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Evangelio Del Día Sábado 7 de Febrero | El Señor Es Mi Pastor | 5 Minutos de Oración en el Hogar

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Jesus disagreed with how religion has linked God to human suffering throughout history.

The episode begins with a morning offering prayer, thanking God for the gift of existence and asking for strength and love. It announces the date as Saturday, February 7th, and the biblical texts: 1 Kings 3:4-13 and Mark 6:30-34. The Mark passage describes people wandering like sheep without a shepherd, which becomes the central theme. The reflection states that human suffering - pain, hunger, sickness, and exclusion - kept Jesus awake at night. It makes a strong claim that Jesus disagreed with how religion throughout history has linked God to human suffering, particularly affecting the poor. The episode argues that the Gospel's good news isn't about transmitting new doctrines, religious formulas, liturgical practices, or disciplinary rules. Instead, it's about implementing religion to show God as a good, merciful, inclusive father who guarantees life and happiness. Jesus, feeling people's pain personally, proposed something new for the life and happiness of those suffering. The reflection then introduces three 'verbs of the shepherd': see, have compassion, and teach. It warns that hate, envy, and suburbia (likely meaning superficiality or worldly concerns) stain life. Listeners are encouraged to watch their heart's feelings, where good and bad intentions originate, and not fear goodness or tenderness. They should adopt the compassionate feelings of Jesus, the good shepherd. The episode includes a silent reflection and comments on Psalm 22 ('The Lord is my shepherd'). It concludes with a communal prayer from February 1-7, acknowledging life's mix of joys and pains while seeking perfect happiness. This prayer asks God to pronounce words of life, deliverance, and pity, recognizing lives as special and unique. It requests that listeners walk through life with only God's word and love, discover holiness through self-donation, come to God as the only remedy, and find refuge in invocation. The final prayer asks God to grant the church continued mission among the poor and suffering.

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