Sermons from December 2015

Feast of the Holy Family – English & Spanish

Sunday’s Readings .. Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; or Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28; Psalm 4:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Colossians 3:12-21; Luke 2:41-52 From the Pastor’s Desk ….  Holy Family of Nazareth, Pray for Us!       The Scriptures tell us a lot about Jesus, especially how he came into the world and how he left it. Although Scripture doesn’t say much about…

Christmas – English & Spanish

Christmas Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25 From the Pastor’s Desk ….    A Child, A Mother and the Shepherds. Today a great light shines – the light of charity. Despite the fact that 2000 years have passed by, this still is the “Holy Night”. The only good news that can remove the fears of…

4th Sunday of Advent – English & Spanish

Sunday’s Readings: Micah 5:1-4; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45  From the Pastor’s Desk ….     Blessed are you… In today’s Gospel, Elizabeth calls Mary blessed. One definition of blessed is holy; another is favored by God. Mary is all of these things – blessed, holy and favored by God – because God chooses her…

3rd Sunday of Advent – English & Spanish

Sundays Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 From the Pastor’s Desk ….   The Song of Happiness Not all is penitence, pain, and death as we journey through this desert. Today’s liturgy pauses to ring a hymn of joy. How can we not be delighted when the Son of God, who comes to save us, is near. Jesus is coming, Jesus is with us. With…

2nd Sunday of Advent – English & Spanish

Sundays Readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Psalms 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6 From the Pastor’s Desk ….     The Word in the Desert The Church continues to prepare the way of Our Lord for His Coming. The desert is a place of solitude, hardships of life, and of temptation. The desert educates one that an essential part of life will require renunciations, detachments, and a radical change of…