The Diocese of Las Cruces cannot soar without the holy wind born of your active giving. Your participation in the Bishop’s Annual Appeal – United in Ministry – will help us live and share the Gospel for our second 35 years, and beyond. Your generous acts of giving yield an incalculable harvest of faith, hope, and love
Siendo uno de los pasajes más famosos e incluso más amados del Nuevo Testamento, las Bienaventuranzas que escuchamos hoy también son algunas de las más difíciles de entender porque son muy paradójicas. Como la “paradoja” sobre la que se funda nuestra fe (la Encarnación – el Inmortal haciéndose mortal, Dios haciéndose hombre, el sin principio naciendo, etc.), estas bienaventuranzas pueden confundirnos si no buscamos la sabiduría para comprenderlas. Si bien es posible que no pueda hacer una buena descripción de todas las bienaventuranzas, ¡echemos un vistazo a lo que podrían significar algunas de las declaraciones más paradójicas! Les dejo algunos palabras de Mons. Charles Pope para ayudarnos a comprender las bienaventuranzas más difíciles y cómo podemos vivirlas:
While one of the most famous, and even most loved passages of the New Testament, the Beatitudes we hear today are also some of the most difficult to understand because they are so paradoxical. Like the “paradox” upon which our faith is founded (the Incarnation – the Immortal becoming mortal, God becoming man, the one without beginning being born, etc), these beatitudes can confound us if we do not seek the wisdom to understand them. While I may not be able to fit a good description of all of the beatitudes, let’s take a little look at what some of the more paradoxical statements might mean!
Did you know that in 1956, a religious sister by the name of Sister Mary Ephrem experienced personal revelations by the Blessed Mother here in the USA? The revelations, which a commission of good, orthodox bishops in 2020 determined were not of an objective supernatural origin, centered around the Immaculate Virgin, Patroness of America. Sr. Mary Ephrem received the exhortation for American’s to be renewed in a purity for love. Today as we speak of the Blessed Trinity, I would like to share a part of what Our Lady asked Sr. Mary Ephrem to share with the faithful: