Reflexiones orientadas a la oración para acercarte a Dios a través de las escrituras del leccionario y el carisma pasionista--escritos por los miembros de nuestra familia pasionista.
Consulta más contenido espiritual, actualizado a diario, en Alma de la Pasión.
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9Mark 10:17-27 Reflection: We are a blessed people! In our reading from 1 Peter today, we are reminded of how truly blessed we are in receiving a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of…
Scripture: Sirach 27:4-71 Corinthians 15:54-58 Luke 6:39-45 Reflection: We have all heard the expression, “Walk the walk, talk the talk.” It is not for us to judge what we may see or interpret in others, but to take ownership of…
Scripture: James 5:13-20 Mark 10:13-16 Reflection: The psalm response during the Liturgy of the Word too often is but an unremarkable interlude between the first reading and the gospel. But today’s Psalm 141 deserves some quiet consideration. I can hear…
Solemn Commemoration of the Passion Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12 Hebrews 2:9-18 or 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 19:17-30 Reflection: The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power…
Scripture: James 5:1-6Mark 9:41-50 Reflection: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble (skandalizō), it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. MK…
Scripture: James 4:13-17 Mark 9:38-40 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, we have a lesson that speaks very much to our times. John the apostle goes to Jesus and tells Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in…
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19 Reflection: Lord, it seems so counterintuitive to love my enemy. Somedays I feel surrounded by the opposite message. News outlets, social media, neighborhood protests, someone screaming over the back fence… The way information is…
Feast of Saint Peter Damian Scripture: James 3:13-18Mark 9:14-29 Reflection: In the first reading from the letter of St. James there are some key take aways. 1) It is important to pray for wisdom daily as an important element in…
Scripture: I Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23I Corinthians 16: 45-49Luke 6: 27-38 Reflection: The readings today really do pull us way out of our comfort zones! In the reading from Samuel, we have the story from the early days…
Scripture: James 3:1-10Mark 9:2-13 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, we hear the account in Mark’s Gospel of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of the apostles Peter, James and John. These three get a glimpse of Jesus’…