Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
From the Associate Pastor This Sunday, December 5, we are beginning and celebrating the Second Sunday of Advent. The main character is John the Baptist, the last of the prophets. It should be noted that John the Baptist plays a very important role, not only in the time of Advent, but also in the season Read More
From the Pastor Something that I find in common in today’s first reading and in the Gospel, is the story of two widows. Both are common, hard-working women. Both are poor. Both put their trust in God rather than in things. Both are rewarded for their faith. The first widow is a foreigner to the Read More
From Our Associate Pastor: FUTURE NATIVE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN SAINTS November is Native American Heritage Month and also Black Catholic History Month. I’d like to invite you to learn more about two people who are currently on the path to canonization. Nicholas Black Elk Nicholas Black Elk (circa 1863-1950) was a member of the Oglala Read More
Surely, as we listen to, reflect and meditate over the readings for this Sunday, November 14, many doubts, fears, uncertainties, anxieties, and perhaps even depression may arise in our minds and hearts; because the readings anticipate what will happen at the end of the world. We hear in the media that “a great blackout and Read More
From the Pastor Something that I find in common in today’s first reading and in the Gospel, is the story of two widows. Both are common, hard-working women. Both are poor. Both put their trust in God rather than in things. Both are rewarded for their faith. The first widow is a foreigner to the Read More
From the Associate Pastor On October 10, Pope Francis opened the synodal process for the Synod of Bishops in 2023. This process is called synodal (a Greek word that means journeying together) because it involves listening to the voices of Catholics from all over the world. Our Bishop, Robert McElroy summarized this process as: Encounter Read More
From the Associate Pastor How many of us recognize our spiritual blindness? How many of us reject and discriminate against people who come to Jesus to be healed? How many of us believe that Jesus can heal us of our spiritual blindness and we don’t ask Him in faith? Unfortunately, there are many Catholics with Read More
Recorrido Por la Misa: Una Explicación Paso a Paso Week Three: the Liturgy of the Eucharist Click for PDF Tercera Semana: Liturgia de la Eucharistía Haga clic para PDF Week Two: The Liturgy of the WordClick for PDF Segunda Semana: Liturgia de la Palabra Haga clic para PDF Week One: Introductory Rites and Concluding Rites, Read More
As we continue with our step-by-step explanation of the Eucharist, I pray that all of us will embrace this beautiful gift from Jesus, and participate more actively in our Eucharists. In today’s Gospel, we hear James and John asking Jesus for good places in the Kingdom of God, but I see that they were not Read More
From Our Associate Pastor. The Franciscan movement started with a few local people helping Francis care for the lepers outside the city walls of Assisi. For the early Franciscans, this was the privileged place where they could encounter Christ himself and undergo conversion. This is why nowadays you would find Franciscans taking care of the Read More
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