Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
From the Associate Pastor When Amanda Gorman read her powerful poem at President Biden’s inauguration, many people were mesmerized. Her poem was quickly copied and pasted, reposted, and retweeted all over social media. At first, people didn’t believe she was Catholic (she actually IS Catholic and a parishioner of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles). Read More
From the Associate Pastor In the Gospel of this Sunday, January 24, 2021, Saint Mark the Evangelist introduces us to the beginning of Jesus’ public life; that is to say, his public ministry. Jesus begins his vocation and ministry with two exhortations: conversion, believe in his Gospel and follow him. After John the Baptist was Read More
In the Gospel today, we see that John the Baptist recognizes Jesus as the Lamb of God, and allows his own disciples to follow Jesus immediately. This says a lot about John. It says that John was a good teacher who taught his disciples to follow Jesus whenever He appears in his lives. Because of Read More
From the Associate Pastor A number of non-Catholic Christians call themselves “born again.” It usually designates someone who has experienced a particularly intense moment of conversion that leads them to want to dedicate their life to God. So, are we Catholics, also born again? The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, are the Read More
From the Desk of the Associate Pastor This Sunday, January 3, we are celebrating, The Epiphany of the Lord. What does Epiphany mean? The self-revelation and manifestation of Jesus to all of humanity, not only to God’s chosen ones and favorites, because God, made flesh, wants to reveal himself to all human beings, without any Read More
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. This feast takes place on the Sunday immediately following Christmas, falling within the season of Christmas fittingly to continue to call our attention to the profound reality of God becoming man. On this feast, in particular, we are reminded of the Read More
“Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people” Luke 2:10 As I write this Christmas letter my heart is filled with mixed emotions about the scripture used in the heading. At Christmas, I know from experience there are a lot of hurting people who go through deep valleys Read More
There have been many paintings, sculptures, and even music inspired by this tender moment when the angel Gabriel came to Mary and announced the news that she would bear the Son of God. You may have your own favorite Annunciation art piece. I, personally, have always liked this particular image ever since I first saw Read More
This is the full version of the poem written by Denise Levertov, cited by Fr. Sam in his Associate Pastor’s letter. ‘Hail, space for the uncontained God’From the Agathistos Hymn,Greece, VIc We know the scene: the room, variously furnished,almost always a lectern, a book; alwaysthe tall lily. Arrived on solemn grandeur of great wings,the angelic Read More
From the Associate Pastor This Sunday, December 13, we are celebrating the Third Sunday of Advent; a time of conversion, repentance, and straightening our lives, as this Sunday’s Gospel tells us (St. John 1, 6‐8, 19‐28). The protagonist of this Gospel is John the Baptist; a prophet who is harsh, strong, clear, and speaks directly. Read More
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