Tantas veces ha sucedido que las personas participantes ni siquiera se plantearon que la parábola hablaba de una boda. No es que no lo diga, o que desconozcamos el ritual de una boda hebrea del siglo I; simplemente se trata de no darse cuenta del ambiente global en el que se desarrolla el evangelio.
Scripture
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is your self-image holding you captive?
A solitary image, of ourselves or others, is often more misleading than life-giving.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What do we miss when Biblical translations are concerned more with doctrine than ‘plain’ meaning?
David Bentley Hart: The hard words of Jesus can be hard to translate away.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
Are Christians really supposed to be communists? A response to David Bentley Hart
Hart argues that the New Testament condemns not only wealth but virtually all private possession.
Posted inFaith, The Word
A Talent for the Gospel
When the Master returns, he will want to know what we did to further the compassion, humility, freedom and love he entrusted to us.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Inherit the Kingdom
God’s “sheep” know their dependence. Knowledge of their own need for grace opens their hearts to the needs of others.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The dangers of becoming a ‘professional’ Catholic
The saints are passionate; the lukewarm are professional.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
In purgatory, God turns back time—and transforms sin
God’s mercy finds a way to fix, in time, in us, what a time of sin has distorted.
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
Retirarnos los títulos
En el silencio nos encontraremos con nosotros mismos y, dentro, muy dentro, con nuestro Dios y Señor, creador, redentor y santificador.
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
De difuntos a santos
La esperanza cristiana se basa en la humanidad de cada uno; en el esfuerzo con el cual colaboramos en la construcción del Reino. La encarnación de Dios en Jesucristo saca la esperanza de lo teórico y la encarna.