Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
How many of us are looking for any kind of sign, on the radio, television, with other people, and in all the media? How many of us are looking to find meaning in our lives in everything we do? How many of us get carried away by everything we think and feel without discerning if Read More
From the Pastor’s Desk: My brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. I would like to share some words from a letter from our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for this celebration: Dear Grandfathers and Grandmothers, Dear Elderly Friends, “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20): this is Read More
From the Desk of the Associate Pastor “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the flock of my pasture.” These are very strong words coming from the Prophet Jeremiah in our first reading this Sunday. He directed this message mainly to Zedekiah, the King of Judah. Against Jeremiah’s warning, Zedekiah allied himself with the Read More
While our ministry is different in many ways from that of the Apostles, we too are sent as His representatives and any power we have is power that He works through us. –Fr. Oscar Mendez, OFM. Today’s first reading and Gospel are about being sent by God to bring good tidings, but for some people, Read More
Let us listen more to the voice of the Holy Spirit and not to our own voices or those of the world. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to increase our faith so that we do not waver in our arid and stormy times. –Fr. Alberto Villafan, OFM. As we listen and meditate on the Read More
The following letter is on behalf of Bishop Robert McElroy to the communities of San Diegoand Imperial Counties regarding the Holy Obligation for Sunday Eucharist, originally published on June 18, 2021. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: As Catholics, the COVID pandemic brought home to us in a powerful way two realities of our Read More
We, as Christians, are called to welcome our new neighbors with the same love and compassion we would want ourselves to be shown in a time of persecution. Fr. Sam Nasada, OFM, Associate Pastor For I was a stranger, and you welcomed me. (Mt. 25:35) Last month, I was invited by an organization called Border Read More
Let us…surrender to God’s plan and not be so caught up with our own. Let God use us as he sees fit in the building of His kingdom of peace, justice, and love. Fr. Oscar Mendez, OFM If we pay attention to today’s Gospel and first reading, there is a common theme, which is when Read More
Your membership in the Body of Christ does not stop when Mass is over and you step out of the church. Instead, we must continue to be Christ’s body for the world. Fr. Sam Nasada, OFM When we hear the words “the Body of Christ,” perhaps we immediately think of the transubstantiated host that we Read More
God’s love is so great, that he wants us all to be saved by his Son, and his Son did not come to condemn us, but to save us and take us with him so that where he is, we are also all with God for all eternity. Fr. Alberto Villafan, OFM This Sunday, May Read More
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