah\u2019s son, to lead a chosen people into a new relationship with Him. In the opening reading of the first Sunday of Lent, Moses traced God\u2019s continuing gift to His people throughout their varied history. Their offering of the first fruits of the land was to be the act of thanksgiving for God\u2019s gift to them of a homeland. Indeed, God is still with His new chosen people, and we do thank Him. However, our sign of Lent is not only the ashes on our foreheads, but also our sacrifices offered in thanks for our redemption given us by the sacrifice of His  Son. Do we show in Lent that we are truly grateful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Jewish people had their ancient Scriptures to guide them, so do we. In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul makes the word of Moses belong to us, too, saying, \u201cThe word [faith] is near you, in your mouth and in your heart<\/em>.\u201d But, of course, Paul refers to faith in God revealed through Jesus: \u201cNo one who believes in Him will be put to shame.\u201d <\/em>The Scriptures are a treasure for us, whether Old Testament or New, for the \u2018Way\u2019 <\/em>to salvation is taught by both. A good way to open oneself to God\u2019s saving grace is to sacrifice a set time each day of Lent to read and pray over, for example, the Passion chapters of the four Gospels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus sets the pattern for us to become more fully Christian by growing into Him. Yet, St. Luke\u2019s Gospel hints at a sad truth. Every inspired instinct we have to become more a son or daughter of God \u2013 more Christlike, more Godlike \u2013 will be countered by one who hates God, Satan. If Jesus suffered temptation from the devil when starting His mission following His Baptism, so can we be tempted. What distracts us from our good intention to draw closer to God through a lifestyle that is more pleasing to Him is that of the devil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may be love for food, money, power, pleasure, or testing God, or neglect to pay our debt of thanks to the creator God. Any of these are forms of self or devil-serving. Consider One hanged by his arms, hands, and feet, pierced by rough nails, made to die slowly, gasping from suffocation, dies a terrible death. That was the final cost of our salvation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord God, Stay Near. Deliver Us from Evil<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dios Cerca De Nosotros<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Dios estaba a punto de poner el fundamento de la verdadera fe en \u00c9l, y Dios escogi\u00f3 a Abraham, un descendiente de Sem, el hijo de No\u00e9, para guiar a un pueblo elegido a una nueva relaci\u00f3n con \u00c9l. Mois\u00e9s, en la lectura inicial del primer domingo de Cuaresma, traz\u00f3 el regalo continuo de Dios a su pueblo a lo largo de su variada historia. Su ofrenda de las primicias de la tierra deb\u00eda ser un acto de acci\u00f3n de gracias por el regalo de Dios de una patria para ellos. De hecho, Dios todav\u00eda est\u00e1 con Su nuevo pueblo elegido, y le damos gracias. Sin embargo, nuestro signo de Cuaresma, no son solo las cenizas en nuestras frentes, sino tambi\u00e9n nuestros sacrificios ofrecidos en agradecimiento por nuestra redenci\u00f3n dada por el sacrificio de Su Hijo. \u00bfDemostramos en la Cuaresma que estamos verdaderamente agradecidos?
 
As\u00ed como el pueblo jud\u00edo ten\u00eda sus antiguas Escrituras para guiarlos, nosotros tambi\u00e9n las tenemos. San Pablo en su carta a los Romanos hace que la palabra de Mois\u00e9s nos pertenezca tambi\u00e9n a nosotros diciendo: “La palabra [la fe] est\u00e1 cerca de ti, en tu boca y en tu coraz\u00f3n”. Pero, por supuesto, Pablo se refiere a la fe en Dios revelada a trav\u00e9s de Jes\u00fas: “Todo el que cree en \u00c9l no ser\u00e1 avergonzado”. Las Escrituras son un tesoro para nosotros, ya sea el Antiguo o el Nuevo Testamento, porque el “Camino” a la salvaci\u00f3n es ense\u00f1ado por ambos. Un buen medio para abrirse a la gracia salvadora de Dios puede ser sacrificar un tiempo determinado cada d\u00eda de Cuaresma para leer y orar, por ejemplo, sobre los cap\u00edtulos de la Pasi\u00f3n de los cuatro Evangelios.
 
Jes\u00fas establece el modelo para que lleguemos a ser m\u00e1s plenamente cristianos al crecer en \u00c9l. Sin embargo, el Evangelio de San Lucas insin\u00faa una triste verdad. Cada instinto inspirado que tenemos de llegar a ser m\u00e1s un hijo o una hija de Dios, m\u00e1s semejante a Cristo, m\u00e1s semejante a Dios, ser\u00e1 contrarrestado por alguien que odia a Dios, Satan\u00e1s. Si Jes\u00fas sufri\u00f3 la tentaci\u00f3n del diablo al comenzar su misi\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de su bautismo, as\u00ed tambi\u00e9n nosotros podemos ser tentados. Lo que nos distrae de nuestra buena intenci\u00f3n de acercarnos a Dios por medio de un estilo de vida m\u00e1s agradable a \u00c9l es del diablo.
 
Puede ser el amor por la comida, el dinero, el poder, el placer, o poner a prueba a Dios, o el descuido de pagar nuestra deuda de agradecimiento al Dios creador. Cualquiera de estas son formas de autoservicio o de servicio al diablo. Considerar. Uno colgado de los brazos, con las manos y los pies atravesados por clavos \u00e1speros, hecho morir lentamente, jadeando de asfixia, muere de una muerte terrible. Ese fue el costo final de nuestra salvaci\u00f3n.
 
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