Fully Alive in God

(https://yourcoachingbrain.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/pause-1.jpg) Melissa Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-9, 1st Thessalonians 3:9-13, St Luke 21:25-36) In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety (Jer. 33:16a). Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. What do we desire right now more than to be safe and sound? There have been so many violent events all around the world in recent moments. Just in this past week, on the day after Thanksgiving, another violent attack, this time in a women’s clinic in Colorado. Lord, have mercy. We also heard more about another shooting death of a young black man in Chicago. Christ, have mercy. And environmentalists tell us that the carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere are now above 400 parts per million, a number that is dangerously high, and could quickly become toxic. Lord, have mercy. And we are tired. Tired of hearing bad news. I hear that our festival o...

(https://yourcoachingbrain.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/pause-1.jpg) Melissa Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Jeremías 33:14-16, Salmo 25:1-9, 1º Tesalonicenses 3:9-13, San Lucas 21:25-36) En aquel tiempo Judá estará a salvo y Jerusalén vivirá segura. Judá estará a salvo y Jerusalén vivirá segura. (Jeremías 33:16ª) Anhelamos sentir salvo y seguro ahora, ¿No es cierto? Hay tantas cosas que han estado pasando en el mundo. Justo durante este tiempo festivo, otro ataque, ahora en Colorado en una clínica para la salud de las mujeres. Señor, ten misericordia. Hemos escuchado más de otro joven negro matado en Chicago. Cristo, ten misericordia. Y los defensores del medioambiente dicen que los niveles de dióxido de carbono están peligrosamente altos, más que 400 partes por millón, que significa que nuestro aire puede estar convirtiendo en algo toxico a nosotros. Señor, ten misericordia. Pero nosotros estamos cansados. Hay una fatiga porque hemos recibido demasiadas malas ...

(stmaryny.org) M.Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (2 Samuel 23:1–7; Psalm 132:1–13, (14–19); Revelation 1:4b–8; John 18:33–37) You're my friend and You are my brother Even though You are a king I love You more than any other So much more than anything   (From: “As the Deer”) This Sunday we mark the feast of Christ the King, the end of the liturgical year. In our seminary chapel we had a stained glass window of a Christ the King image and I must admit that at times I found it relatively uninspiring. I mean, it just seemed so distant, the image of a distant King on a throne. Not my Jesus. Not my friend. Not my brother. Although the image of Jesus as King goes way back, the truth is that the celebration of Christ the King is a relatively new phenomenon. In 1925 Pope Pius XI instated it, [1] in part as a response to the totalitarian regimes that were starting to come up around the world. Our church accepted this feast shortly thereafter.  A rem...

(stmaryny.org) M.Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (2 Samuel 23:1–7; Salmo 132:1–13, (14–19); Revelación 1:4b–8; San Juan 18:33–37) En la misa en ingl é s hoy cantamos una canción que dijo: “You're my friend and You are my brother Even though You are a king I love You more than any other So much more than anything   (From: ‘As the Deer’).” Es decir: “Tu eres mi amigo y tú eres mi hermano Aunque seas un rey. Yo te amo más que cualquier otro Más que cualquiera cosa en el mundo.” Este domingo es el festival de Cristo Rey, y marca el fin del a ñ o litúrgico. En la capilla de nuestro seminario tuvimos un vitral con una imagen de Cristo Rey y tengo de confesar a Uds. que a veces lo encontr é poco estimulante. Quiero decir que pareci ó una imagen tan distante, tan removida de nuestra existencia. Un rey en un trono no fue mi Jesús. No fue mi amigo ni mi hermano. This image of Christ the King didn’t seem like my friend, or my brother. Aunque la i...