Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Tuesday, November 26 Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Cabaiguan RAISED IN CHRIST COLOSSIANS 3: 1-4

Tuesday, November 26
Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Cabaiguan

RAISED IN CHRIST
                                                            COLOSSIANS  3: 1-4

Think about the things above and not things on earth.
                                                                                                                         Colossians 3:2 (CEB)

“We have been raised with Christ,” and we are depositaries of the salvation in Jesus Christ, let us then live this salvation from now on, continuing the path that this same Jesus marked for us through the effective and unconditional love, the welcome, the forgiveness and most of all the solidarity with people in the most need.  

Exhorting ourselves to look and to think on the things of heaven where Christ is seated at the right hand of God, and not on the things of the earth does not invite us to practice an escapist and individualistic faith, to evade the reality in which we live and which many times drowns us, makes us sad or in bad humor, or makes us lose the strength, the energy, and even the wish to live.  It means, on the contrary, to look for the presence of God wherever we find ourselves and to always intend to do his will, that is, that which is good, that which is honest, that which is ethical, that which is human, that which is divine. 

In this way, we not only will be part of his glory to come but we will be showing it anticipatingly to the world, the “already” in the “not yet” of the Kingdom.

Prayer:  Allow, Lord, that each word, gesture or action of ours reflects your loving and transformative presence in the world.  Amen. 
           
Translation by Deborah McEachran                    

Aniversario  de la IPR de Cabaiguán


RESUCITADOS EN CRISTO
                                                            COLOSENSES  3: 1-4

              Piensen en las cosas del cielo, no en las de la tierra
                                                                             
  Colosenses 3:2

“Ya que hemos sido resucitados con Cristo,” y somos depositarios de la salvación en Cristo Jesús, vivamos pues esa salvación desde ahora siguiendo el camino que nos marcó el propio Jesús a través del amor eficaz e incondicional, la acogida, el perdón y la solidaridad sobre todo con las personas más necesitadas.

Al exhortarnos a buscar y pensar en las cosas del cielo donde Cristo sentado a la derecha de Dios, y no en las de la tierra, no se nos invita a practicar una fe escapista e individualista, a evadir la realidad que vivimos y que muchas veces nos agobia, nos pone tristes o de mal humor, o nos hace perder las fuerzas, el ánimo, y hasta el deseo de seguir viviendo. Se trata, por el contrario, de buscar la presencia de Dios donde quiera que nos encontremos, e intentar hacer siempre su voluntad, o sea, lo que es bueno, lo que es honesto, lo que es ético, lo que es humano, lo que es divino.

De esa forma, no solo tendremos parte en su gloria venidera sino que  estaremos mostrándola anticipadamente al mundo, el “ya” en el “todavía no” del Reino.

Oración: Permite, Señor, que cada palabra, gesto o acción nuestra refleje tu presencia amorosa y transformadora en el mundo. Amén.                               

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