Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
Peace and all Good! And a continued Happy Easter! Today is the Octave Day of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday—a continuing celebration of God’s mercy during Easter. The first eight days of the Easter Season from Easter Sunday up to and including this Second Sunday of Easter are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord. Then, Read More
Happy Easter! Our Lent is over! Indeed, this Lent has been unlike any other we have experienced! We are still under “stay at home” orders and priests are celebrating Masses on the media to empty churches! It has been sad for all of us to commemorate this Holy Week in this way without the body Read More
Dear friends, Peace and all Good! Normally during the Sacred Three Days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter, all of us are intensely busy with all the details and preparations needed. We are preparing choirs, arranging lilies, stripping the altar, and practicing with the servers and the Elect nervously preparing for the greatest moment of Read More
Peace and all Good! On this Palm Sunday, we hear the account of the Lord’s passion from the Gospel of St. Matthew. This account is very tough on the Jewish leaders. Matthew shows that even though the people had the New Moses right in front of them, they were unable to recognize him because he Read More
Our Gospel on this Fifth Sunday of Lent portrays the final sign of Jesus’ divinity and humanity: The Raising of Lazarus from the dead! Jesus comes to the tomb of his dear friend Lazarus. The Gospel of John tells us that “Jesus wept.” The Son of God comes to the tomb and is filled with Read More
Peace and all Good! The contrast between darkness and light, a favorite theme of John’s Gospel, sets the stage for today’s gospel of the man born blind. Rather than rejoicing that the blind man has been given the gift of sight, he is accused of sin as if he was to blame for his blindness Read More
Dear Friends, Peace and all Good! Traditionally on this Second Sunday of Lent, we hear the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus. For Matthew’s Christian community, the setting on a high mountain, the presence of Moses, the overshadowing cloud and Jesus’ transfigured face and clothes would have reminded them of the images of Exodus 19-24—Moses Read More
Traditionally on this First Sunday of Lent, we hear the story of Jesus being tempted in the desert. St. Matthew’s version today draws parallels between events in the life of Jesus and events in the Old Testament. He says that Jesus spent forty days and forty nights in the wilderness. The Jewish community at the Read More
Enjoy this Lenten reflection from our pastor, Fr. Vince Mesi, OFM, as he reflects on our Lenten Journey, beginning with Ash Wednesday and the many opportunities at Mission San Luis Rey Parish.
In our reading from the Book of Leviticus today, God says: “Be holy, for I the Lord, your God, am holy.” If we were asked, every one of us could name someone who is holy. Maybe we think of one of the saints like Mother Teresa, or one of the martyrs who gave their very Read More
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