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Abraham means “Ancestor of many.” Moses means “to draw out.” Israel means, either “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.” So, if our etymological skills are keen enough, at least from an Old Testament point of view, we can figure out the purpose of a particular patriarch or matriarch simply by reading his or her name. Of course,…
“En el principio existía la Palabra y la Palabra estaba con Dios y la Palabra era Dios” (Jn 1:1). Con estas palabras el evangelista Juan nos introduce el cuarto evangelio y establece con claridad meridiana que todo lo que existe y tiene su ser se origina en y por la Palabra. Esa Palabra decidió establecer…
[NOTE TO READER: The word Chuuk is pronounced to rhyme with “look.”] On the island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, there are many people who have come seeking a better life for their children. One of them is a man we’ll call Andrew. Andrew is from Chuuk State, a chain of islands surrounding…
La buena noticia. Los pastores estaban en el campo cuidando las ovejas como de costumbre. Hasta este momento de su vida no se habían dado grandes sorpresas. De pronto sucede algo sumamente asombroso. Cuando los pastores reposaban solos con las ovejas de repente se encontraron cara a cara con un ángel que les anunciaba “una…
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preached his Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on Dec. 25. The full text follows. This morning’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews begins with the boldest and most unambiguous statement possible of what’s new and different about Christmas. God has always been communicating with humanity, in any number of…
“The Word became flesh and lived among us.” Here’s a question for you this Christmas Day: Say there had been no fall from grace in the Garden, and humankind had never sinned. In that case, would God have become man? Would God have become part of our human race? And would we today be celebrating…
Leccionario Dominical, Año CPreparado por el Obispo Theodore A. Daniels, D.D. 2 Samuel 7:1-6; Salmo 89:19-29; Lucas 1:67-79 Zacarías, el padre de Juan el Bautista, lleno del Espíritu Santo y hablando en nombre de Dios, dijo: “¡Bendito sea el Señor, Dios de Israel, porque ha venido a salvar a su pueblo! Nos ha enviado un…
The stars in Africa shine brightly. Like when you were a child, and there was far less light pollution than there is now. The dark of a night without moon would ignite the stars as bright sparks. The stars in Africa are those sparks. If you look patiently, you can see the Milky Way, as…
“Y bienaventurada la que creyó que tendrá cumplimiento lo que le fue dicho de parte del Señor” (Lc 1:45). La exclamación de Isabel en el evangelio de hoy capta muy bien la razón por la cual su prima, María, es tan bienaventurada. Esta jovencita, María, estaba bendita con el don de la fe. Fe por…
In the beautiful month of May, in the springtime of the year, the church keeps a feast known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The gospel reading on that occasion is the one we just heard, the story of pregnant Mary’s visit to her elderly relative Elizabeth, who is herself pregnant with John…
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