{"id":27765,"date":"2025-12-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=27765"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:39:40","slug":"god-is-spirit-and-life-dios-es-espiritu-y-vida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/12\/12\/god-is-spirit-and-life-dios-es-espiritu-y-vida\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Spirit and Life \/ Dios es Esp\u00edritu y Vida\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Por Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Old Testament Psalm, 115: 4-5, takes great pleasure in mocking gods made of wood, silver, or gold formed by human hands, needing&nbsp;&nbsp;to be carried about by those who made them. Not so our God, true God who is Spirit. He has spoken to us, led us, accompanied and instructed us to make a dwelling place for Him on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Our God is Spirit and He is Truth. He came to live with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our era of the true religion, the Lord Jesus insists that though He is human, His origin is from heaven (see Jn chapter 5). In fact, He made it quite clear that He and the Father are One and that the signs He was working were proof of His heavenly origin and being. He was the Spirit God made flesh. One God, one faith, one religion of heaven and of earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Advent readings prepare us for the greatest of all birthdays, that of the Son of God, Son of Mary, promised Messiah and&nbsp;Savior, now born for us. For example, on this third Advent Sunday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Isaiah \u2013\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><em>Be strong, fear not. Here\u00a0\u00a0is your God<\/em>.\u201d The barren hills and plains abloom, joyful songs fill the air. By his works you will know Him, Savior giving sight to the blind, speech to the deaf mute, agility to the lame. Rejoice at His coming!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ps 146\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0The psalm begs us, with\u00a0\u00a0confidence look forward, for \u201c<em>The LORD keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets captives free.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Come, save us\u00a0\u00a0Lord Jesus!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Letter of James \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><em>Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0Lord.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0See how patently the farmer awaits growth and harvest; be firm; go easy on one another, and judge not: \u201c<em>Take as an example of hardship and patience\u2026the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Think how long the world waited for the Baptist to announce the Savior!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Gospel \u2013\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Jesus tells the disciples of the Baptist that He is the Messiah for He fulfills Isaiah\u2019s centuries old prophecy of one who gives sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf, leaping to the lame, song\u00a0\u00a0to the mute Spirit God made flesh we await you, we believe.\u00a0<strong>R<\/strong>eign forever, Infant King!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator has-background has-dark-gray-color is-style-line\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Dios es Esp\u00edritu y Vida<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un Salmo del Antiguo Testamento, 115:4-5, disfruta mucho burl\u00e1ndose de dioses hechos de madera, plata u oro formados por manos humanas, que necesitan ser llevados por quienes los hicieron. No es as\u00ed nuestro Dios, el verdadero Dios que es el Esp\u00edritu. Nos ha hablado, nos ha guiado, acompa\u00f1ado e instruido para que le hagamos una morada en el monte Sion, en Jerusal\u00e9n. Nuestro Dios es Esp\u00edritu y \u00c9l es Verdad. Vino a vivir con nosotros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En nuestra era de la verdadera religi\u00f3n, el Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas insiste en que, aunque es humano, su origen proviene del cielo (v\u00e9ase Juan cap\u00edtulo 5). De hecho, dej\u00f3 muy claro que \u00c9l y el Padre son Uno y que las se\u00f1ales que \u00c9l estaba actuando eran prueba de Su origen y ser celestial. \u00c9l era el Esp\u00edritu que Dios hizo carne. Un solo Dios, una fe, una religi\u00f3n del cielo y de la tierra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuestras lecturas de Adviento nos preparan para el mayor de todos los cumplea\u00f1os, el del Hijo de Dios, Hijo de Mar\u00eda, Mes\u00edas prometido y Salvador, ahora nacido para nosotros. Por ejemplo, en este tercer Domingo de Adviento:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Isa\u00edas \u2013 <\/strong><strong><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong><em>S\u00e9 fuerte, no temas. Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 tu Dios<\/em>.&#8221; Las colinas y llanuras \u00e1ridas en flor, canciones alegres llenan el aire. Por sus obras lo conocer\u00e9is, Salvador que da vista a los ciegos, habla a los sordos mudos, agilidad a los cojos. \u00a1Regocijaos de su llegada!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Salmo 146 <\/strong>\u2013 El salmo nos suplica, con confianza, mirar hacia adelante, porque &#8220;<em>El SE\u00d1OR guarda la fe para siempre, asegura justicia para los oprimidos y da comida a los hambrientos. El SE\u00d1OR libera a los cautivos.&#8221; <\/em>\u00a1Ven, s\u00e1lvanos, Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>La Carta de Santiago \u2013 <\/strong><em>\u00ab<\/em><em>Tened paciencia, hermanos y hermanas, hasta la venida del<\/em><strong><em> Se\u00f1or.\u00bb<\/em><\/strong> Observa c\u00f3mo el agricultor espera claramente el crecimiento y la cosecha; sed firmes; sed indulgentes unos con otros y no juzguen: &#8220;<em>Tomad como ejemplo de dificultad y paciencia&#8230; los profetas que hablaron en nombre del Se\u00f1or.&#8221; <\/em>\u00a1Piensa cu\u00e1nto tiempo esper\u00f3 el mundo a que el Bautista anunciara al Salvador!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>El Evangelio \u2013 <\/strong>Jes\u00fas dice a los disc\u00edpulos del Bautista que \u00c9l es el Mes\u00edas, pues cumple la profec\u00eda centenaria de Isa\u00edas de quien da la vista a los ciegos y el oyente a los sordos, que salta a los cojos, canto al Esp\u00edritu mudo, Dios hecho carne, os esperamos, creemos. <strong>\u00a1Reina para siempre, Rey Infante!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB Dios es Esp\u00edritu y Vida\u00a0 Un Salmo del Antiguo Testamento, 115:4-5, disfruta mucho burl\u00e1ndose de dioses hechos de madera, plata u oro formados por manos humanas, que necesitan ser llevados por quienes los hicieron. No es as\u00ed nuestro Dios, el verdadero Dios que es el Esp\u00edritu. Nos ha hablado, nos ha guiado, acompa\u00f1ado e instruido para que le hagamos una &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/12\/12\/god-is-spirit-and-life-dios-es-espiritu-y-vida\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">God Is Spirit and Life \/ Dios es Esp\u00edritu y Vida\u00a0<\/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_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-27765","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-7dP","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\/27765","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=27765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27766,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions\/27766"}],"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=27765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}