{"id":24899,"date":"2026-08-26T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?p=24899"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:30:41","slug":"when-we-hear-a-no-were-in-good-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/when-we-hear-a-no-were-in-good-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuando escuchamos \u201cno\u201d, estamos en buena compa\u00f1\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ma\u00f1ana celebramos la fiesta de Santa M\u00f3nica, a quien recordamos por su perseverancia ante la obstinada resistencia de su hijo. Ella es una de tantas mujeres de la Comuni\u00f3n de los Santos que se mantuvieron firmes ante repetidos noes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A veces \u2014como en el caso de Santa M\u00f3nica, cuyas s\u00faplicas a su hijo Agust\u00edn para que se convirtiera al cristianismo quedaron sin respuesta durante a\u00f1os, o de Santa Tecla, cuya familia intent\u00f3 que la ejecutaran por eludir su compromiso matrimonial para seguir a San Pablo\u2014los noes han venido de la familia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A veces, los noes han venido de consejeros espirituales y superiores. Los intentos de Santa Teresa de \u00c1vila por reformar la orden de las Carmelitas encontraron una resistencia rotunda dentro de su propia orden. La comunidad y los confesores de Santa Margarita Mar\u00eda Alacoque descartaron durante a\u00f1os sus visiones del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n como delirios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y a veces, los noes han venido de las autoridades eclesi\u00e1sticas. Santa Mar\u00eda MacKillop fue excomulgada por un tiempo por un obispo de Australia del Sur en 1871 por la forma en que se gobernaba su congregaci\u00f3n. Un obispo local prohibi\u00f3 la celebraci\u00f3n de la Eucarist\u00eda durante un tiempo en el monasterio de Santa Hildegarda de Bingen despu\u00e9s de que ella permitiera el entierro en el lugar de un hombre que hab\u00eda sido excomulgado, pero de quien ella insist\u00eda que se hab\u00eda reconciliado con la Iglesia antes de morir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y aunque este oto\u00f1o tenemos <a href=\"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/celebrate-st-phoebe-fall\/\">m\u00e1s de 52 Foros de Santa Febe<\/a> incre\u00edbles en comunidades de todo el pa\u00eds, tambi\u00e9n nos hemos topado con resistencia y algunos noes en el camino.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiz\u00e1 sea esa mujer que acaba de tomar la valiente decisi\u00f3n de abrirse con su director espiritual o con su di\u00e1cono sobre su persistente sensaci\u00f3n de llamado al diaconado \u2014esa que ha tratado de ignorar, pero que no la deja en paz\u2014 para que luego le digan que debe estar malinterpretando a Dios.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tal vez sea la l\u00edder de un grupo de mujeres de la parroquia que recibe la noticia de que no se les permite organizar un evento educativo sobre los avances en el S\u00ednodo respecto al tema del liderazgo de las mujeres en la Iglesia, porque esos asuntos deben discutirse a nivel del Vaticano y no en la parroquia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O el feligr\u00e9s al que le dijeron que no pod\u00eda organizar un servicio de oraci\u00f3n en honor a Santa Febe en la parroquia porque \u201cel tema de las di\u00e1conas est\u00e1 cerrado\u201d. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith-and-reason\/2026\/03\/13\/women-deacons-vatican-synod-study-group\/\">No lo est\u00e1.<\/a>) O que s\u00ed pod\u00eda, pero solo si no mencionaba a Santa Febe, ni al S\u00ednodo, ni a los di\u00e1conos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O la ministra cat\u00f3lica a quien le negaron el acceso al centro de detenci\u00f3n donde esperaba visitar a los presos porque no estaba ordenada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hace poco volv\u00ed a leer las palabras de Joanna Arellano-Gonz\u00e1lez, cofundadora y Directora de Capacitaci\u00f3n y Formaci\u00f3n del <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csplaction.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">con sede en Chicago, durante su discurso de apertura en la Asamblea de Esperanza de Discerning Deacons de mayo de 2026:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prep\u00e1rate para escuchar todos los noes del mundo. Hay mucha gente que no quiere ver a las mujeres en puestos de liderazgo en la iglesia\u2026 Ante todos los noes que vas a escuchar en el futuro, afi\u00e1nzate en el legado de las poderosas l\u00edderes cristianas y di\u00e1conas que te precedieron. Ellas est\u00e1n intercediendo por ti. Dejen que los noes los envalentonen y los motiven\u2026 Construyan relaciones, preparen el terreno, mantengan la esperanza ante los noes y comprom\u00e9tanse con el trabajo lento y constante de hacer realidad esta visi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hace unos a\u00f1os <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/calling-on-women-of-courage-and-confidence\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mi colega Casey Stanton escribi\u00f3 sobre contemplar a las santas en lo alto de la columnata que rodea la Plaza de San Pedro en el Vaticano<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dej\u00e1ndonos abrazar por estas santas que, con tanta frecuencia, se adelantaron a la Iglesia en sus vidas.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Recuerdo haber estado ah\u00ed yo misma, contemplando a Santa Tecla, Santa Teresa de \u00c1vila, Santa Catalina de Siena, Santa Olimpia la Di\u00e1cona, Santa Clara de As\u00eds\u2026 tantas mujeres cuya esperanza y confianza en Dios fueron m\u00e1s fuertes que los noes de quienes se les opon\u00edan, tanto dentro como fuera de la Iglesia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En este trabajo de conectar a los cat\u00f3licos con el discernimiento activo de la Iglesia sobre las mujeres y el diaconado, hay muchos s\u00edes llenos de gracia. Pero en los d\u00edas en que los noes parecen acumularse, me recuerdo a m\u00ed misma que ning\u00fan cambio institucional significativo ha ocurrido jam\u00e1s sin resistencia. No somos las primeras a quienes les dicen \u201cno\u201d; formamos parte de un orgulloso linaje de mujeres en la Iglesia cuya esperanza y fe han superado los noes que han escuchado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y cuando nos digan \u201cno\u201d \u2014porque inevitablemente nos lo dir\u00e1n\u2014, tenemos la opci\u00f3n de elegir c\u00f3mo responder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podemos dejar que los noes nos lleven a la reflexi\u00f3n o a la curiosidad, acerc\u00e1ndonos m\u00e1s a la relaci\u00f3n en lugar de cerrarnos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podemos darnos permiso para sentir todas nuestras emociones mientras resistimos la tentaci\u00f3n de hacer de la desesperaci\u00f3n nuestro hogar, ese tentador soldado del statu quo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podemos mantenernos creativas y flexibles, encontrando caminos que nos permitan caminar juntas hacia un mayor entendimiento.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podemos negarnos a dejar que esto nos convierta en enemigos o que reduzca este discernimiento activo a un debate para ganar o a una discusi\u00f3n en la que hay que vencer a un oponente.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podemos mantenernos firmes en nuestra dignidad bautismal, y cuando la puerta parezca cerrarse, podemos encontrar una ventana abierta en otro lado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y cuando las puertas se abran \u2014porque se abrir\u00e1n\u2014, podemos dejarlas abiertas para quienes nos sigan.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of St. Monica, who we remember for her persistence in the face of her son\u2019s stubborn resistance. 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