Posts Tagged: poetry

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Asking the right questions A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 20:27–38 by Magdalena I. García ‘Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.’ – Luke 20:38 It’s all about the brothers, about their future and their breed, while the woman has… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

I alone A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 18:9–14 by Magdalena I. García   The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

  She keeps coming A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 18:1-8 by Magdalena I. García For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

If we had faith A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 17:5-10 by Magdalena I. García   The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Un gran abismo Un recurso para la liturgia dominical basado en Lucas 16:19—31 por Magdalena I. García   Pero, además, hay un gran abismo entre nosotros y ustedes, de manera que los que quieran pasar de aquí a donde están ustedes, no pueden hacerlo; ni tampoco pueden pasar de allá hacia acá.”    Lucas 16:26 Iba… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Part of a whole A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 15:1-10 “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?”   Luke 15:4 by Magdalena I. García gathered at… Read more »

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The blood and the river By Jose Luis Casal Dedicated to the victims of the massacre in Orlando and their families When the blood becomes a river flowers bloom from dead bones. And life emerges beyond the homophobias and hatred speeches from “plexi-glass Christians” without any hopes. When the blood becomes a river fertilizes life… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

You gave me nothing A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 7:36–50 by Magdalena I. García Then turning toward the woman, [Jesus] said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them… Read more »

justleros = more than just nonsense / más que disparates

By Magdalena I. García A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates Amazed A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Luke 7:1­–10 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense, más que disparates

 by Magdalena I. García Come, Spirit of Truth A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on John 16:12–15 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but… Read more »