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From the Pastor

Fifth Sunday of Lent

3/29/2020

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​Hello Friends,
This weekend, we are celebrating the 5th Sunday of Lent. I want to share a few words from the first reading from Ezekiel. This reading comes from about 600 years before Christ during the Babylonian exile. The prophet Ezekiel, who was in Babylon with the other Jewish exiles, had a vision of a field covered with dry bones. The field of dry bones represented God’s people and their nation which was destroyed by the Babylonians. In his vision Ezekiel saw God join these bones together, cover them with flesh and breathe life into them. It was a prophetic vision that God would bring his exiled people back to their homes and to their land. Today’s first reading concludes and interprets Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones. This reading emphasizes for us that God is the source of life and it prepares us for today’s gospel which is about Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead.
 
Hola amigos,
Este fin de semana, estamos celebrando el quinto domingo de Cuaresma. Quiero compartir con ustedes algunas palabras de la primera lectura que es de el profeta Ezequiel. Esta lectura proviene de unos 600 años antes de Cristo durante el exilio en Babilonia. El profeta Ezequiel, que estaba en Babilonia con los otros exiliados judíos, tuvo una visión de un campo cubierto de huesos secos. El campo de huesos secos representaba al pueblo de Dios y su nación que fue destruida por los babilonios. En su visión, Ezequiel vio a Dios unir estos huesos, cubrirlos con carne y darles vida. Era una visión profética que Dios llevaría a su pueblo exiliado de regreso a sus hogares y a su tierra. La primera lectura de hoy concluye e interpreta la visión de Ezequiel de los huesos secos. Esta lectura enfatiza para nosotros que Dios es la fuente de la vida y nos prepara para el evangelio de hoy que nos habla sobre Jesús resucitando a su amigo Lázaro de la muerte. 
 
Fr. Alex Urena
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