Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Rom 5: 12-19; Mt 4:1-11 Jesús es llevado al desierto. Está solo consigo mismo: con las voces rivales de Dios y Satanás. Como nosotros. Fue probado y demostró ser la santidad de Dios. Él quiere darnos esa santidad. Había una parte de Jesús que quería usar su poder para hacer pan, para […]
Today’s readings remind us of the importance of this season of Lent which begins today with our celebration of Ash Wednesday. The prophet Joel calls us to repentance through: “Fasting, mourning and weeping.” He tells us, “Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord.” Like our first reading, the gospel reminds us of the […]
Leviticus 19: 1-2, 17-18 1 Corinthians 3: 16-23 Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 Matthew 5: 38-48 If only I’d win the lottery, then my life would be perfect. If only I’d find my dream job, then my life would be perfect. If only my spouse and kids would finally listen and do things […]
Tomorrow (2/26) is Ash Wednesday, a day of fast and abstinence. Catholics abstain from meat. One full meal is allowed in addition to two smaller meals. Thus, the rules for fasting and abstinence in the United States are: Every person 14 years or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on Ash […]
YOU ARE MINE There’s a battle going on in the lives of each of us, a battle going on FOR the lives of each of us, a battle between good and evil. At the end of that battle, in the next life, we will hear either Jesus say, “you are mine” or hear Satan say, […]
Sal y luz. La sal conserva y purifica. La luz brilla El mensaje de hoy es simple: nuestras buenas obras nos purifican, y también son buenas para los demás. Deja que tu luz brille. Aquí hay un ejemplo reciente en nuestro medio. Justo antes de Navidad nuestro santuario de oración estaba iluminado. A esto se […]
Is 58:7-10:3; Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5: 13-16 Salt and Light. Salt preserves and purifies. Light shines us forward. The message today is simple: Our good works preserve and purify us, and they are also good for others. Let your light shine. We have recent literal examples, in our midst. Just before Christmas our prayer shrine […]
The Nativity of the Lord. Christmas Readings of Mass During the Night Is 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Last Christmas I told you about the first Christmas creche with live animals created by St. Francis of Assisi in the town of Greccio in 1223. Then I told you about the first non-animate scene created by […]
Matt 3: 13-17 Jesus gets baptized today. In doing so, he foreshadows his crucifixion, going down into the water, dying for our sins. As we bring Christmas to a close today, the wood of the manger foreshadows the wood of the cross. The one without sin makes the waters holy. The God who hovered over […]
Recibimos el Espíritu Santo en el bautismo. Esto es lo que celebramos hoy, el bautismo de Jesús y el nuestro. Siente el amor abrumador de su Padre. Él oye: “Tú eres mi Hijo amado; contigo estoy muy complacido “. ¿Puedes recordar un momento en que sentiste el placer de Dios? Ojalá lo sientas cuando realizas […]