Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
(En Español) I’m always amazed every time Jesus gives us specific examples of his teachings, just in case some of us miss his message. Today’s Gospel talks to us about God’s provision through human labor. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, we can see God’s provision through the compassion of a foreign traveler. This Read More
What would the world be like if all of us baptized Catholics put our mission and vocation into practice? “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Many baptized Catholics have the misconception that this mission and obligation is exclusively Read More
THE WORD BECAME FLESH… HERE! Greetings from the Holy Land! On the first full day of our pilgrimage, we visited and prayed at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. On the altar in the grotto, inside the church, can be found an inscription Verbum caro hic factum est: the Word became flesh here. I Read More
This is just a beautiful Sunday as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, or as it used to be called, Corpus Christi. The Eucharist is the main meal of the Catholic community. For us Catholics, Jesus Christ is really present in the Eucharist uniting us to His Passion, Death Read More
This Sunday, June 12, we are celebrating the feast of The Most Holy Trinity. You may have noticed that every liturgical celebration, including the sacraments, begins and ends by invoking the Holy Trinity. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God reveals his mystery. God is revealed as the Creator, Read More
There is (kind of) a joke among us Franciscans. If you ask us, “Who is the minister general of the Franciscan order?” we would say, “At this moment, it’s Friar Massimo Fusarelli from Italy. But who’s been the REAL minister general at all times is the Holy Spirit.” Claiming that the Holy Spirit directs our Read More
It is very interesting to know that number forty is a significant number in the Scriptures. Why did Jesus leave his disciples forty days after his resurrection? Moses went to the mountain to seek the face of God for forty days in prayer and fasting. The people of Israel were in the wilderness for forty Read More
How many of us are searching for peace anywhere and everywhere, even in the wrong places? When we go through trials and tribulations, to whom or where do we turn to? Do we always seek Jesus in his Word and in the Eucharist to obtain that peace that we so long for? In such a Read More
Last week, our beloved brother Tala returned home to God. We offer our condolences to his wife Tini, and all their children and family. But Tala’s passing is not only felt by his biological family. We, his church family, are also heartbroken. In our parish, Tala was our head usher. For him, that position was Read More
When I was growing up I never saw a live sheep, not even a shepherd. I only saw them in postcards or in movies. For most of us who live in cities and housing estates, we don’t often see many shepherds herding their sheep to market; so, for many of us the language and images Read More
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