{"id":30538,"date":"2026-05-08T13:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=30538"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:44:46","slug":"sixth-sunday-of-easter-doing-it-gods-way-hacerlo-a-la-manera-de-dios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/05\/08\/sixth-sunday-of-easter-doing-it-gods-way-hacerlo-a-la-manera-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth Sunday of Easter: Doing it God\u2019s Way \/ Hacerlo a la manera de Dios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Nothing could stop the expansion of the Church. Stephen\u2019s martyrdom and frightful persecution by the temple regime and by Paul were but seeds for growth. Scattered Christians preached of Jesus and the Kingdom. Deacon Phillip went down to Samaria, where he preached, drove out demons, healed, and cured many. News of the surge of new believers reached Jerusalem. Philip had baptized, but the Holy Spirit had not come upon the converts. The Apostles met and sent Peter and John to confer the Holy Spirit. Our Church was growing in numbers, awareness of the sacraments, and in whose authority they were conferred. It was developing a sound structure in peaceful agreement. \u201cThere was great joy in that city,\u201d and hopefully a touch of our own joy to behold the guiding Spirit of God at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter\u2019s first letter recognized the struggling new faithful in the pagan Near East. He was concerned about their suffering, but he urged them to find joy in God\u2019s gift of salvation through Christ the Lord. Typical of Peter\u2019s pastoral concern is this verse from today\u2019s passage: \u201cFor it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil.\u201dWe, too, have been influenced by irreligion all around us. Peter\u2019s remedy even for us now is Christ: \u201cFor Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our job, then, is to let Jesus be our influencer in our journey toward everlasting life. Think of Him often and do set Him as your goal. Today\u2019s Gospel argues that to reach Jesus is to reach heaven. \u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments,\u201d keep them out of love, not fear. We humans, tend to overrate ourselves. But Jesus knew we needed help. \u201cI will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.\u201d All kinds of remarkable unions take place in the Spirit. \u201c[He] remains with you, will be in you \u2026 come to you.\u201d \u201c On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you.\u201d If we have found Jesus, we have found the Father, and the Spirit, and then Heaven is ours. But we can\u2019t do it by ourselves! Send him to us, Lord God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s do it His way, with Him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hacerlo a la manera de Dios<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nada pudo detener la expansi\u00f3n de la Iglesia. El martirio de Esteban y su terrible persecuci\u00f3n por parte del r\u00e9gimen del templo y de Pablo no fueron m\u00e1s que semillas para el crecimiento. Cristianos dispersos predicaban sobre Jes\u00fas y el Reino. El di\u00e1cono Felipe baj\u00f3 a Samaria, donde predic\u00f3, expuls\u00f3 demonios, san\u00f3 y cur\u00f3 a muchos. La noticia del aumento de nuevos creyentes lleg\u00f3 a Jerusal\u00e9n. Felipe hab\u00eda bautizado, pero el Esp\u00edritu Santo no hab\u00eda venido sobre los convertidos. Los ap\u00f3stoles se reunieron y enviaron a Pedro y Juan para conferenciar el Esp\u00edritu Santo. Nuestra Iglesia crec\u00eda en n\u00famero, en conciencia de los sacramentos y de cuya autoridad se los confer\u00eda. Estaba desarrollando una estructura s\u00f3lida en un acuerdo pac\u00edfico.\u00a0“Hab\u00eda una gran alegr\u00eda en esa ciudad”, y con suerte un toque de nuestra propia alegr\u00eda al contemplar el Esp\u00edritu gu\u00eda de Dios en acci\u00f3n.
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La primera carta de Pedro reconoci\u00f3 a los nuevos fieles en lucha en el Cercano Oriente pagano. Le preocupaba su sufrimiento, pero les instaba a encontrar alegr\u00eda en el don de salvaci\u00f3n de Dios a trav\u00e9s de Cristo Se\u00f1or. T\u00edpico de la preocupaci\u00f3n pastoral de Pedro es este vers\u00edculo del pasaje de hoy: \u00abPorque es mejor sufrir por hacer el bien, si esa es la voluntad de Dios, que por hacer el mal\u201d. Nosotros tambi\u00e9n hemos sido influenciados por la irreligi\u00f3n a nuestro alrededor. El remedio que Pedro nos tiene ahora es Cristo: “Porque Cristo tambi\u00e9n sufri\u00f3 una vez por pecados, el justo por culpa de los injustos, para que os condujera a Dios”.
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Nuestro trabajo, entonces, es dejar que Jes\u00fas sea nuestro influenciador en nuestro camino hacia la vida eterna. Piensa en \u00c9l a menudo y ponle \u00c9l como tu objetivo. El Evangelio de hoy sostiene que alcanzar a Jes\u00fas es llegar al cielo.\u00a0“Si me amas, cumplir\u00e1s mis mandamientos”, gu\u00e1rdalos por amor, no por miedo. Los humanos tendemos a sobrevalorarnos. Pero Jes\u00fas sab\u00eda que necesitamos ayuda. “Se lo pedir\u00e9 al Padre, y \u00e9l te dar\u00e1 otro Abogado para que siempre est\u00e9 contigo.” Todo tipo de uniones notables tiene lugar en el Esp\u00edritu.\u00a0“[\u00c9l] permanece contigo, estar\u00e1 en ti \u2026\u00a0\u00a0venir a ti.” ” Ese d\u00eda comprender\u00e1s que yo estoy en mi Padre y t\u00fa en m\u00ed y yo en ti.”\u00a0Si hemos encontrado a Jes\u00fas, hemos encontrado al Padre, y al Esp\u00edritu, y entonces el Cielo es nuestro. \u00a1Pero no podemos hacerlo solos! Env\u00edanoslo, Se\u00f1or Dios.
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Hag\u00e1moslo a su manera, con \u00c9l.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB Nothing could stop the expansion of the Church. Stephen\u2019s martyrdom and frightful persecution by the temple regime and by Paul were but seeds for growth. Scattered Christians preached of Jesus and the Kingdom. Deacon Phillip went down to Samaria, where he preached, drove out demons, healed, and cured many. News of the surge of new believers reached Jerusalem. Philip had … Continuar leyendo Sixth Sunday of Easter: Doing it God\u2019s Way \/ Hacerlo a la manera 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":"","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":[782003455],"class_list":["post-30538","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_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-7Wy","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\/30538","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=30538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30539,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30538\/revisions\/30539"}],"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=30538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}