{"id":26119,"date":"2025-10-17T21:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=26119"},"modified":"2025-10-18T20:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:53:48","slug":"facing-lifes-battles-enfrentando-las-batallas-de-la-vida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/10\/17\/facing-lifes-battles-enfrentando-las-batallas-de-la-vida\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Life\u2019s Battles \/ Enfrentando las batallas de la Vida"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Within the scriptures of 29th<\/sup> Sunday C lie consoling words well worth repeating, \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth\u201d <\/em><\/strong>(Ps 121:2). <\/em><\/strong>P<\/em>eople who by the grace of God have made this belief a basic conviction of their lives are among the <\/strong>most calm<\/strong> and cheerful dwellers <\/strong>el earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Exodus,\u00a0the\u00a0liberated Hebrews approached the Mountain of God. A Chaldean warrior named Amalek sought to destroy them. He had little chance of success, for the mighty Creator God was their help. Moses directed his battle chief Joshua to engage the Arab Amalekites as he, Aaron, and Hur prayed. Moses, with extended arms, was supported by the others, and by trust in God, the battle was won, and the Hebrews marched on in peace toward Mt. Sinai. Prayer and trust brought them to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Christian history, Paul taught Timothy how he and the Ephesians must be engaged in spiritual battle against paganism. As with Moses above, it hung on persistent, patient faith in God\u2019s powerful help. Through the scriptures and in Jesus the Lord, the Ephesians would find strength. They would grow in righteousness before God and find salvation. Thus, from Exodus, we have a lesson of persistent prayer, and through Paul\u2019s advice to Timothy and the Ephesians, we learn of spiritual combat needed to live righteously\u00a0that leads to the Throne of God.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Gospel, we trustingly seek further help through the advice of Jesus. The Alleluia verse from the letter to the Hebrews urges that we listen attentively to what Jesus teaches:\u00a0\u201cThe word of God is\u00a0living and effective<\/u>, discerning reflections and thoughts of the heart\u201d\u00a0(Heb 4:12).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the Gospel parable of the unjust judge also teaches persistence. Put yourself in the widow\u2019s place and fight the stubborn ill will of the judge. Be convinced of the righteousness of your battle and trust in the just Lord. Even if He does not immediately answer, your prayer will not end. Be calm, remain at ease. Trust. Continue to pray, for Jesus encourages, \u201cWill not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Yet, God\u2019s Will always prevails for our good, and as Mary said, so should we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe it done to me according to your word!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enfrentando las batallas de la Vida<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dentro de las escrituras del 29\u00ba domingo C se encuentran palabras consoladoras que vale la pena repetir:”Nuestra ayuda viene del Se\u00f1or que hizo el cielo y la tierra” <\/em>(Sal 121:2). Las personas que, por la gracia de Dios, han hecho de esta creencia una convicci\u00f3n b\u00e1sica de sus vidas se encuentran entre los  habitantes m\u00e1s tranquilos y alegres  de la  tierra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En \u00c9xodo, los hebreos liberados se acercaron a la Monta\u00f1a de Dios. Un guerrero caldeo llamado Amalec trat\u00f3 de destruirlos. Ten\u00eda pocas posibilidades de \u00e9xito, porque el poderoso Dios Creador era su ayuda. Mois\u00e9s orden\u00f3 a su jefe de batalla Josu\u00e9 que se enfrentara a los amalecitas \u00e1rabes mientras \u00e9l, Aar\u00f3n y Hur oraban. Mois\u00e9s con los brazos extendidos fue apoyado por los dem\u00e1s, y por la confianza en Dios se gan\u00f3 la batalla, y los hebreos marcharon en paz hacia el monte Sina\u00ed. La oraci\u00f3n y la confianza los llevaron a Dios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En la historia cristiana, Pablo ense\u00f1\u00f3 a Timoteo c\u00f3mo \u00e9l y los efesios deb\u00edan participar en una batalla espiritual contra el paganismo. Al igual que con Mois\u00e9s arriba, depend\u00eda de una fe persistente y paciente en la poderosa ayuda de Dios. A trav\u00e9s de las Escrituras y en Jes\u00fas el Se\u00f1or, los efesios encontrar\u00edan fortaleza. Crecer\u00edan en justicia ante Dios y encontrar\u00edan la salvaci\u00f3n. Por lo tanto, de \u00c9xodo tenemos una lecci\u00f3n de oraci\u00f3n persistente, y a trav\u00e9s del consejo de Pablo a Timoteo y a los efesios, aprendemos sobre el combate espiritual necesario para vivir con rectitud que conduce al Trono de Dios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el Evangelio, con confianza buscamos m\u00e1s ayuda a trav\u00e9s del consejo de Jes\u00fas. El vers\u00edculo Aleluya de la carta a los Hebreos insta a escuchar atentamente lo que Jes\u00fas ense\u00f1a: \u00ab<\/em>La palabra de Dios es <\/em>viva y eficaz<\/em>, discierne las reflexiones y los pensamientos del coraz\u00f3n\u00bb <\/em>(Hb 4, 12).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luego, la par\u00e1bola evang\u00e9lica del juez injusto tambi\u00e9n ense\u00f1a la persistencia. P\u00f3ngase en el lugar de la viuda y luche contra la obstinada mala voluntad del juez. conv\u00e9nzase de la justicia de su batalla y conf\u00ede en el justo Se\u00f1or. Incluso si \u00c9l no responde de inmediato, su oraci\u00f3n no terminar\u00e1. Mant\u00e9n la calma, permanece tranquilo. Confianza. Contin\u00fae orando, porque Jes\u00fas anima: “\u00bfNo asegurar\u00e1 Dios los derechos de sus escogidos que lo invocan d\u00eda y noche?”<\/em> Sin embargo, la Voluntad de Dios siempre prevalece para nuestro bien, y como dijo Mar\u00eda, as\u00ed deber\u00edamos nosotros, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u00a1H\u00e1gase en m\u00ed de acuerdo con tu palabra!”<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Edward Liptak, SDB Within the scriptures of 29th Sunday C lie consoling words well worth repeating, \u201cOur help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth\u201d (Ps 121:2). People who by the grace of God have made this belief a basic conviction of their lives are among the most calm and cheerful dwellers on earth. In Exodus,\u00a0the\u00a0liberated Hebrews approached the Mountain of God. A Chaldean warrior named Amalek sought to destroy … Continuar leyendo Facing Life\u2019s Battles \/ Enfrentando las batallas de la Vida<\/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":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[777629889,2343517,20310044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-6Nh","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","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119","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=26119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26124,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions\/26124"}],"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=26119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}