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3/13/2016

5th Sunday of Lent

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5th Sunday of Lent - Cycle C 
 
“See, I am doing something new,” the Lord declares today through the Prophet Isaiah.
 
That is what we proclaim to the world as we build the Culture of Life, and that is what Lent prepares us for.
 
“By your gracious gift each year, your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure.” (Preface 1 of Lent). 
 
The paschal mystery renews the world, and ushers in the new humanity, built on Christ and reconciled with God. That is the source of the Culture of Life.
 
The error of excluding entire segments of the human family, like the unborn, from personhood and protection, is an error that is old. It crops up throughout human history, and leads to genocide, holocausts, various forms of slavery, segregation and oppression.
 
But Christ makes all things new. As today’s Gospel passage reveals, he does not condemn us, but reveals to us the mercy that flows from his love for every human life.
 
Yet that mercy is not permission to return to our old life of sin, but rather power that raises us up beyond the life of sin to a new way of responding to the people around us.
 
Some will maintain that it is not really possible to overcome the culture of death or to stop the advance of abortion, euthanasia, and other forms of violence.
 
"But if we are to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed, and are to hear the message, “See, I am doing something new,” then we are called to believe that it really is possible – and we are called to use our gifts and energy to make it real."
 
Peace and Blessings,                       Fr. Ken
 

V Domingo de Cuaresma - Ciclo C 
 
"Mira, estoy haciendo algo nuevo", el Señor declara hoy a través del profeta Isaías.
 
          Eso es lo que proclamamos al mundo al construir la Cultura de la Vida, y para eso es para lo que la Cuaresma nos prepara.
 
          "Por el don de tu gracia, cada año, tus fieles, con la alegría de una mente pura, esperan las sagradas fiestas pascuales." (Prefacio de Cuaresma 1).
          El misterio pascual renueva el mundo, y marca el comienzo de la nueva humanidad, edificada en Cristo y reconciliada con Dios. Esa es la fuente de la Cultura de la Vida.
 
          El error de excluir a segmentos enteros de la familia humana de personalidad y protección, tales como los no nacidos, es un viejo error. Esto surge a lo largo de la historia humana, y conduce al genocidio, a los holocaustos, a las diversas formas de esclavitud, a la segregación y a la opresión.
          Pero Cristo hace nuevas todas las cosas. Como hoy nos revela el pasaje evangélico, él no nos condena, sino que nos revela la misericordia que brota de su amor por toda vida humana.
          Pero la misericordia no es un permiso para volver a nuestra antigua vida de pecado, sino el poder que nos eleva más allá de la vida de pecado a una nueva forma de responder a las personas que nos rodean.
Algunos sostienen que en realidad no es posible superar la cultura de la muerte ni detener el avance del aborto, la eutanasia, y otras formas de violencia.
 
          "Pero si vamos a celebrar el misterio pascual con la mente y el corazón renovados, y vamos a oír el mensaje, "He aquí, yo estoy haciendo algo nuevo", entonces estamos llamados a creer que realmente es posible - y estamos llamados a usar nuestros dones y energías para hacerlo realidad."
 
Paz y Bendiciones,                     Padre Ken

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