{"id":1831,"date":"2018-12-10T10:45:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maccsa.org\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:13:37","slug":"las-posadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccsa.org\/es\/las-posadas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tradition of Las Posadas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLas Posadas<\/strong><\/h4>\n

De las muchas tradiciones latinoamericanas para celebrar el Adviento y la Navidad, las posadas parecen ser las mejor conocidas en los Estados Unidos. Tienen su origen en la \u00faltima mitad del siglo XVIII cuando las estrepitosas Misas de Aguinaldo dejaron de ser celebradas en M\u00e9xico. Para reemplazar esas Misas los laicos decidieron celebrar en sus casas tomando lo que hab\u00edan visto dramatizado en los templos, el recorrido de los inmigrantes galileos, Jos\u00e9 y Mar\u00eda de Nazaret mientras buscaban posada en Bel\u00e9n de Judea. Como las \u201cAnt\u00edfonas O\u201d de la liturgia oficial estas posadas llegaron a ser celebradas nueve noches consecutivas.<\/p>\n

200 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, muchos latinos contin\u00faan celebrando las posadas en los Estados Unidos. Recuerdo como de ni\u00f1o cant\u00e1bamos \u201cE-e-en el nombreee del cieee-ee-eelo<\/em>\u201d recorriendo las calles del barrio hasta llegar a la casa donde nos abrir\u00edan con cantos, tamales, galletitas y chocolate. Era divertido, pero recordaba un evento triste en la vida del Dios que emigra del cielo a la tierra.<\/p>\n

El recorrido de Jos\u00e9 y Mar\u00eda recordado por las posadas lamentablemente sigue todos los d\u00edas en los pasos temerosos y cansados de tantos inmigrantes en este pa\u00eds. Al igual que la Sagrada Familia, familias latinoamericanas contin\u00faan buscando hospedaje con la esperanza de dar a luz una nueva vida para sus hijos\/as. Desgraciadamente, muchos estadounidenses se portan como la gente de Bel\u00e9n, prefieren cerrar la puerta en la cara a los inmigrantes que darles la bienvenida. Tal vez por esto las posadas han tomado tanta importancia entre los latinos en los Estados Unidos porque conocemos en carne propia lo que Jos\u00e9 y Mar\u00eda experimentaron hace dos mil a\u00f1os. Hay que preguntarse, \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo cambiar\u00e1n los corazones de los seres humanos? \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo abriremos las puertas del coraz\u00f3n a nuestro Dios inmigrante?<\/p>\n

Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Gonz\u00e1lez, OFM, Copyright \u00a9 J. S. Paluch Co.<\/p>\n

Las Posadas<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Of the many Latin American traditions for the celebration of Advent and Christmas, the tradition of Las Posadas<\/em> seems to be the best known. It originated in the last half of the eighteenth century when the boisterous Misas de Aguinaldo<\/em> were no longer celebrated in Mexico. To replace these Masses, the laity decided to celebrate in their own homes by taking what they had seen dramatized in the churches: the journey of the Galilean immigrants, Joseph and Mary of Nazareth, when they were looking for an inn (posada<\/em>) in Bethlehem of Judea. Like the \u201cO Antiphons\u201d of the official liturgy, these posadas <\/em>were celebrated on nine consecutive nights.<\/p>\n

Two hundred years later, many Latinos continue to celebrate the posadas<\/em> in the United States. I remember that when I was a child we used to sing \u201cE-e-en el nombreee del cieee-ee-eelo\u201d<\/em> as we ran through the streets of the neighborhood to a house where they would open the door to us with songs, tamales, cookies, and chocolate. It was fun, but it recalled a sad event in the life of Jesus, who emigrated from heaven to earth.<\/p>\n

The journey of Joseph and Mary from inn to inn sadly continues every day in the fearful and tired steps taken by so many immigrants in this country. Like the Holy Family, Latin American families look for hospitality with the hope of finding a new life for their sons and daughters. Unfortunately, many citizens of the United States behave like the people of Bethlehem, preferring to close their door in the face of the immigrants rather than welcoming them. Perhaps that is the reason that the tradition of Las Posadas<\/em> has taken on so much importance among the Latinos in the United States. We know firsthand what Joseph and Mary experienced two thousand years ago. We have to ask ourselves: When will the human heart change? When will we open the doors of our heart to our immigrant Lord?<\/p>\n

Friar Gilberto Cavazos-Gonz\u00e1lez, OFM, Copyright \u00a9 J. S. Paluch Co.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Para reemplazar esas Misas los laicos decidieron celebrar en sus casas tomando lo que hab\u00edan visto dramatizado en los templos, el recorrido de los inmigrantes galileos, Jos\u00e9 y…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[76,40,54],"yoast_head":"\nThe Tradition of Las Posadas - MACC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maccsa.org\/es\/las-posadas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Tradition of Las Posadas - MACC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Las Posadas De las muchas tradiciones latinoamericanas para celebrar el Adviento y la Navidad, las posadas parecen ser las mejor conocidas en los Estados Unidos. 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