Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastoral Team.
From the Pastor’s Desk In today’s Psalm, we pray: “God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.” God truly does take care of the poor—by our hands! As the Body of Christ on earth, we are being made perfect whenever we invite the poor, the lame, the suffering, and the excluded Read More
From the Pastor’s Desk As Jesus was passing through towns and villages, someone asked him: “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” Most of us have wondered about that question as we look at the billions of pagans compared with the few committed Christians. It would have made for an interesting theological discussion. But Read More
Guest Friar Column The Christian life is not easy. This Sunday’s readings invite us to look closer at the struggles of living an authentic Christian life. The path of following God is difficult and sometimes contradictory. Just as the prophet Jeremiah experienced, staying true to the word of God can lead to alienation, mistreatment, and Read More
Guest Friar Column It is often difficult to understand what it means to be faithful. We mistake faithfulness for consistently being present at church, always being present in many events, and being an active member. Faithfulness is the root of it all. That, through the Holy Spirit, it is the “realization of what is hoped Read More
(En Español) This time I would like to reflect on the second reading for this Sunday. St. Paul writes, “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1), he is, of course, moving from Resurrection to Ascension. We set Read More
(En Español) For all of us who call ourselves Catholics and followers of Christ, prayer has to be the most important and essential part of our lives. When a Catholic prays every day, it shows in the way they think, speak, behave and relate to others. Jesus spent hours and hours during the night, talking Read More
(En Español) A few weeks ago, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter titled Desiderio Desideravi, the first words in Latin from Luke 22:15, when Jesus says to his disciples, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” In this letter, the Pope reminds us: No one had earned a place Read More
(En Español) I’m always amazed every time Jesus gives us specific examples of his teachings, just in case some of us miss his message. Today’s Gospel talks to us about God’s provision through human labor. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, we can see God’s provision through the compassion of a foreign traveler. This Read More
What would the world be like if all of us baptized Catholics put our mission and vocation into practice? “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Many baptized Catholics have the misconception that this mission and obligation is exclusively Read More
THE WORD BECAME FLESH… HERE! Greetings from the Holy Land! On the first full day of our pilgrimage, we visited and prayed at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. On the altar in the grotto, inside the church, can be found an inscription Verbum caro hic factum est: the Word became flesh here. I Read More
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