“For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited me in.” (Matthew 25:35)
“For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited me in.” (Matthew 25:35)
“Porque tuve hambre, y ustedes me dieron de comer; tuve sed, y me dieron de beber; estaba de paso, y me alojaron” (Mateo 25:35).
Go in peace. Go forth, the Mass is ended. Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
“Vayan en paz”. “Vayan, la Misa ha terminado”. “Vayan en paz, glorificando al Señor con sus vidas”. “Vayan y anuncien el Evangelio del Señor”.
“I will make your descendants as many as the stars of heaven and grains of sand on the seashore.” – Genesis 22:17
We here in the United States are in the second year of a three-year Eucharistic Revival.
Aquí en los Estados Unidos estamos en el segundo año de un Avivamiento Eucarístico de tres años.
Ask just about any Catholic – actually almost any Christian in general – the meaning of the season of Lent, and we will hear some rather consistent descriptors: penance, sacrifice, self-denial, “giving something up.”
Si preguntamos a cualquier católico –en realidad, a casi cualquier cristiano en general– el significado del tiempo de Cuaresma, y escucharemos algunas descripciones bastante consistentes: penitencia, sacrificio, abnegación, “renunciar a algo”.
Lent comes early this year. It is February 14 – Valentines Day – so if that is an important day for you to celebrate with a loved one or open a heart-shaped box of chocolates maybe you should find an alternative date now!