La Palabra de Dios en la vida y pastoral de la Iglesia

Born in a fishing town in a wealthy Jewish family, Mary Magdalene showed, since her first years, an unusual desire of knowledge. It was also in her childhood when the visions began, a fact that would label her life forever. Dedicated to a long and tortuous process of spiritual transformation, she escaped to the desert. There her destiny crossed with that of a young prophet, Jesus, whose words would help her.

Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramirez Marquez recounts the life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900, who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests, mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindio, to the city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production. This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The novel provides...

Un Toyota rojo dobla en la esquina y avanza hacia la joven, apaga las luces y disminuye la velocidad, se detiene justo al lado de María José, que ya abre su bolso en busca de las llaves del portón. Duque ha reconocido a su ama y ladra excitado. María José escucha a sus espaldas que se abre la puerta del auto. El tintineo de las campanitas del llavero al fondo de la cartera atrae sus dedos, lo toma por fin. Introduce la llave en la puerta y escucha el clic que la abre, alcanza a vera su pastor alemán saltar hacia ella y luego lo ve mostrar los dientes, ¿por qué me gruñes lindo? Una...