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A pocket full of nails

Un bolsillo lleno de Clavos

1st Week of Lent
Primera Semana de Cuaresma



YEAR CYCLE C: 2025
YEAR CYCLE A: 2026





Gospel Lk 4:1-13.


Now Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and nights he was tested by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when the time was up he was hungry. The Devil, playing on his hunger, gave the first test: "Since you're God's Son, command this stone to turn into a loaf of bread." Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: "It takes more than bread to really live." For the second test he led him up and spread out all the kingdoms of the earth on display at once. Then the Devil said, 'They're yours in all their splendor to serve your pleasure. I'm in charge of them all and can turn them over to whomever I wish. Worship me and they're yours, the whole works."Jesus refused, again backing his refusal with Deuteronomy: "Worship the Lord your God and only the Lord your God. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness."For the third test the Devil took him to Jerusalem and put him on top of the Temple. He said, "If you are God's Son, jump. It's written, isn't it, that 'he has placed you in the care of angels to protect you they will catch you you won't so much as stub your toe on a stone'?""Yes," said Jesus, "and it's also written, 'Don't you dare tempt the Lord your God.'" That completed the testing. The Devil retreated temporarily, lying in wait for another opportunity.

Evangelio Lc 4,1-13.

Ahora Jesús, lleno del Espíritu Santo, salió del Jordán y fue guiado por el Espíritu a la selva. Durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches en el desierto fue probado por el Diablo. No comió nada durante esos días, y cuando se acabó el tiempo tenía hambre. El Diablo, jugando con su hambre, dio la primera prueba: "Ya que eres el Hijo de Dios, ordena que esta piedra se convierta en una hogaza de pan". Jesús respondió citando Deuteronomio: "Se necesita más que pan para vivir realmente". Para la segunda prueba, lo hizo subir y extendió todos los reinos de la tierra que se exhibían a la vez. Entonces el Diablo dijo: 'Son tuyos en todo su esplendor para servir a tu placer. Estoy a cargo de todos ellos y puedo entregárselos a quien quiera. Adórame y son tuyos, toda la obra". Jesús se negó, respaldando de nuevo su rechazo con Deuteronomio: "Adora al Señor tu Dios y solo al Señor tu Dios. Sírvele con absoluta sinceridad". Para la tercera prueba, el Diablo lo llevó a Jerusalén y lo puso encima del Templo. Él dijo: "Si eres el Hijo de Dios, salta. Está escrito, ¿no es cierto?, que 'te ha puesto al cuidado de ángeles para protegerte te atraparán ni siquiera te golpearás con una piedra'?" "Sí", dijo Jesús, "y también está escrito: 'No te atrevas a tentar al Señor tu Dios'". Con eso se completaron las pruebas. El Diablo se retiró temporalmente, esperando otra oportunidad.


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YEAR A: WEEK ONE





CYCLE A: 2026


Intro by Deacon Rafael



In this new year of the Lord, and in my first year as a newly ordained deacon, I am beloved. I believe

in One Life, One Death and One Judgement in the Name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit..





On Easter Sunday, the disciples were walking when Jesus appeared to them, yet they did not recognize Him. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, they encountered a stranger who seemed unaware of the terrible events that has just taken place. It is much like the people around us today, those sitting beside us in the pews, or those who pass us on a busy city street, unaware, or perhaps untouched, by what Christ has done.


"Are you the only one who has not heard," the disciples ask, "of Jesus who was crucified at Calvary?" And the stranger responds by revealing what had been hidden from their understanding: that the Messiah had to suffer, and that all of this was already written and structured within the teachings of Scripture. "Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into His glory?"


This moment is the Liturgy of the Word. Moved by the conversation, they invite the stranger to stay with them,to rest, and to share a meal. As they sat at table, the stranger took bread, blessed it, and broke it, and in that moment, their eyes were opened. Through the breaking of the bread, they recognized Him as the risen Christ.and establish the second part of our Universal Church through the Liturgy of the Eucharist.