{"id":20751,"date":"2025-05-02T14:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=20751"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:56:18","slug":"not-fear-or-force-but-love-no-el-miedo-o-la-fuerza-sino-el-amor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/05\/02\/not-fear-or-force-but-love-no-el-miedo-o-la-fuerza-sino-el-amor\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Fear or Force But Love \/ No El Miedo O La Fuerza, Sino El Amor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The Acts of the Apostles records that nothing could stop them from talking about Jesus, not even being called up before the full assembly of the Temple court. Peter and the others boldly resisted a repeated order not to preach in Jesus\u2019 name. They retorted, “We must obey God rather than men.” Further, they openly accused the Sanhedrin of murderous intent toward Christ and insisted that God had raised Him up and exalted Him.\u201c We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among key witnesses to the Resurrection was John, the beloved Apostle of Jesus. In Revelation, John heard the angels sing, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing \u2026 [to Him] be blessing and honor, glory and might, forever and ever.” John, out of love, testified to his witness of the Lord’s glory in heaven and on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Acts did stress that Peter and the Apostles needed to obey God rather than man. However, it is not an exaggeration to believe that their love for the Master, their loving attachment to Him, was the source of their loyalty, not duty alone. Similarly, our Christian lives ought not be out of compulsion, but out of love for Jesus and in gratitude for all he has done to redeem us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, there is a small chapel dear to several of our recent Popes. It commemorates John\u2019s account given in the second part of our Gospel today. It is hard to imagine that Peter\u2019s swim to shore was because of obedience. Rather, moved by friendship and love, he plunged into the sea and hurried to meet “the Lord!” It is usually foolish and daring to be so certain of a person\u2019s motive as to assert, for Peter as we have done, his love and friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jesus himself has spoken for its accuracy: “Not, ‘Peter, will you obey Me?’, but ‘Do you love me?’ Not, ‘Will you stay loyal to Me?’, but ‘Do you love Me?’ Not, ‘Will you defend Me?’, but ‘Do you love Me?'” John Paul II, in raising the Divine Mercy to a Solemnity, saw loving forgiveness as a mark of the Church. Pope Francis was a Pope who loved people, every member of the Church, and others too. So ought we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Domingo de la Divina Misericordia<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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

Los Hechos de los Ap\u00f3stoles registran que nada pod\u00eda impedirles hablar de Jes\u00fas, ni siquiera ser llamados ante la asamblea completa del atrio del Templo. Pedro y los dem\u00e1s resistieron audazmente la orden repetida de no predicar en el nombre de Jes\u00fas. Ellos replicaron: “Debemos obedecer a Dios antes que a los hombres.” Adem\u00e1s, acusaron abiertamente al Sanedr\u00edn de intenci\u00f3n asesina hacia Cristo e insistieron en que Dios lo hab\u00eda levantado y exaltado. “Nosotros somos testigos de estas cosas, como lo es el Esp\u00edritu Santo, el cual Dios ha dado a los que le obedecen.”
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Entre los testigos clave de la resurrecci\u00f3n se encontraba Juan, el ap\u00f3stol amado de Jes\u00fas. En Apocalipsis, Juan escuch\u00f3 a los \u00e1ngeles cantar: “Digno es el Cordero que fue inmolado de recibir poder y riquezas, sabidur\u00eda y fortaleza, honra y gloria y bendici\u00f3n\u2026 [a \u00c9l] sea la bendici\u00f3n y el honor, la gloria y el poder, por los siglos de los siglos.” Juan, por amor, llev\u00f3 su testimonio de la gloria de dios en la tierra y la del cielo.
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S\u00ed, Los Hechos s\u00ed enfatiz\u00f3 que Pedro y los ap\u00f3stoles necesitaban obedecer a Dios en lugar de al hombre. Sin embargo, no es una exageraci\u00f3n creer que su amor por el Maestro, su apego amoroso a \u00c9l, era la fuente de su lealtad, no solo el deber. Del mismo modo, nuestras vidas cristianas no deben ser por obligaci\u00f3n, sino por amor a Jes\u00fas y por gratitud por todo lo que ha hecho para redimirnos.
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A lo largo de la orilla del mar de Galilea hay una peque\u00f1a capilla querida por varios de nuestros Papas recientes. Conmemora el relato de Juan dado en la segunda parte de nuestro Evangelio de hoy. Es dif\u00edcil imaginar que el hecho de que Pedro nadara hasta la orilla se debiera a la obediencia. M\u00e1s bien, movido por la amistad y el amor, se sumergi\u00f3 en el mar y se apresur\u00f3 a encontrarse con “el Se\u00f1or.” Por lo general, es insensato y atrevido estar tan seguro del motivo de una persona como para afirmar por Pedro lo que hemos hecho: su amor y amistad.
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Pero Jes\u00fas mismo ha hablado por su exactitud: “No, ‘Pedro, Me obedecer\u00e1s,’ sino ‘\u00bfMe amas?’ No, ‘permanecer\u00e9is leales a M\u00ed,’ sino ‘\u00bfMe am\u00e1is?’ No, ‘Me defender\u00e9is,’ sino ‘\u00bfMe am\u00e1is?'” Juan Pablo II, al elevar la Divina Misericordia a una solemnidad, vio el perd\u00f3n amoroso como una marca de la Iglesia. El Papa Francisco fue un Papa que am\u00f3 a las personas, a todos los miembros de la Iglesia y tambi\u00e9n a los dem\u00e1s. Nosotros tambi\u00e9n deber\u00edamos.
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By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB – The Acts of the Apostles records that nothing could stop them from talking about Jesus, not even being called up before the full assembly of the Temple court. Peter and the others boldly resisted a repeated order not to preach in Jesus\u2019 name. They retorted, “We must obey God rather than men.” Further, they openly accused the Sanhedrin of … Continuar leyendo Not Fear or Force But Love \/ No El Miedo O La Fuerza, Sino El Amor<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-20751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news"],"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-5oH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20751","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=20751"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20767,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20751\/revisions\/20767"}],"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=20751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}