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Magdala English, Migdal Junction, Migdal (2025)

04/07/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I FOLLOW YOUR WAY OF LOVE.

Matthew 9:9-13 “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”

How beautiful are Jesus' answers! He wants us to have a burning, awake, and sensitive heart.

In this Gospel of Matthew, Jesus calls him and invites him to follow him. And he, without questioning the Word of God, leaves his tax collector's office, his wealth, and the power that comes with this job, and rises from behind it.

What made Matthew leave everything to follow Jesus? Perhaps it was God's mercy. We know that Matthew was rejected even by his own parents; everyone saw him as an enemy, but for Jesus, he was just a lost sheep who needed an opportunity. And Matthew saw in Jesus the Savior, the One who does not judge, the One who knows how to love.

Jesus wants us to be merciful, to give shelter to the pilgrim, to listen to the lonely, to give food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, and often the meaning isn't entirely physical, no, many times it's in a spiritual sense. To feed those who hunger for the truth, to give drink to those who thirst for justice, to give shelter to the sufferings of others with a comforting word, so that God's mercy may find a place in the lives of all of us.

God hasn't come for those who keep the law and are pure, but for all of us who feel pure because we keep the law, but we do so only on the surface, where there's no room for mercy, much less for love of neighbor. Jesus wants us to wake up, to commit ourselves to being better people, to see others, to feel their pain, and to move, to act to share with everyone the love of God, yes, the love that is there inside our hearts.

Matthew felt special because Jesus' gaze fell upon him, and he decided to change, to leave behind his vanity, his pride, his power, and just like that, he followed Him. He knew his life would begin to have meaning. We are beginning to realize that God's gaze is also upon us and that we have Jesus' presence in every act of love we perform. He has chosen us because He has plans for you and me.

Are we ready to follow Jesus? Surely we are! We just have to decide what kind of life we want to have and if we want to improve the one we already live or if we are going to ignore Jesus' invitation to follow Him. Whatever decision we make, we must not be afraid; God loves us just the same, and He patiently waits for us to recognize Him and let Him act in our hearts.

He is a loving Father, who waits for His children like the prodigal son, who knows that one day we will return to find in Him the path to salvation and never leave Him.

Today's Purpose: Have mercy on me and help me see others through the eyes of Jesus so I can follow the path of love you have for me.

03/07/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I BELIEVE IN YOU.

John 20:24-29 “We have seen the Lord.”

How does it make us feel when we say something and people question our word? Imagine the disciples who saw Jesus after the resurrection, and they told another disciple named Thomas, who was not present, that they had seen the Lord. Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” How must they have felt when they heard these words of disbelief?

And Jesus' reaction upon seeing them again was beautiful. He wished them peace, and instead of scolding Thomas, he said directly to him: "Here are my hands; bring your finger here. Bring your hand here; place it in my side. Do not doubt any longer, but believe."

How easy it seems! Jesus himself tells him to touch him so that he may believe in his resurrection, and ends this episode by saying: "You believe because you have seen me; blessed are those who believe without having seen." And the question arises: we, without having seen him, do we believe in the risen Jesus Christ? We can sit down and answer in our own intimacy whether we too need to see his wounds and place our hand in them to believe in him, or whether our faith is strong enough to believe without having seen.

And the truth is that we have all seen the face of Jesus with our hearts. Yes, Jesus is in our friend, in the smile of a child, in the pain of our brother; Jesus is in the sunset, in the rain, in the wind that touches your face and mine. We receive Jesus in the Eucharist, we hear him in music, we see him in the humility of forgiveness. Jesus lives in us, he is the hope for a better tomorrow, he is the compassion that we reach out to help others, he is the joy when we live in harmony, and the strength when we go through difficult trials. Jesus is the one who walks with us, the one who comes carrying a cross with our pain, the one who asks us to listen to him, and also, Jesus is us when we are a witness of peace among others.

“We have seen the Lord,” yes, in the miracle of life that we see in the mirror every time we wake up, because we see him in our hearts.

Today's Purpose: Increase my faith to see you at all times, Father, because I know that you are always by my side to love me and to give me the strength I need every day of my life.

02/07/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I WANT TO DO YOUR WILL.

Matthew 8:28-34 "What do you want from us, Son of God?"

When a person is evil, they recognize the good in others, because it is what they lack, and we see it every day in injustice, in wars, in the way people treat each other, when one abuses another. The same thing happens to the devil with Jesus Christ; he sees in Jesus what he doesn't see in himself and even recognizes it by calling him "Son of God."

And when the devil asks him, "What do you want from us?" they know that the Son of God has total control over them and knows that Jesus is not afraid of them.

The love of God is what makes Jesus strong throughout his life. It is a love that saves and comforts, that accompanies and is full of life. And that love is the same one we receive every day of our lives; we just have to know how to see it.

Asking ourselves what the Son of God wants from us is a positive thing.

We are uniting ourselves with the Father's will; we are realizing that we need Him to guide us, to make us strong. May He enter our hearts with His goodness, allowing us to see in others what is good, what helps us support one another with His love, to do things better and achieve results that benefit us all as one community in Christ.

"What do you want from us, Son of God?" He wants us to rectify our mistakes, to approach others and ask for forgiveness, and yes, He wants us to forgive those who, with the humility of their hearts, ask for our forgiveness. He wants our works to imitate Jesus, to be used to help others, to use our gifts, talents, and virtues in worthy service to those who live alongside us, those with whom we share at work, at school, on the journey we travel. God wants our fruit to be kind, for us to sow good seed, and for us to be remembered at the end of our lives for the love we gave, not for being mean to others.

Today's purpose: May my actions reflect the love of God in my heart.

01/07/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I LEAVE EVERYTHING IN YOUR HANDS.

Matthew 8:23-27 “Why are you afraid?”

When we talk about God, faith is the most important thing. It is through faith that we recognize ourselves as children of God, and not only that, it is how we can believe in him. Without faith, our trust in God does not exist; that is why we must pray a lot, so that when we talk to God, we remind him that we need him to help us increase our faith.

Matthew tells us about the storm on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus gets into the boat with his disciples and falls asleep. Suddenly, the waves become agitated, and everyone thinks the boat is going to capsize and they will die, while Jesus sleeps. Very worried, they wake him up, saying, “Lord, save us, for we will perish!”

If we put ourselves in the disciples' shoes, we can observe two things. One, they didn't yet know the Son of God! And two, in whom had they placed their trust? Now let's put ourselves in our own place and ask the same questions: Do we know Jesus? Do we have our trust in him? Are we afraid?

It's very natural to be afraid and not trust, that's true, but what if we pray more, if we talk to God more frequently, opening our hearts to listen to him? Perhaps the results will improve, and our fears will disappear. When we have an illness, or pain, or some very great sorrow, our faith must be most strengthened in God's love, because even if the storm is very turbulent, it is in the Word of God that we find comfort. It is Jesus on the cross who carries everything that causes us fear; he gives us the strength to accept and continue on our path, no matter how difficult we think it is.

Jesus is our guide of hope, so we don't feel alone when things get tough. It is His love that strengthens us at all times because we believe in His power to save.

Today's purpose: Father, I don't want to be afraid. I want to face my storms with the light of Your love. I ask You to fill me with Your grace so that my faith may grow and I may leave everything in Your hands. Amen.

30/06/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I FOLLOW YOUR STEPS OF LOVE.

Matthew 8:18-22 “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

What a great commitment this follower of Christ wants to make! To follow him wherever he goes…that's what many told him, and instead of following him, at the first difficulty they denied him, found excuses, and failed him. Following Jesus leads us to suffer an ordeal, to die on a cross, and to forgive.

Then we can ask ourselves: Am I willing to be threatened, beaten, and killed? Do I want to die crucified on a cross for something others didn't understand? Am I going to forgive all those who denied and judged me? And if the answer is yes, then we are from another world, the one Jesus invites us to, to be like him. But if we answer no, that's okay; at the end of the day, we are only human.

However, of course we can follow Jesus! Surely we can! And we do so every time we imitate his works, every time we act like him, think like him, and forgive like him. Is it difficult? Of course it is! Is it impossible? Of course not! We can always try. There is always room in our humanity to have compassion for others, to reach out and ask for forgiveness for how much or how little we hurt our brothers and sisters, so that our virtues can help others… we just have to set our minds to it. Do you think you can do it? But the most important thing is to ask yourself: do you want to do it?

In this life, everything is a matter of making decisions.

“I want to be like Jesus,” “I prepare my heart to imitate his works of mercy,” “I am a kind person,” “I take great care of those who share my life with me,” “I am ready to ask for forgiveness.”

Following Jesus is to love above all things, as he loves us! And if we open our hearts to that love, we will be filled with strength to traverse difficult paths, to endure storms in his name, to know that even if we feel lost, just by turning to the cross, we will see the loving face of God.

Let us tell Jesus that we are willing to follow him and prepare ourselves by reading the Scriptures, listening to his Word of eternal life, and receiving Communion during the Eucharist to have him in our hearts; that we are ready to feel his pain and suffering firsthand, with our sorrows and illnesses, because we know that he is the one who will guide us, the Good Shepherd who leads us along the fruitful path, the Samaritan who gives us to drink, the Messiah who has come to save us.

Today's purpose: Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to imitate you, because I will put all my effort into following your steps with love, so that I may reach where you are waiting for me.

29/06/2025

Daily Reflection: I RECOGNIZE THAT I AM A SINNER AND I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.

Matthew 16:13-19 “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.”

“But you, who do you say that I am?” Jesus asks. And they, his disciples, answer him: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” This is a Gospel in which everyone identifies and recognizes. Jesus announces to his apostles that he will build his church on Peter, and they know that Jesus is the Son of God.

And we are experiencing a scene of faith, love, and forgiveness. Today we remember Peter and Paul; they unite us to the love of God through the mercy of his Son, Jesus Christ. One denied knowing him, and the other persecuted him. And both were great figures in the love story of the Son of God. But how is that?

Jesus Christ forgave them and strengthened their convictions. They changed their way of listening to him, and with humility, after betraying him, they repented of their actions, and God forgave them.

Do we have that faith? Do we really know that God forgives us? Do we believe in him?

Human beings have the capacity to recognize what is right and what is wrong. We often believe more in what is not good for us, we question what is best for us, and we fall into temptation when we find what seems prettier, what wins us over. Without realizing it, we have already hurt someone, betrayed our way of thinking, and sold ourselves out for cheap solutions that only cause emptiness in our souls, pain, and heaviness, and we begin to isolate ourselves from the world in which we live. This feeling prevents us from knowing that we belong to the flock of the crucified Jesus. That it is he who came to open the door of God's light for us, that in his love our sins are forgiven.

Today is a good day, in which we remember Peter and Paul and can identify with them. At the end of the road, they emerged from the darkness of fear, hatred, the desire for power, and pride. They managed to emerge from the darkness. They overcame temptations and softened their hearts because God was merciful to them. He forgave them. He reminded them that He loves them and that no matter what their past was, what mattered was their present, so that they could live a prosperous future with Him, knowing they were sinners, with a repentant heart that was forgiven by the grace of God.

Today's Purpose: I want to live the Word of God because I realize that His Word of eternal life holds for me the forgiveness of my sins, the healing of my soul, and the hope of the future world that Jesus has promised me.

28/06/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: I COME TO YOU IN HUMILITY.

Matthew 8:5-15 "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof. Just say the word and my servant will be healed. For I myself am under discipline, having soldiers under me. When I say to one, 'Go,' he goes; to another, 'Come,' he comes; to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

How interesting today's Gospel is. Perhaps one would think that this soldier, who asks Jesus to heal his servant, is somewhat arrogant, given his words: "When I say to my servant, 'Do this!' and he does it." However, it is a behavior that speaks to us of respect and humility. He asks Jesus to heal his servant and not to take his place in society, given that he was a Roman officer and Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. And we know this from Jesus' response: "I assure you, I have not found such great faith in any Israelite." And he continues: "Go home, and may it be granted to you as you have believed." And at that moment the servant was healed.”

The wisdom of God.

In asking lies giving, as they say. We know we are not worthy, that we have so many shortcomings in our personal and social lives; that we lack humility and have too much pride. And sometimes we also believe that God distances himself from us because of all this and more. But we are the blind ones, we who lack the faith of this official, and with so many mistakes in our decisions, we are separating ourselves from the love that faith gives us.

Yes, we forget that God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us; and that there on the cross, “He took our weaknesses and bore our sorrows.” And that in his mystery of love, he gave himself over to a pain that was not his, that was ours, and that continues to be ours.

For Jesus, if we remember that he is there for you and me, that he is waiting for us, that he suffers more when we forget him than when we are asking him to help us, to heal us, to have Compassion for our soul, may He forgive us for our faults, even that of forgetting Him... He will never leave us alone. And even if we are that lost sheep, He will come to rescue us from the darkness in which we find ourselves. The only thing we need is to trust in Him.

We can all be worthy of God's love; we just need to approach Him, humbly telling Him that we are nothing without His love.

Today's Purpose: Loving Father, increase my faith, inspire my prayer, do not allow me to stray from You because I know that without You I am not worthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

27/06/2025

Thank you for joining today’s live Mass from the Duc In Altum📍 in Magdala, celebrated by the Legionaries of Christ in the Holy Land.

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27/06/2025

DAILY REFLECTION: SACRED HEART OF JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU.

Luke 15:3-7 "I tell you the truth, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."

Luke speaks to us of God's joy when there is a sinner who repents of the evil they have done. It's not that he doesn't rejoice over the one who is just and always does good, but that he also welcomes with his heart those who were lost. Yes, like the sheep that succumbed to the temptations of evil and allowed itself to be led by beautiful words, to the point of losing its way and straying from God.

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is Jesus in the Eucharist who wants to reach our hearts. We just have to let him be, commit ourselves to letting him into our home, where everything resides in the forgiveness and love of God.

Through God's love, we receive the grace to be able to feel compassion for others, yes. Like that lost sheep who, upon being found by God, knew that his his sins would be forgiven, that God's mercy would fill his path with kindness.

We must be kind to one another, remembering that today is for you and tomorrow is for me; recognizing that even when we feel at peace, it is by the grace of God, and that by respecting one another, regardless of whether we think differently, we can forgive each other. Yes, and it all begins by forgiving myself, by being considerate of myself, by not doing unnecessary things that make no sense, by not straying from God's truth. It is in the pain I cause myself that I begin to distance myself from God and end up being that sheep who strayed from the flock, believing that there is something beyond God. I must begin by forgiving myself so that I can look up to God our Lord and ask Him for forgiveness for not having trusted in His love.

Let us remember that prayer is the way to find our shepherd, that fisher of souls who is Christ, and to understand that even when everything seems difficult, prayer helps us. It will bring us closer to finding answers in the Word of God.

Today's Purpose: Father, allow me to pray a prayer, beginning today, addressed to Your Divine Heart, which the Holy Father invites us to say every day, from now on.

“Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer to You through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of the Church, in union with the Eucharistic Sacrifice, the prayers, actions, joys, and sufferings of this day in reparation for sins and for the salvation of all people, in the grace of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of the Divine Father.
Amen.”

27/06/2025

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26/06/2025

Thank you for joining today’s live Mass from the Duc In Altum📍 in Magdala, celebrated by the Legionaries of Christ in the Holy Land.

⏰ Live Mass Schedule:
English Mass: 6:30 p.m. (Holy Land) | 10:30 a.m. (Mexico) | 11:30 a.m. (Miami)
Spanish Mass: 3:00 p.m. (Holy Land) | 7:00 a.m. (Mexico) | 8:00 a.m. (Miami)

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26/06/2025

Reflexión del Día: Hago tu voluntad con amor.

Mateo 7, 21-29 "No todo el que me diga: '¡Señor, Señor!', entrará en el Reino de los cielos, sino el que cumpla la voluntad de mi Padre, que está en los cielos".

Cumplir la voluntad del Padre no es otra cosa que vivir en armonía unos con otros, querer comprendernos, dialogar para que nuestras diferencias no sean motivo que nos alejen del amor del que somos capaces de sentir.

Dice Jesús que no solo por que le llamemos "Señor" ya tenemos nuestro lugar en el cielo. No, esa palabra debe llegar con la coherencia de una buena vida; donde incluyamos la oración, donde la Eucaristía sea nuestro alimento y donde estemos dispuestos a
vivir el perdón que Dios tiene hacia nosotros, con los demás.

Hay una invitación que nos hace Jesús para que lo imitemos siempre que tengamos la oportunidad. El quiere que nuestras acciones vayan dirigidas a ayudar a los demás, sin olvidar que todos necesitamos de todos ya sea para reconfortarnos el alma, o para ayudar con las necesidades más humanas, del cuerpo. Jesús las llama las obras de misericordia espirituales y corporales.

Ayudar a quienes no tienen que comer, o al que tiene sed, vestir al que está desnudo, ofrecer refugio al peregrino, ir a ver a los enfermos, visitar al que está preso y enterrar a los mu***os son las Obras de Misericordia Corporales y las Espirituales son las que nos ayudan a crecer. Enseñar al que no sabe al compartir lo que sabemos con la finalidad de que los ayudemos a aprender, jamás a modo de humillarlos; dar buen consejo orientando al otro para que tome mejores decisiones, también corregir con amor a que otros reconozcan cuando se equivocan; consolar al que está triste y que pasan momentos difíciles, por supuesto que perdonar al que nos ha ofendido, aceptar con paciencia las imperfecciones y los defectos de los demás y rezar por los vivos por sus necesidades y los mu***os para que descansen en paz.

No debemos olvidar que todo esto en algún momento, en nuestro camino también son nuestras necesidades, recordando que como tratamos a los demás, vamos a ser tratados cuando vivamos estas situaciones de dolor.

Procuremos tener misericordia por los demás, así como Dios tiene para nosotros, cumpliendo su voluntad y preparándonos para estar junto a él, en el último día.

Propósito de hoy: Quiero hacer tu voluntad con el mismo amor con que tu estás a mi lado todos los días de mi vida.

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