{"id":21587,"date":"2025-05-30T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=21587"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:21:40","slug":"the-circuit-is-completed-el-circuito-se-ha-completado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/05\/30\/the-circuit-is-completed-el-circuito-se-ha-completado\/","title":{"rendered":"The Circuit is Completed \/ El Circuito Se Ha Completado"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

St. Luke followed his Gospel with a second book, Acts of the Apostles<\/em>. Our first reading demonstrates why, at times, Acts<\/em> is referred to as the ‘Gospel of the Holy Spirit.’ Jesus instructed the Apostles through the Holy Spirit, says Acts<\/em>. After His Resurrection, He continued to teach them for about six weeks till it was time for Him to return to the Father. Jesus told them to pray and await, “The promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were the last words of Jesus recorded by Luke before the Ascension. Only Luke records any details of the event, though at the Resurrection Jesus told Mary Magdalen that He had “not yet ascended to the Father”<\/em> (Jn 20:17). Mark gave final orders of Jesus to the Apostles at table sometime after His rising, and Mark ends, “So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God”<\/em> (Mk 16:19). Luke in much more detail gives us more to pray over, and for that we must be grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul to the Ephesians (about thirty years after Jesus appeared to him) demonstrates that the Ascension is an established Christian belief. He pictures Jesus not only risen from the tomb but sharing in glory with the Father in heaven, “Raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens.”<\/em> All things are subject to Him; He governs as Head of the Church. This is the Jesus we adore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke, in his Gospel, places Jesus about to ascend and speaking to the Apostles atop the Mount of Olives. As did Mark, Luke also described Jesus’ commissioning of the twelve. He was about to leave, and He explicitly created the Apostolic Church to rule in His place on earth. He said that the scriptures were fulfilled in Him; that all has been for the forgiveness of sins. Finally, Jesus invoked the Holy Spirit, saying, “And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”<\/em> This is the Apostolic Church, the Church in which we worship the Truth of God,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Christ is LORD
to the glory of God, the Father.
(Ph 2:11)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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El Circuito Se Ha Completado<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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

El circuito se ha completado
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San Lucas sigui\u00f3 su Evangelio con un segundo libro, los Hechos de los Ap\u00f3stoles<\/em>. Nuestra primera lectura demuestra por qu\u00e9 a veces se hace referencia a Hechos<\/em> como el ‘Evangelio del Esp\u00edritu Santo.’ Jes\u00fas instruy\u00f3 a los Ap\u00f3stoles a trav\u00e9s del Esp\u00edritu Santo, dice Hechos<\/em>. Despu\u00e9s de Su resurrecci\u00f3n, continu\u00f3 ense\u00f1\u00e1ndoles durante unas seis semanas hasta que lleg\u00f3 el momento de regresar al Padre.\u00a0 Jes\u00fas les dijo que oraran y esperaran: “La promesa del Padre de la cual me hab\u00e9is o\u00eddo hablar;\u00a0porque Juan bautiz\u00f3 con agua, pero dentro de pocos d\u00edas vosotros ser\u00e9is bautizados con el Esp\u00edritu Santo.”<\/em>
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Estas fueron las \u00faltimas palabras de Jes\u00fas registradas por Lucas antes de la Ascensi\u00f3n. S\u00f3lo Lucas registra algunos detalles del acontecimiento, aunque en la Resurrecci\u00f3n Jes\u00fas le dijo a Mar\u00eda Magdalena que “a\u00fan no hab\u00eda subido al Padre”<\/em> (Jn 20:17). Marcos dio las \u00f3rdenes finales de Jes\u00fas a los Ap\u00f3stoles en la mesa alg\u00fan tiempo despu\u00e9s de su resurrecci\u00f3n, y Marcos termina: “Entonces el Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas, despu\u00e9s de hablarles, fue llevado al cielo y se sent\u00f3 a la diestra de Dios”<\/em> (Mc 16:19). Lucas, con mucho m\u00e1s detalle, nos da m\u00e1s por qu\u00e9 orar, y por eso debemos estar agradecidos.
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Pablo a los Efesios (unos treinta a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de que Jes\u00fas se le apareci\u00f3) demuestra que la Ascensi\u00f3n es una creencia cristiana establecida. \u00c9l representa a Jes\u00fas no solo resucitado de la tumba, sino compartiendo la gloria con el Padre en el cielo, “resucit\u00e1ndolo de entre los muertos y sent\u00e1ndolo a su diestra en los cielos.”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Todas las cosas est\u00e1n sujetas a \u00c9l; gobierna como Cabeza de la Iglesia. Este es el Jes\u00fas que adoramos.
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Lucas en su Evangelio sit\u00faa a Jes\u00fas a punto de ascender y hablando a los Ap\u00f3stoles en la cima del Monte de los Olivos. Al igual que Marcos, Lucas tambi\u00e9n describi\u00f3 a Jes\u00fas comisionando a los doce. \u00c9l estaba a punto de irse, y cre\u00f3 expl\u00edcitamente la Iglesia Apost\u00f3lica para gobernar en Su lugar en la tierra. Dijo que las Escrituras se cumplieron en \u00c9l; que todo ha sido para el perd\u00f3n de los pecados. Finalmente, Jes\u00fas invoc\u00f3 al Esp\u00edritu Santo diciendo: “Y he aqu\u00ed que env\u00edo sobre vosotros la promesa de mi Padre; pero qu\u00e9date en la ciudad hasta que seas revestido de poder de lo alto.”<\/em> Esta es la Iglesia Apost\u00f3lica, la Iglesia en la que adoramos la Verdad de Dios,
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Jesucristo es el Se\u00f1or
para la gloria de Dios, el Padre.
(Filipenses 2:11)<\/strong><\/em>
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