Mt 24, 42-51
En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a sus discípulos: "Velen y estén preparados, porque no saben qué día va a venir su Señor. Tengan por cierto que si un padre de familia supiera a qué hora va a venir el ladrón, estaría vigilando y no dejaría que se le metiera por un boquete en su casa. También ustedes estén preparados, porque a la hora en que menos lo piensen, vendrá el Hijo del hombre.
Fíjense en un servidor fiel y prudente, a quien su amo nombró encargado de toda la servidumbre para que le proporcionara oportunamente el alimento. Dichoso ese servidor, si al regresar su amo, lo encuentra cumpliendo con su deber. Yo les aseguro que le encargará la administración de todos sus bienes.
Pero si el servidor es un malvado, y pensando que su amo tardará, se pone a golpear a sus compañeros, a comer y emborracharse, vendrá su amo el día menos pensado, a una hora imprevista, lo castigará severamente y lo hará correr la misma suerte de los hipócritas. Entonces todo será llanto y desesperación''.
Fíjense en un servidor fiel y prudente, a quien su amo nombró encargado de toda la servidumbre para que le proporcionara oportunamente el alimento. Dichoso ese servidor, si al regresar su amo, lo encuentra cumpliendo con su deber. Yo les aseguro que le encargará la administración de todos sus bienes.
Pero si el servidor es un malvado, y pensando que su amo tardará, se pone a golpear a sus compañeros, a comer y emborracharse, vendrá su amo el día menos pensado, a una hora imprevista, lo castigará severamente y lo hará correr la misma suerte de los hipócritas. Entonces todo será llanto y desesperación''.
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GospelMT 24:42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
"Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is long delayed,'
and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with drunkards,
the servant's master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."
"Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
"Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is long delayed,'
and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with drunkards,
the servant's master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."
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Meditacion:
Lo interesante del tiempo ordinario es la cantidad de maneras que nos muestra el evangelio y los santos que se celebran de como ser santos.
Hemos repasado desde martires hasta play boys, humildes mamas, Obispos.. ha habido un poco de todo!
Y el evangelio de hoy nos llama a estar atentos y despiertos.. mas precisamente, nos llama a estar conectados con la vida, no dispersos pensando en cualquier cosa.
Siempre recuerdo una frase de Buda que dice que "si tu puedes estar totalmente despierto y concentrado en tu vida por un minuto, tu eres santo".
Jesus se nos puede aparecer en cualquier minuto y de hecho, lo hace diariamente en el hermano que sufre, en el que necesita de nosotros, en el que menos (o mas) tiene.
Proyectar el evangelio en nuestras vidas es un trabajo enorme, diario, de minuto a minuto porque tambien y al mismo tiempo, el enemigo nos presenta oportunidades de no hacer lo correcto.
Ser santo es un trabajo de tiempo completo.
Pero es el unico trabajo que realmente vale la pena en este mundo.
“Señor mío Jesucristo, te amo sobre todas las cosas y quiero ser un discípulo auténtico tuyo. Dame tu fortaleza para rechazar el pecado habitual, revestirme de tu bondad y amar a mis semejantes como tú me amas a mí.” Amen
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The interesting thing about ordinary time is the number of ways that the gospel and the saints celebrated to be saints show us.
We have gone from martyrs to play boys, humble moms, Bishops .. there has been a bit of everything!
And the gospel of today calls us to be attentive and awake. More precisely, it calls us to be connected with life, not scattered, thinking of anything.
I always remember a phrase from the Buddha that says "if you can be fully awake and focused on your life for a minute, you are holy."
Jesus can appear to us at any minute and in fact, he does it daily in the suffering brother, in the one who needs us, in the least (or more) he has.
Projecting the gospel into our lives is a huge, daily, minute-by-minute job because also and at the same time, the enemy presents us with opportunities to not do the right thing.
Being a saint is a full-time job.
But it is the only work that is really worthwhile in this world.
"My Lord Jesus Christ, I love you above all things and I want to be an authentic disciple of yours. Give me your strength to reject habitual sin, put on your kindness and love my fellowmen as you love me. "Amen
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