Lc 5, 12-16
En aquel tiempo, estando Jesús en un poblado, llegó un leproso, y al ver a Jesús, se postró rostro en tierra, diciendo: "Señor, si quieres, puedes curarme". Jesús extendió la mano y lo tocó, diciendo: "Quiero. Queda limpio". Y al momento desapareció la lepra. Entonces Jesús le ordenó que no lo dijera a nadie y añadió: "Ve, preséntate al sacerdote y ofrece por tu purificación lo que Moisés prescribió. Eso les servirá de testimonio".
Y su fama se extendía más y más. Las muchedumbres acudían a oírlo y a ser curados de sus enfermedades. Pero Jesús se retiraba a lugares solitarios para orar.
Y su fama se extendía más y más. Las muchedumbres acudían a oírlo y a ser curados de sus enfermedades. Pero Jesús se retiraba a lugares solitarios para orar.
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GospelLK 5:12-16
It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where Jesus was;
and when he saw Jesus,
he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,
"Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean."
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
"I do will it. Be made clean."
And the leprosy left him immediately.
Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but
"Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing
what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
The report about him spread all the more,
and great crowds assembled to listen to him
and to be cured of their ailments,
but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
and when he saw Jesus,
he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,
"Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean."
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
"I do will it. Be made clean."
And the leprosy left him immediately.
Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but
"Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing
what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
The report about him spread all the more,
and great crowds assembled to listen to him
and to be cured of their ailments,
but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
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Meditacion:
El evangelio de hoy es tremendamente actual. Y se puede leer en varios sentidos. Por un lado nos podemos concentrar en los leprosos de nuestro tiempo... nosotros mismos con nuestros pecados somos leprosos modernos, sin contar todos los demas que caminamos por esta tierra... los adictos, las personas mayores, los inmigrantes... todos hermanos que necesitan de nuestra ayuda, nuestro amor, nuestra comprension.
Todos ellos pueden ser curados por nosotros con la ayuda del Espiritu Santo.
Y tambien podemos interpretar esta escritura de una manera diferente, viendo como Jesus no rompe con la estructura religiosa de su epoca, le manda al ex leproso a que haga los sacrificios que Moises prescribio.
Entonces aca yo encuentro una buena vara para medir tantas personas que a veces nos quieren convencer que la Iglesia no sirve o que no nos hace falta. Incluso Jesus respeto (si bien marcaba muy criticamente sus defectos) la religion de su tiempo.
Porque su cambio, su revolucion no era de romper y volver a fundar como todos nosotros creemos. Muchas veces escucho a hermanos que hablan de que la Iglesia esta mal o que el Papa esto o lo otro; especialmente en este tiempo, que surgieron tantas denuncias sobre abuso sexual.
Incluso Jesus respetaba lo que habia sido mandado hacer muchos años antes.
Entonces hermanos hagamos un resumen. Por un lado, salgamos al mundo a ayudar a nuestros hermanos que nos necesitan; por el otro, dejemos de renegar sobre nuestra Iglesia y ayudemos a su cambio. Amen
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The gospel of today is tremendously current. And it can be read in several ways. On the one hand we can concentrate on the lepers of our time ... we ourselves with our sins are modern lepers, not counting all the others who walk on this earth ... the addicts, the elderly, the immigrants ... all brothers who need our help, our love, our understanding.
All of them can be cured by us with the help of the Holy Spirit.
And we can also interpret this scripture in a different way, seeing how Jesus does not break with the religious structure of his time, he sends the former leper to make the sacrifices that Moses prescribed.
So here I find a good yardstick to measure so many people who sometimes want to convince us that the Church does not work or that we do not need it. Even Jesus respected (although it marked very critically his defects) the religion of his time.
Because his change, his revolution was not to break and refound as we all believe. Many times I listen to brothers who talk about the Church being wrong or about the Pope this or that; Especially at this time, there were so many complaints about sexual abuse.
Even Jesus respected what had been commanded many years before.
Then, brothers, let's summarize. On the one hand, let's go out into the world to help our brothers who need us; On the other, let's stop denying our Church and let's help her change. Amen
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