It is gratitude that opens our heart, that breaks down our walls, and that turns us toward the Giver. Without gratitude, we become closed in on ourselves, trapped in our own solitude, and everything becomes boring and flat.
Category: Homily
La gratitud es necesaria
Es la gratitud lo que abre nuestro corazón, lo que derriba nuestros muros y lo que nos vuelve hacia el Dador. Sin gratitud, nos encerramos en nosotros mismos, atrapados en nuestra propia soledad, y todo se vuelve aburrido y plano.
The victory that overcomes the world? Our faith.
The solution to evil is faith. But what does that even mean?
El dinero y mi corazón duro
El problema en nuestro Evangelio hoy no es el dinero. Pero la causa y la raíz del problema es. El problema es la dureza del corazón. La causa es amor por el dinero. Y el resultado es que los pobres son olvidados.
Money and My Hard Heart
The problem in our Gospel today is not money. But the cause and the root of the issue is. The problem is hardness of heart. The cause is love of money. And the result is that the poor are forgotten.
The Law of Discipleship
Jesus bluntly and unequivocally rejects this “forge your own path” mentality. And he lays down the “Law of Discipleship” and says, “Hating one’s family, taking up our cross/suffering/discomfort, renouncing our possessions. That’s what it’s going to take.”
“Will you let me love you as you are?”
Being humble is the pre-condition for receiving the love and mercy and life of God. We all need to picture the Lord before us, and picture him asking us, “Will you let me love you as you are?”
“¿Me dejarás amarte como eres?”
Ser humilde es la condición previa para recibir el amor, la misericordia y la vida de Dios. Todos necesitamos imaginar al Señor delante de nosotros, y preguntándonos: “¿Me dejarás amarte como eres?”
Discipleship and the Narrow Gate
Many will eat and drink in his company, many will be around him and hear his teaching. But Jesus says it is not proximity or “status” that saves, but a life of discipleship.
Discipulado y la Puerta Angosta
Muchos comerán y beberán en su compañía, muchos lo rodearán y escucharán sus enseñanzas. Pero Jesús dice que no es la proximidad o el “estado” lo que salva, sino una vida de discipulado.
The Beggar 