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La narrativa del leccionario común continúa con su tono urgente, buscando resaltar principios que son importantes al momento en que la iglesia sea invitada, una vez más, a salir de la experiencia discipular — de recordación y aprendizaje — a una vivencia apostólica — de enviados a proclamar y a servir. La lección pasada (15.1-8) … Continue reading “San Juan 15:9-17 Comentario por Amaury Tañón-Santos”

El amor es la marca distintiva de los cristianos y las cristianas. El amor agápe es una isotopía1 que recorre todo el NT. Lo encontramos especialmente en el evangelio y en las tres epístolas de Juan. Los “mandamientos” de los que habla el v. 10 no se refieren a las leyes del AT ni a … Continue reading “San Juan 15:9-17 Comentario por Cristina Conti”

One way the Easter season can be described is “trekking through John’s Gospel!” The preacher’s attempts to traverse this part of the gospel mountain will need to focus on new details in order to avoid repetition of the themes from the past week. The wording of this pericope does not merely repeat earlier themes, however, … Continue reading “John 15:9-17 Commentary by Susan Hedahl”

If last Sunday’s lesson ended on the note of disciples glorifying God the Father through the bearing of “much fruit,” then in this Sunday’s continuation that fruit fairly bursts open as a veritable flood in the exercise of love. Though reference to love has been completely absent in verses 1 through 8, the repeated reference … Continue reading “John 15:9-17 Commentary by James Boyce”

Now we have a shift from the vine of last week’s text to love. The two texts are actually of a piece. The vine can only be understood in light of its definition as an abiding in love, and the fruitfulness of this love, as described in John 15:16 only makes sense in light of … Continue reading “John 15:9-17 Commentary by Meda Stamper”

Los próximos tres domingos son los últimos domingos del Tiempo Pascual o de la Resurrección. Esta temporada litúrgica no es meramente el tiempo entre la Resurrección y Pentecostés, sino que sirve como oportunidad de repaso. Desde adviento, las congregaciones que siguen con alguna disciplina el leccionario común revisado han tenido la oportunidad de considerar el … Continue reading “San Juan 15:1-8 Comentario por Amaury Tañón-Santos”

Este texto es parte de lo que se conoce como los “discursos del adiós” (13:31-17:26), en los que Jesús se despide de sus discípulos antes de la pasión. Son exclusivos del evangelio de Juan, es decir, no están en los otros evangelios. Se componen de dos discursos (13:31-14:31; 15:1-16:33) y una oración (17:1-26). A su … Continue reading “San Juan 15:1-8 Comentario por Cristina Conti”

John’s Gospel for this Sunday moves into an agrarian mode by focusing on vines and the vine grower. The image, of course, has an Old Testament history with the vine used as a metaphor for the people of Israel, in both positive and negative ways. One entry into this passage could be some history and … Continue reading “John 15:1-8 Commentary by Susan Hedahl”

In the promise of  an “abiding” presence God’s Easter people find not some abstract speculation about a distant or imaginary Trinity, but an invitation to experience the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as a saving and liberating presence in the midst of our day-to-day world. Readers familiar with John’s gospel will recognize in the opening … Continue reading “John 15:1-8 Commentary by James Boyce”

Like the good shepherd of last week’s text, this week’s image of the vine is another extended metaphor, which also borrows from and adapts Old Testament imagery for Israel. Whereas the Synoptic parable of the vineyard is a story of violence and greed (Mark 12:1-12), this image of the vine is one of fruitfulness, intimacy, … Continue reading “John 15:1-8 Commentary by Meda Stamper”