Sunday’s Readings: Joshua 5:9, 10-12; Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 UN DOMINGO PARA ALEGRARSE Pocas parábolas del Evangelio son tan queridas por el pueblo cristiano como la del hijo pródigo. Nos podemos identificar con todos sus personajes, y con las emociones que se entrecruzan entre ellos. El dolor del padre por la avaricia y…
Sunday’s Readings: Exodus 3:1-8A, 13-15; Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 “I AM” Kindness and mercy are what the enslaved people of Israel needed, and they came in the form of deliverance. They came through a leader, Moses, who was once plucked from the Nile River and was now herding his father-in-law’s sheep in the…
Sunday’s Readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalms 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17- 4:1; Luke 9:28-36 WE ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED Today’s showing forth of God’s glory is filled with a light that astonishes and reveals. Jesus transfigured on Mount Tabor energizes even the sleepy apostles, who see but cannot get hold of it. They can be forgiven for not apprehending the full meaning…
Sunday’s Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 JESUS AND THE DEVIL The devil tempted Jesus by quoting scripture, as today’s Gospel reminds us. Try a self-serving miracle. Try selling out. Try dazzling the audience; people are gullible, after all. Try all these easy ways. The tempter tries to urge Jesus onto the slippery slope, attempts…
Sundays Readings: Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8; Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! “Holy, holy, holy!” Ancient languages, like the Hebrew used in the scriptures, did not always have a way to express superlatives in one word. Isaiah could not say God was “holiest,” so he used the threefold repetition of…
Sundays’ Readings: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17; 1 Cor 12:31—13:13; Lk 4:21-30 From the Pastor’s Desk …. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION For the first four centuries or so, there seems not to have been a sense of marriage as a church institution. Christians followed civil law, which kept the wedding in a…
Sunday’s Readings: Neh 8:2-4A, 5-6,8-10; Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 From the Pastor’s Desk …. The Revolution of God’s Kingdom After hearing the Gospel of St. Luke, we can imagine the scene: It’s Saturday and Jesus solemnly recites the Scripture from the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord…
Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-2,2-3,7-8,9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 From the Pastor’s Desk …. The Good Wine at the Wedding Feast Every Sunday Mass is a feast for all of us. We come to seek the good wine that Jesus offers us; the good wine of His Word; the good wine of His love; and the good wine of his…