{"id":29365,"date":"2026-03-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=29365"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:38:12","slug":"rise-from-the-dead-resucita-de-entre-los-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/03\/13\/rise-from-the-dead-resucita-de-entre-los-muertos\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise from the Dead \/ Resucita de Entre Los Muertos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Por Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This command from St. Paul to the Ephesians and to us is not Paul\u2019s but God\u2019s. \u2018Awake from the darkness of sin and live in the light of Christ!\u201d It is a warning cry for all of us. We have turned toward God. Yet we may get sleepy on our way, over-confident that we have no sin. Yes, God has given us light, but we must continue to do our part. Always, says Paul, to \u201cLive as children of light.\u201d Always choose the way of light and salvation, not that of darkness. The way of sin is always around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reading from Samuel shows how he sought enlightenment, trusting in God. It is also a lesson on being careful to choose God\u2019s will, careful and obedient. Jesse, hailing from the long line of Judah, lived with his several sons in insignificant Bethlehem, just south of Jerusalem. God revealed to Samuel that he had chosen one of the sons to be King of Israel. God\u2019s plan for the birth of Jesus, King in David\u2019s line, was developing. One by one, Jesse\u2019s sons were presented to Samuel. None of them had been chosen by God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last and least of them, David, away doing the humble task of shepherd, was sent for. It was he who was God\u2019s choice. Jesse and the elder brothers accepted. David was anointed, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him. David was not always innocent and good, as perhaps is also true of us. But the power of David\u2019s successor King Jesus, born innocent, living and dying innocent, our Jesus, with power to forgive, saved even David. Lord, on us too, have mercy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Gospel, we meet one of St. John\u2019s markers of who Jesus is, with the power to conquer darkness and give light to a man born blind. As was his custom, John linked in many details about Jesus, this time as a source of light. We can take it as an image of Jesus absolving our sins. We pray for trust in Jesus as the blind man had when he went and washed. We seek his courage before the Pharisees who refused belief and worse, called Jesus sinful. &#8220;No,&#8221; he said, \u201cHe is a prophet.\u201d Thrown out of the Synagogue, Jesus found him and sought his faith. Jesus heard all he needed, \u201cI do believe.\u201d May we hold fast to Jesus against renewed sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWash yourselves, make yourselves clean.<br>Take your wrongdoing out of my sight.\u201d (See IS 1:16)<\/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\"><strong>Resucita de Entre los Muertos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este mandato de San Pablo a los efesios y a nosotros no es de Pablo, sino de Dios. \u201c\u00a1Despierten de las tinieblas del pecado y vivan en la luz de Cristo!\u201d. Es un grito de advertencia para todos nosotros. Nos hemos vuelto hacia Dios. Sin embargo, podemos sentirnos somnolientos en el camino, demasiado confiados en no tener pecado. S\u00ed, Dios nos ha dado luz, pero debemos seguir haciendo nuestra parte. Siempre, dice Pablo, \u201c<em>vivir como hijos de la luz.<\/em>\u201d Siempre eligiendo el camino de la luz y la salvaci\u00f3n, no el de la oscuridad. El camino del pecado siempre est\u00e1 a nuestro alrededor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La lectura de Samuel muestra c\u00f3mo busc\u00f3 la iluminaci\u00f3n, confiando en Dios. Tambi\u00e9n es una lecci\u00f3n sobre ser cuidadosos al elegir la voluntad de Dios, ser cuidadosos y obedientes. Jes\u00e9, proveniente de la larga l\u00ednea de Jud\u00e1, viv\u00eda con sus varios hijos en la insignificante Bel\u00e9n, justo al sur de Jerusal\u00e9n. Dios le revel\u00f3 a Samuel que hab\u00eda elegido a uno de sus hijos para ser Rey de Israel. El plan de Dios para el nacimiento de Jes\u00fas, Rey en la l\u00ednea de David, se estaba desarrollando. Uno a uno, los hijos de Jes\u00e9 fueron presentados a Samuel. Ninguno de ellos hab\u00eda sido elegido por Dios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El \u00faltimo y m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o de ellos, David, quien se encontraba realizando la humilde tarea de pastor, fue llamado. \u00c9l fue la elecci\u00f3n de Dios. Jes\u00e9 y los hermanos mayores aceptaron. David fue ungido y el Esp\u00edritu de Dios lo inund\u00f3. David no siempre fue inocente ni bueno, como quiz\u00e1s tambi\u00e9n ocurre con nosotros. Pero el poder del sucesor de David, el Rey Jes\u00fas, nacido inocente, viviendo y muriendo inocente, nuestro Jes\u00fas, con poder para perdonar, salv\u00f3 incluso a David. \u00a1<em>Se\u00f1or, de nosotros tambi\u00e9n, ten piedad!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En el Evangelio de San Juan conocemos uno de los marcadores de qui\u00e9n es Jes\u00fas, con poder para vencer la oscuridad y dar luz a un hombre nacido ciego. Como era su costumbre, Juan incluy\u00f3 muchos detalles sobre Jes\u00fas, esta vez como fuente de luz. Podemos tomarlo como una imagen de Jes\u00fas absolviendo nuestros pecados. Oramos por <em>confianza en Jes\u00fas<\/em>, como lo hizo el ciego cuando fue a lavarse. Buscamos <em>el valor<\/em> del ciego ante los fariseos, que rechazaron la fe y, peor a\u00fan, llamaron pecador a Jes\u00fas. &#8220;No&#8221;, dijo, <em>&#8220;\u00c9l es un profeta.&#8221; <\/em>Jes\u00fas lo encontr\u00f3 expulsado de la sinagoga, y busc\u00f3 su fe. Jes\u00fas escuch\u00f3 todo lo que necesitaba: <em>&#8220;Yo creo.&#8221; <\/em>Que nos mantengamos firmes en Jes\u00fas contra el pecado renovado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;L\u00e1vense, purif\u00edquense. Quiten sus malas acciones de mi vista.&#8221; (V\u00e9ase Is 1:16)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB This command from St. Paul to the Ephesians and to us is not Paul\u2019s but God\u2019s. \u2018Awake from the darkness of sin and live in the light of Christ!\u201d It is a warning cry for all of us. We have turned toward God. Yet we may get sleepy on our way, over-confident that we have no sin. Yes, God has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/03\/13\/rise-from-the-dead-resucita-de-entre-los-muertos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rise from the Dead \/ Resucita de Entre Los Muertos<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[777629889,2343517,20310044],"tags":[782003455],"class_list":["post-29365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news","tag-fr-ed-liptak"],"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-7DD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29365","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=29365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29514,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29365\/revisions\/29514"}],"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=29365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}