{"id":25308,"date":"2025-09-26T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=25308"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:37:00","slug":"alive-in-gods-mercy-vivos-en-la-misericordia-de-dios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/09\/26\/alive-in-gods-mercy-vivos-en-la-misericordia-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"Alive in God\u2019s Mercy\u00a0\/ Vivos en la misericordia de Dios"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

King David unified the twelve tribes of Israel, and his son Solomon kept the tribes united and Jerusalem as their capital. After Solomon, a money-loving king of Judah, caused ten tribes still calling themselves Israel to break away. Separation weakened their loyalty to Yahweh and His Temple. Last week, we heard Amos predict their captivity, and this week, we hear Amos predicting captivity for the God favored tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Amos warned them firmly to abandon luxuries and complacency, or they too would face captivity, and the rich and elite would be the first to go. — <\/strong>Wealthy and complacent kingdoms come and go, especially those that have put God and morality aside. Could that be a lesson for us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now hear St. Paul. \u201cBut you, man of God, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life.<\/em>\u201d Shall we hold these to be just words spoken by the great and devout Paul to the Bishop Timothy? Is this only something to be admired, an ornament of Christian life, but not to be applied to ourselves? Aren\u2019t we sons and daughters of God? Haven\u2019t we been created for \u2018eternal life\u2019?<\/em> Shouldn\u2019t we too \u2018compete\u2019 to reach that life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what shall we take from the Gospel today? <\/em>Jesus had already set out with fixed resolve for Jerusalem; He had begun to predict His Passion;  in parables; He revealed how His Father and He had been seeking for a lost sheep and coin, a lost son; and last Sunday He even praised a dishonest steward explaining that He wished His followers would be as determined to reach heaven as the steward was in saving himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus had said how difficult it was for the rich to enter heaven. Here, He used the parable of poor Lazarus, hungering for just a morsel from the rich man\u2019s table, but getting not a crumb. They both die, and the rich man sees Lazarus with Abraham at peace across an impassable chasm. Now it is his turn to beg Lazarus for just a drop of water, or a message to save his brother. Jesus too will die but will rise, and He delivers a terrible condemnation, \u201cIf they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.<\/em>” One day, divine mercy will no longer be available. Oh Lord, deliver us!                    <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vivos en la misericordia de Dios<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

El rey David unific\u00f3 las doce tribus de Israel, y su hijo Salom\u00f3n mantuvo las tribus unidas y a Jerusal\u00e9n su capital. Despu\u00e9s de Salom\u00f3n, un rey de Jud\u00e1 amante del dinero hizo que diez tribus que a\u00fan se llamaban a s\u00ed mismas Israel se separaran. La separaci\u00f3n debilit\u00f3 su lealtad a Yahv\u00e9 y a Su Templo. La semana pasada escuchamos a Am\u00f3s predecir su cautiverio, y esta semana escuchamos a Am\u00f3s predecir el cautiverio de las tribus favorecidas por Dios de Jud\u00e1 y Benjam\u00edn. Am\u00f3s les advirti\u00f3 firmemente que abandonaran los lujos y la complacencia, o ellos tambi\u00e9n se enfrentar\u00edan al cautiverio, y los ricos y la \u00e9lite ser\u00edan los primeros en irse\u2014Los reinos ricos y complacientes van y vienen, especialmente aquellos que han dejado de lado a Dios y la moralidad. \u00bfPodr\u00eda ser eso una lecci\u00f3n para nosotros?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahora escuchen a San Pablo. “Pero t\u00fa, hombre de Dios, sigue la justicia, la devoci\u00f3n, la fe, el amor, la paciencia y la mansedumbre. Compite bien por la fe. Af\u00e9rrate a la vida eterna.<\/em>“\u00bfSostendremos que estas son palabras justas pronunciadas por el gran y devoto Pablo al obispo Timoteo? \u00bfEs esto s\u00f3lo algo digno de admiraci\u00f3n, un adorno de la vida cristiana, pero que no debe aplicarse a nosotros mismos? \u00bfNo somos hijos e hijas de Dios? \u00bfNo hemos sido creados para la “vida eterna”?<\/em> \u00bfNo deber\u00edamos nosotros tambi\u00e9n “competir” para alcanzar esa vida?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfY qu\u00e9 tomaremos del Evangelio hoy? <\/em>Jes\u00fas ya hab\u00eda partido con firme resoluci\u00f3n hacia Jerusal\u00e9n; Hab\u00eda comenzado a predecir su pasi\u00f3n;  en par\u00e1bolas; Revel\u00f3 c\u00f3mo Su Padre y \u00c9l hab\u00edan estado buscando una oveja y una moneda perdidas, un hijo perdido; y el domingo pasado incluso elogi\u00f3 a un mayordomo deshonesto explicando que deseaba que sus seguidores estuvieran tan decididos a llegar al cielo como el mayordomo lo estaba para salvarse a s\u00ed mismo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jes\u00fas hab\u00eda dicho lo dif\u00edcil que era para los ricos entrar al cielo. Aqu\u00ed us\u00f3 la par\u00e1bola del pobre L\u00e1zaro hambriento de solo un bocado de la mesa del hombre rico, pero no recibi\u00f3 ni una migaja. Ambos mueren, y el hombre rico ve a L\u00e1zaro con Abraham en paz a trav\u00e9s de un abismo infranqueable. Ahora es su turno de rogarle a L\u00e1zaro solo una gota de agua o un mensaje para salvar a sus hermanos. Jes\u00fas tambi\u00e9n morir\u00e1, pero resucitar\u00e1, y pronuncia una terrible condenaci\u00f3n: “Si no escuchan a Mois\u00e9s y a los profetas, tampoco se persuadir\u00e1n si alguien resucita de entre los muertos”.<\/em>“Un d\u00eda la misericordia divina ya no estar\u00e1 disponible. \u00a1Oh Se\u00f1or, l\u00edbranos!                    <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB – King David unified the twelve tribes of Israel, and his son Solomon kept the tribes united and Jerusalem as their capital. After Solomon, a money-loving king of Judah, caused ten tribes still calling themselves Israel to break away. Separation weakened their loyalty to Yahweh and His Temple. Last week, we heard Amos predict their captivity, and this week, we … Continuar leyendo Alive in God\u2019s Mercy\u00a0\/ Vivos en la misericordia de Dios<\/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-25308","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-6Ac","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308","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=25308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25413,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308\/revisions\/25413"}],"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=25308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}