Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
The Spirit is like the air we breathe, the light that goes on when we have an idea, the fire that burns in our heart. Fr. Oscar Mendez, OFM Pentecost is one of the three most important feasts of the Church year. We celebrate Christmas and Easter (resurrection), but the third one: Pentecost, the birth Read More
The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Please enjoy this excerpt of Bishop McElroy’s homily from the Diocesan Mass for Racial Healing in April. We gather here tonight because there is hatred in our world – the hatred which launched the Chinese Exclusion Act [1882], the hatred which forced the Read More
How many of us love God with all of our minds, hearts, and all of our being? How many of us keep God’s commandments? How many of us consider ourselves true or authentic children of God? How many of us would give our lives and die for a friend? It would be very important to Read More
During Easter time we have heard different titles for Jesus: Living Bread, Good Shepherd. If you remember from last Sunday’s Gospel, we were told that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and we are the sheep. We should listen to His voice. In today’s Gospel, the image is that Jesus is the vine and we are Read More
During this pandemic, I have seen some social media posts that compare people who wear masks or get vaccinated to sheep. They imply that wearing masks and vaccinations are signs of weakness, of blindly following the crowd, or of sacrificing our personal liberty. Sadly, even some Catholics bought into this narrative and helped perpetuate behaviors Read More
Jesus’ greeting of peace to his disciples is an encouraging and hopeful greeting, in the midst of so much confusion and despair. This greeting comforts them and clarifies all of their doubts that they had of a Jesus who is not dead, but has risen, and is in their midst. Obviously that when they saw Read More
Today we are celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday, and I want to reflect how God’s mercy has sustained us in many ways, and how His mercy is reflected in how Jesus treated Thomas in the Gospel. During this past year, we have had the terrible experience of the worldwide pandemic. We have experienced loss, racial hate Read More
First of all, for those of you who are not regular attendees at our Masses, I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to you. Maybe you’ve been away from the church due to bad experiences in the past, or maybe you come because your family drags you with them. Whatever the reason is, welcome! Read More
This Sunday, March 28, we are celebrating Palm Sunday, of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus will be tried, condemned and crucified. The most difficult and painful path begins for Our Lord Jesus Christ; he feels abandoned, betrayed and marginalized by his disciples. Being man, like us, he shares everything with us, except Read More
This is the last Sunday before Holy Week. We must prepare ourselves with greater attention and be conscience with greater love to the mysteries that our eyes will see, and the words that will bless our Heart, giving it health and conversion. We can easily identify with those Greeks who had the longing to know Read More
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