LECTIO
DIVINA
Lectio divina is a method of prayer from the monastic tradition of Christianity. It is translated as “holy reading,” “divine reading”, “meditative reading,” or “spiritual reading.”
IGNATIAN GOSPEL CONTEMPLATION
Ignatian contemplation is a very active way of praying that engages the mind and heart and stirs up thoughts and emotions and is suited especially for the Gospels.
Weekly Reflection

Increase Our Faith
10-05-2025 | We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 49, No. 1Destruction. Violence. Strife. Clamorous discord. The words of Habakkuk from around 600 BCE sound as though they could have been written in our era. What can be done? The Lord answered Habakkuk, assuring him that "the just one, because of (their) faith, shall live" (2:4). Our faith in God is key, allowing us, like the Israelites of the first reading, to see past the calamities around us.
Faith, even the size of a tiny mustard seed, can allow us to do great things. If faith can uproot a mulberry, a tree with an extensive root system, it can also uproot prejudice, racism, sexism, greed, hate, and all the societal evils with such twisted roots that they affect our individual attitudes and actions each day even though we cannot see them.
Faith, therefore, enables us to have hope-to be pilgrims of hope-to reveal victories over evils, meaning in suffering, salvation from sin. We do this when we embrace the mission Jesus left his disciples, preaching the gospel in word and deed, serving those in need, and bearing our share of hardships, as Saint Paul encourage Timothy to continue to do. As Jesus tell his disciples in the Gospel, this is what we are obliged to do.
As a pilgrim of hope, how do you offer hope to those discouraged or victimized by the evils and miseries of our era?
-We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 50, No. 68mahi
Aumenta Nuestra Fe
Destrucción. Violencia. Conflictos. Discordia clamorosa. Las palabras de Habacuc, de alrededor del año 600 a. C., parecen escritas en nuestra época. ¿Qué podemos hacer? El Señor le respondió a Habacuc, asegurándole que «el justo, por su fe, vivirá» (2:4). Nuestra fe en Dios es clave, pues nos permite, como a los israelitas de la primera lectura, ver más allá de las calamidades que nos rodean.
La fe, incluso del tamano de una diminuta semilla de mostaza, nos permite hacer grandes cosas. Si la fe puede arrancar una morera, un árbol con un extenso sistema de raíces, también puede arrancar el prejuicio, el racismo, el sexismo, la codicia, el odio y todos los males sociales con raíces tan retorcidas que afectan nuestras actitudes y acciones individuales cada día, aunque no las veamos.
La fe, por lo tanto, nos permite tener esperanza -ser peregrinos de esperanza-, revelar victorias sobre los males, es decir, en el sufrimiento, la salvación del pecado. Lo hacemos cuando abrazamos la misión que Jesús dejó a sus discípulos: predicar el evangelio con palabras y obras, servir a los necesitados y compartir nuestras dificultades, como San Pablo anima a Timoteo a seguir haciendo. Como Jesús les dice a sus discípulos en el Evangelio, esto es lo que estamos obligados a hacer.
Como peregrino de la esperanza, ¿cómo ofreces esperanza a aquellos desanimados o víctimas de los males y miserias de nuestra era?
-We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 50, No. 68
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