EVANGELIO DEL DÍA

martes, 28 de diciembre de 2010

«Ahora Señor puedes dejar a tu siervo irse en paz»

EVANGELIO DEL DÍA: 29/12/2010
¿ Señor, a quién iremos?. Tú tienes palabras de vida eterna. Jn 6, 68


Día V dentro de la Octava de Navidad


Epístola I de San Juan 2,3-11.
La señal de que lo conocemos, es que cumplimos sus mandamientos.
El que dice: "Yo lo conozco", y no cumple sus mandamientos, es un mentiroso, y la verdad no está en él.
Pero en aquel que cumple su palabra, el amor de Dios ha llegado verdaderamente a su plenitud. Esta es la señal de que vivimos en él.
El que dice que permanece en él, debe proceder como él.
Queridos míos, no les doy un mandamiento nuevo, sino un mandamiento antiguo, el que aprendieron desde el principio: este mandamiento antiguo es la palabra que ustedes oyeron.
sin embargo, el mandamiento que les doy es nuevo. Y esto es verdad tanto en él como en ustedes, porque se disipan las tinieblas y ya brilla la verdadera luz.
El que dice que está en la luz y no ama a su hermano, está todavía en las tinieblas.
El que ama a su hermano permanece en la luz y nada lo hace tropezar.
Pero el que no ama a su hermano, está en las tinieblas y camina en ellas, sin saber a dónde va, porque las tinieblas lo han enceguecido.

Salmo 96(95),1-3.5-6.
Canten al Señor un canto nuevo, cante al Señor toda la tierra;
canten al Señor, bendigan su Nombre, día tras día, proclamen su victoria.
Anuncien su gloria entre las naciones, y sus maravillas entre los pueblos.
Los dioses de los pueblos no son más que apariencia, pero el Señor hizo el cielo;
en su presencia hay esplendor y majestad, en su Santuario, poder y hermosura.

Evangelio según San Lucas 2,22-35.
Cuando llegó el día fijado por la Ley de Moisés para la purificación, llevaron al niño a Jerusalén para presentarlo al Señor,
como está escrito en la Ley: Todo varón primogénito será consagrado al Señor.
También debían ofrecer en sacrificio un par de tórtolas o de pichones de paloma, como ordena la Ley del Señor.
Vivía entonces en Jerusalén un hombre llamado Simeón, que era justo y piadoso, y esperaba el consuelo de Israel. El Espíritu Santo estaba en él
y le había revelado que no moriría antes de ver al Mesías del Señor.
Conducido por el mismo Espíritu, fue al Templo, y cuando los padres de Jesús llevaron al niño para cumplir con él las prescripciones de la Ley,
Simeón lo tomó en sus brazos y alabó a Dios, diciendo:
"Ahora, Señor, puedes dejar que tu servidor muera en paz, como lo has prometido,
porque mis ojos han visto la salvación
que preparaste delante de todos los pueblos:
luz para iluminar a las naciones paganas y gloria de tu pueblo Israel".
Su padre y su madre estaban admirados por lo que oían decir de él.
Simeón, después de bendecirlos, dijo a María, la madre: "Este niño será causa de caída y de elevación para muchos en Israel; será signo de contradicción,
y a ti misma una espada te atravesará el corazón. Así se manifestarán claramente los pensamientos íntimos de muchos". 
Lc 2,22-35
Leer el comentario del Evangelio por 
San Ignacio de Antioquia (?-hacia 110), obispo y mártir
Carta a los Romanos, 5-7
«Ahora Señor puedes dejar a tu siervo irse en paz»
     Hoy he comenzado a ser un discípulo. Que ninguna criatura visible o invisible me prive de unirme a Jesucristo... Aunque se abatan sobre mí los más crueles suplicios, sólo quiero alcanzar a Jesucristo... ¿Qué se me da a mí de las cosas suaves de este mundo y los imperios de la tierra? Es mucho mejor morir por Cristo que reinar hasta los confines de la tierra. Es a él solo a quien busco, al que murió por nosotros; es a él a quien deseo, al que resucitó por nosotros.

     Mi nacimiento se acerca... Dejadme abrazar la luz pura. Cuando la habré alcanzado, seré hombre. Aceptad que imite la pasión de mi Dios... Mi deseo terrenal ha sido crucificado, y ya no hay en mí fuego para amar la materia sino una «agua viva» (Jn 7,38) que murmura y cuchichea en mi corazón: «Ven al Padre». Ya no puedo saborear los alimentos perecederos o las dulzuras de esta vida. Estoy hambriento del pan de Dios, de la carne de Jesucristo, hijo de David, y como bebida quiero su sangre que es amor incorruptible.

                    

miércoles 29 Diciembre 2010

San David



Ungido rey por el profeta Samuel que obró por inspiración divina, unificó al pueblo de Israel y lo gobernó durante 40 años. Es el prototipo del pueblo judío. De su estirpe nació Jesús.

Murió en Jerusalén a los 70 años de edad en el siglo X antes de Jesucristo. Su voz permanece siempre viva en sus "salmos", que son un himno de gloria, la oración más bella del pueblo de Israel y la plegaria de todo hombre que quiere reencontrar la armonía con lo eterno.

"Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace"

DAILY GOSPEL: 29/12/2010
«Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68


The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas


First Letter of John 2:3-11.
The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his command ments.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him:
whoever claims to abide in him ought to live (just) as he lived.
Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness.
Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall.
Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Psalms 96(95):1-3.5-6.
Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless his name; announce his salvation day after day.
Tell God's glory among the nations; among all peoples, God's marvelous deeds.
For the gods of the nations all do nothing, but the LORD made the heavens.
Splendor and power go before him; power and grandeur are in his holy place.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 2:22-35.
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,
just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,"
and to offer the sacrifice of "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons," in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy Spirit was upon him.
It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.
He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him,
he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you prepared in sight of all the peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel."
The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted
(and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
 Lc 2,22-35
Commentary of the day 
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (?-c.110), Bishop and martyr
Letter to the Romans, 5-7 (trans. J.H. Srawley)
"Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace"
Now I begin to be a disciple. May nothing of things visible or invisible seek to impede me that I may attain to Jesus Christ... Even if the most cruel tortures afflict me, may they only aid me in attaining to Jesus Christ. The furthest bounds of the universe, and the kingdoms of this world shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die for the sake of Jesus Christ than to reign over the boundaries of the earth. Him I seek Who died for us. Him I desire, Who rose [for our sakes].

My travail-pains are upon me... Suffer me to receive pure light. When I reach there then shall I be a man indeed. Suffer me to be an imitator of the passion of my God... My Love has been crucified, and there is not within me any fire of earthly desire, but only water that lives and speaks in me, and says from within me, 'Come hither to the Father.' I have no pleasure in the food of corruption nor in the pleasures of this material life. I desire God's bread, which is the flesh of Christ, Who is of the seed of David, and for drink I desire His blood, which is love incorruptible.

                    

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr († 1170)



SAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
Bishop and martyr
(c. 1118-1170
)
        St. Thomas, son of Gilbert Becket, was born in Southwark, England, in 1117. When a youth he was attached to the household of Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, who sent him to Paris and Bologna to study law.
        He became Archdeacon of Canterbury, then Lord High Chancellor of England; and in 1160, when Archbishop Theobald died, the king insisted on the consecration of St. Thomas in his stead. St. Thomas refused, warning the king that from that hour their friendship would be broken. In the end he yielded, and was consecrated. The conflict at once broke out; St. Thomas resisted the royal customs, which violated the liberties of the Church and the laws of the realm.
        After six years of contention, partly spent in. exile, St. Thomas, with full foresight of martyrdom before him, returned as a good shepherd to his Church. On the 29th of December, 1170, just as vespers were beginning, four knights broke into the cathedral, crying: "Where is the archbishop? where is the traitor?" The monks fled, and St. Thomas might easily have escaped. But he advanced, saying: "Here I am—no traitor, but archbishop. What seek you?" "Your life," they cried. "Gladly do I give it," was the reply; and bowing his head, the invincible martyr was hacked and hewn till his soul went to God.
        Six months later Henry II. submitted to be publicly scourged at the Saint's shrine, and restored to the Church her full rights.