Lectionary cycle guides liturgical year readings that strengthen our faith | El ciclo del leccionario guía lecturas del año litúrgico que fortalecen nuestra fe
“The water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Origins of Antisemitism and Encouraging Peace | Comprender el antisemitismo y fomentar la paz
“…Make all men and women witnesses of truth, justice, and brotherly love. Banish from their hearts whatever might endanger peace….”
Worshipping God as He wants, not as we or society wants | Adorar a Dios como Él quiere, no como nosotros o la sociedad quiere
“They are lazy; that is why they are crying, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to our God.’ Increase the work for the men, so that they attend to it and not to deceitful words.”
Speak up out of love for others to have the blessings of the Catholic faith. | Habla por amor a los demás para que tengan las bendiciones de la fe católica.
“Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God.”
Catholic Schools Week | Semana de las Escuelas Católicas
“The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority.”
Holy Godparents | Santos Padrinos
“Do you understand this responsibility?” These are the words which the priest or deacon asks the godparents in the Rite of Baptism.
Don’t Doubt, Trust | No dudes, confía
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior… He guides the humble to justice, and teaches the humble his way.”
Sunday of the Word of God | Domingo de la Palabra de Dios
Read the Bible, take God’s word to heart, and thus truly “remain in His word.”
Blessings of Epiphany | Bendiciones de la Epifanía
“On entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures”
Conforming our hearts | Conformando nuestros corazones
“Rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!”
Following Church teaching | Seguir las enseñanzas de la Iglesia
The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen, well loved by millions for his prime-time television show that ran for many years, had a saying, “Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.”
Prayerfully discern God’s vision for our parish | Discernir en oración la visión de Dios para nuestra parroquia
“…what sort of persons ought you to be, conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion…” (2 Pet 3:11)
Enduring and Eternal | Duradera y eterna
“…then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power.”
Call to Holiness in Family Life | Llamado a la santidad en la vida familiar
“Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; Your children like olive plants around your table. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.”
See the unity between divine wisdom and divine law | Ver la unidad entre la sabiduría divina y la ley divina
“She is the book of the precepts of God, the law that endures forever; All who cling to her will live, but those will die who forsake her. Turn, O Jacob, and receive her: walk by her light toward splendor. Give not your glory to another, your privileges to an alien race. Blessed are we, O Israel; for what pleases God is known to us!”
True Peace | Verdadera Paz
When I was first ordained, I was told jokingly of “an old Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times.’” It’s amazing how much things have changed in just these few years that I’ve been a priest. At the time, that saying was humorous. But now that we’re living in “interesting times,” the humor hits a bit uncomfortably close to home.
Seeing with the Right Lens & Responding with Holiness | Ver con el Lente Correcto y Responder con Santidad
These words from this weekend’s second reading, from the letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians, seem to be a good lens for this column… that we acknowledge the difficulties of our situation, but in the light and joy of the Holy Spirit. After all, God tells us through the prophet Jeremiah, “For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.
The Antiphons at Mass | Las Antífonas en la Misa
You may have noticed a new sound coming from the choir loft on High Street during Communion. This new sound is, in fact, a very old sound. With the reintroduction of the distribution of the Precious Blood at Mass, Communion takes quite a bit longer than it did in the Covid days.
Trust Even in the Dark Valley | Confía Incluso en el Valle Oscuro
The world can be a frightening place. Of course, we know we made it scary, by failing to trust in God and his loving wisdom, and instead, we trust the serpent in his temptations to substitute God’s ways with our own fallen ways, with our darkened intellect and misdirected will and inordinate appetites of our desires.
A Call to Metanoia | Un llamado a la metanoia
Lord, we ask you to help us to repent of any unfruitfulness in our parish, in valuing anything over your direct and immediate call to go and make disciples, of being prepared to give reason for the hope that is in us, of welcoming foreigners and sinners into our midst as you gave us by your example.