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THE HEART OF CONVERSION
March 14, 2010

Today’s scriptures bring us to the heart of the meaning of the Christian journey of conversion. Saint Paul sums it up beautifully: “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away” (2 Corinthians 5:17). The Gospel passage, the parable of the prodigal son, shows us just what this new creation is like. It is all about reconciliation. Just as God removes the yoke of slavery from the shoulders of the Israelites— see today’s first reading—so, too, does the father in the Gospel remove the yoke of guilt and shame from the shoulders of his wayward son. That son first needed to turn away from his sin and seek out and ask forgiveness of his father. That is precisely what we have been doing during this season of repentance. We can only begin to imagine the kind of reconciliation feast that awaits us when we are embraced by our forgiving God.© Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

EL CORAZÓN DE LA CONVERSIÓN
14 de marzo de 2010

Las lecturas bíblicas de hoy nos traen al corazón del significado del camino cristiano de la conversión. Pablo lo resume con gran hermosura: “El que vive en Cristo es una criatura nueva; para él todo lo viejo ha pasado” (2 Corintios 5:17). El pasaje del Evangelio, la parábola del hijo pródigo, nos muestra cómo es esta nueva creación. Se trata de “reconciliación”. Así como Dios quita el yugo de la esclavitud de las espaldas de los israelitas – vea la primera lectura de hoy– de igual manera el padre en el Evangelio quita el yugo de la culpa y la vergüenza de las espaldas
de su hijo descarriado. Primero, aquel hijo debió volver la espalda a su pecado e ir en busca de su padre y pedirle perdón. Es precisamente lo que hemos estado haciendo durante este tiempo de arrepentimiento. Apenas podemos imaginar el tipo de fiesta de reconciliación que nos espera cuando somos abrazados por nuestro Dios de perdón.© Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

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