{"id":30307,"date":"2026-04-22T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=30307"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:50:38","slug":"fourth-sunday-of-easter-christ-gate-of-heaven-puerta-de-cristo-del-cielo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/04\/22\/fourth-sunday-of-easter-christ-gate-of-heaven-puerta-de-cristo-del-cielo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Sunday of Easter: Christ Gate of Heaven \/ Puerta de Cristo del Cielo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Jesus, Good Shepherd, is a beloved title we and generations before us have used to describe our Divine Savior. We count on Him to lead us to heaven. However, there is another title by which Jesus described Himself. See the Gospel of this fourth Sunday of Easter: \u201c I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved.\u201d That is our goal. To enter the bright green pastures of heaven. To live with Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and all the blessed of Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The readings start with Peter\u2019s bold accusation during his Pentecost speech: \u201cGod has made both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.\u201d Many in the crowd were touched and wanted to know what they should do. Peter called upon them to repent and seek Baptism. We, too, must repent of any sinfulness, and while here on earth, paused outside the gate of heaven, must strive to maintain our friendship with Christ. Only through Him can we enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter later wrote that even if you suffer on the way as Christ did, follow Him. \u201c[He] committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.\u201d With loving forgiveness, He has led us to the gate of heaven. He awaits as we do the time of our passing so that Lord Jesus sweeps us through the open gate unto God. The Good Shepherd is ready to lead us. \u201c[He] bore our sins in his body upon the cross that, free from sin, we might live in righteousness.\u201d \u201cBy his wounds you have been healed.\u201d \u201cYou had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.\u201d We wait, we yearn for Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John\u2019s Gospel today, Jesus was addressing the Jewish Temple elite. He had been sent by God. They are blind because they refuse to see. Like robbers and thieves, they leap the sheepfold wall. They are cowardly and do not care for the sheep, the faithful, but themselves. Not so Jesus. \u201cI came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” He is the true shepherd who leads the way, who guides, who feeds. Again, He asserts: \u201cI am the good shepherd.\u201d \u201cI am the gate.\u201d \u201cI know mine. Mine knows me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puerta de Cristo del Cielo<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jes\u00fas, Buen Pastor, es un t\u00edtulo querido que nosotros y generaciones anteriores hemos usado para describir a nuestro Divino Salvador. Contamos con \u00c9l para guiarnos al cielo. Sin embargo, hay otro t\u00edtulo con el que Jes\u00fas se describi\u00f3 a s\u00ed mismo. Mira el Evangelio de este cuarto domingo de Pascua: Yo soy la puerta. Quien entre a trav\u00e9s de m\u00ed ser\u00e1 salvado. Ese es nuestro objetivo. Para entrar en los verdes y brillantes pastos del cielo. Vivir con el Padre, el Hijo, el Esp\u00edritu Santo y todos los benditos del Cielo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las lecturas comienzan con la audaz acusaci\u00f3n de Pedro durante su discurso de Pentecost\u00e9s: Dios ha hecho tanto al Se\u00f1or como a Cristo, este Jes\u00fas a quien crucificasteis. Muchos en el p\u00fablico se conmovieron y quer\u00edan saber qu\u00e9 deb\u00edan hacer. Pedro les llam\u00f3 a arrepentirse y buscar el bautismo. Nosotros tambi\u00e9n debemos arrepentirnos de cualquier pecado, y mientras estemos aqu\u00ed en la tierra, detenidos fuera de la puerta del cielo, debemos esforzarnos por mantener nuestra amistad con Cristo. Solo por \u00c9l podemos entrar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro escribi\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde que, aunque sufras en el camino como Cristo, s\u00edguele. “\u00c9l no cometi\u00f3 pecado, ni enga\u00f1o se encontr\u00f3 en su boca.” Con amor y perd\u00f3n nos ha conducido a la puerta del cielo. \u00c9l espera, mientras nosotros, el momento de nuestro partido, para que el Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas nos lleve por la puerta abierta hacia Dios. El Buen Pastor est\u00e1 listo para guiarnos. Llev\u00f3 nuestros pecados en su cuerpo sobre la cruz para que, libres de pecado, vivi\u00e9ramos en justicia. Por sus heridas hab\u00e9is sido curados. Hab\u00e9is sido curados por sus heridas. Os hab\u00e9is desviado como ovejas, pero ahora hab\u00e9is regresado al pastor y guardi\u00e1n de vuestras almas. Esperamos, anhelamos el Cielo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el Evangelio de Juan, Jes\u00fas se dirig\u00eda hoy a la \u00e9lite jud\u00eda del Templo. Hab\u00eda sido enviado por Dios. Son ciegos porque se niegan a ver. Como ladrones y salteadores, saltan el muro del redil. Son cobardes y no se preocupan por las ovejas, los fieles, sino por ellos mismos. No es as\u00ed, Jes\u00fas. “Vino para que tuvieran vida y la tuvieran en abundancia. \u201c\u00c9l es el verdadero pastor que gu\u00eda el camino, que gu\u00eda, que alimenta. De nuevo afirma: “Yo soy el buen pastor”, “Yo soy la puerta.” “Yo conozco a los m\u00edos.” El m\u00edo me conoce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El SE\u00d1OR es mi pastor ;no me faltar\u00e1 nada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB Jesus, Good Shepherd, is a beloved title we and generations before us have used to describe our Divine Savior. We count on Him to lead us to heaven. However, there is another title by which Jesus described Himself. See the Gospel of this fourth Sunday of Easter: \u201c I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved.\u201d That … Continuar leyendo Fourth Sunday of Easter: Christ Gate of Heaven \/ Puerta de Cristo del Cielo<\/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-30307","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-7SP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30307","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=30307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30311,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30307\/revisions\/30311"}],"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=30307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}