Friday, February 24, 2017

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time + + + February 26, 2017

Gospel            Matthew 6: 24-34

Jesus said to his disciples:
"No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?'
or 'What are we to drink?'or 'What are we to wear?'
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

En español:

En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a sus discípulos: "Nadie puede servir a dos amos, porque odiará a uno y amará al otro, o bien obedecerá al primero y no le hará caso al segundo. En resumen, no pueden ustedes servir a Dios y al dinero.

Por eso les digo que no se preocupen por su vida, pensando qué comerán o con qué se vestirán. ¿Acaso no vale más la vida que el alimento, y el cuerpo más que el vestido? Miren las aves del cielo, que ni siembran, ni cosechan, ni guardan en graneros y, sin embargo, el Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿Acaso no valen ustedes más que ellas? ¿Quién de ustedes, a fuerza de preocuparse, puede prolongar su vida siquiera un momento?

¿Y por qué se preocupan del vestido? Miren cómo crecen los lirios del campo, que no trabajan ni hilan. Pues bien, yo les aseguro que ni Salomón, en el esplendor de su gloria, se vestía como uno de ellos. Y si Dios viste así a la hierba del campo, que hoy florece y mañana es echada al horno, ¿no hará mucho más por ustedes, hombres de poca fe?

No se inquieten, pues, pensando: ¿Qué comeremos o qué beberemos o con qué nos vestiremos? Los que no conocen a Dios se desviven por todas estas cosas; pero el Padre celestial ya sabe que ustedes tienen necesidad de ellas. Por consiguiente, busquen primero el Reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas se les darán por añadidura. No se preocupen por el día de mañana, porque el día de mañana traerá ya sus propias preocupaciones. A cada día le bastan sus propios problemas."



Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time + + + February 19, 2017

Gospel                 Matthew 5: 38-48

Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one as well.
If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic,
hand over your cloak as well.
Should anyone press you into service for one mile,
go for two miles. 
Give to the one who asks of you,
and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.

"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time + + + February 5, 2017

Gospel                  Matthew 5: 13-16

Jesus said to his disciples:
"You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father."