Padre Louis Rojas - 3 de mayo (en español)

St. Philip Catholic Church: Jesus is inviting us to understand that John is doing more than in other Gospels, that he and the Father are one. That is our faith proclaims that there is one God, but three independent of the same nature. The only one has another nature is Jesus. because he you a man. But in God, it's not so easy to speak to understand clearly how that relationship between them. But where one is, the other two That's all we need understand. God is one, and the Father, Son, and the Holy are together. work together. They call us together. And that's what, if we today in the readings, One of the things that is happening is are inviting us. As they in the primitive that's how it is, right? Okay. They chose seven people, in this case seven men, who were going to help, who were going to their services in the church, called to two things, do, pray and serve the people with their needs. The apostles, So they were only to of proclaiming the Gospel. That was the difference. And that custom or that call continues to this day. They call, they invite some people, some men in the community who serve, who come to serve as diacons, like those seven. But they are called to serve. We all, por medio del bautizo, también estamos llamados a proclamar el Evangelio. ¿Y qué quiere? ¿Qué significa proclamar? Es no leerlo. Por eso es fácil hacer. No para mí en español, pero es fácil leerlo. Pero proclamar quiere decir que no solamente lo hablo, pero lo vivo. These two children, this lady who will be her communion today, are invited today. And we hear what we are going to receive. We all receive. We are consecrated. Father, I can't touch the bone because I'm not consecrated. What do we We are consecrated as priests. We are consecrated as prophets. We are... consacrados, yo no digo como reyes, pero porque no todos podemos ser reyes, pero sí podemos ser parte de la casa real de Jesús. Todos estamos invitados a participar en esas tres cosas de Jesús, que es el sacerdote que nos da al Padre, a mí, a los Diáconos, y a ustedes el derecho de poder. As priests, we have to pray and offer the needs of the people. As prophets, proclaim what we believe. That's what the parents have just made a commitment to educate these children. And the parents of the who is doing the communion too, and all the others who here, who did the communion, are committed to helping them understand, know, to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Because then, do they their communion? And that applies to all of us. Why did we go up to receive Christ? If we not convinced that Jesus is our Savior, that He is the prophet who teaches us, He is the king who reigns over us. We are called. We are all consecrated. The people who come say, oh, I'm not consecrated. I them to Chihuahua because Chihuahua is full of people. Poor Chihuahua. It's full. Yes, there's a people there. There's space. I them Mars. To Mars. Four months they will arrive there and four will return. There they are content. We have to have that like Stephen. If we read his life that was short, how full of the Holy It what we going to call on these children too. May that Holy Spirit infuse with the love of Jesus Christ, the Father. May that Holy Spirit encourage them, help them live, know their faith. But the Holy Spirit Funciona dentro de nosotros, por nosotros. Por eso los papás hicieron ese compromiso. La comunidad, usted hizo un compromiso también. Cuando yo golpeé y les dije que tenemos dos niñas que van a ser baptizados en esta comunidad y ustedes dijeron, sí, sí, sí, sí. Y cada vez, sí, los aceptamos, queremos. We our faith with them. We want to them the understanding, to know the body of Christ that we are. That is the responsibility that the parents, the godfathers have and the community has to And as always, we as community. We fail. We need to those needs to Lord. We have to proclaim and live. This faith in which these children like us were baptized in Jesus Christ. For those who did know, that's what it to be Christian. That's we're called to because we But as you say, we have to our feet and go, go, go, go, to know, live this faith of ours in Jesus Christ. My feet are already... That's what the Lord is calling us to do today, to recognize again what we are experiencing, the Paschal This mystery that is, if not for this mystery, if not for this reality that Jesus resurrected, forget why we here. Paul himself said Our faith has no value. It is empty. If Jesus did not rise. But there are no proofs. There many proofs. Many realities that can be said, yes, yes, yes, yes, he We don't need to anything else but listen to the Gospels of that moment and what happened next. So, in that we continue before they start throwing tomatoes, throw a little lettuce too, right? To make a good salad. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. ⁓