01-01-2021 – Mary the Mother of God
I love this feast day in part because of its history. When they were trying to decide whether to refer to Mary as the Mother of God or as the Mother of Jesus, it caused such controversy that, according to legend, some of the bishops at that […]
12-13-2020 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Reading:
Isaiah 40:3
John 1:23
Write:
In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
I am “the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’”
Reflect:
These are different […]
Isaiah 40:3
John 1:23
Write:
In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
I am “the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’”
Reflect:
These are different […]
12-06-2020 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
Reading:
2 Peter 3:9-10
Write:
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a […]
2 Peter 3:9-10
Write:
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a […]
11-29-2020 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Reading:
Isaiah 64:3
Write:
No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those who wait for him.
Reflect:
St. Paul has a similar phrase in his first letter to the Corinthians, based on this verse from […]
Isaiah 64:3
Write:
No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those who wait for him.
Reflect:
St. Paul has a similar phrase in his first letter to the Corinthians, based on this verse from […]
11-22-2020 – Feast of Christ the King
Reading:
Mathew 25:44
Write:
“…they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’”
Reflect:
To be honest with you, I found this Gospel reading […]
Mathew 25:44
Write:
“…they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’”
Reflect:
To be honest with you, I found this Gospel reading […]
11-15-2020 – 33d Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading:
Matthew 25:24-25
Write:
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and […]
Matthew 25:24-25
Write:
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and […]
11-15-2020 – 33r Domingo en Tiempo Ordinario
Lectura:
Mateo 25:24-25
Escribir:
Finalmente, se acercó el que había recibido un talento y le dijo: ‘Señor, yo sabía que eres un hombre duro, que quieres cosechar lo que no has plantado y recoger lo que no has sembrado. Por eso tuve miedo y fui a esconder […]
Mateo 25:24-25
Escribir:
Finalmente, se acercó el que había recibido un talento y le dijo: ‘Señor, yo sabía que eres un hombre duro, que quieres cosechar lo que no has plantado y recoger lo que no has sembrado. Por eso tuve miedo y fui a esconder […]
11-08-2020 – 32o Domingo en Tiempo Ordinario
Lectura:
Salmo 63:2
Escribir:
Señor, tú eres mi Dios, a ti te busco;
de ti sedienta está mi alma.
Señor, todo me ser te añora
como el suelo reseco añora el agua.
Reflexionar:
No quiero estirar demasiado la referencia de las Escrituras. Pero hoy vuelvo a parte de mi historia de […]
Salmo 63:2
Escribir:
Señor, tú eres mi Dios, a ti te busco;
de ti sedienta está mi alma.
Señor, todo me ser te añora
como el suelo reseco añora el agua.
Reflexionar:
No quiero estirar demasiado la referencia de las Escrituras. Pero hoy vuelvo a parte de mi historia de […]
11-08-2020 – 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Reading:
Psalm 63:2
Write:
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
Reflect:
I do not want to stretch the Scripture reference too far. But I am returning today […]
Psalm 63:2
Write:
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
Reflect:
I do not want to stretch the Scripture reference too far. But I am returning today […]
10-01-2020 – Todos Los Santos
(Lo siento. Internet era muy lento hoy.) Tengo una charla muy diferente que dar hoy. Y me disculpo por ser un poco más largo de lo normal. Volveré la próxima semana al tema de testificar de la fe al hablar de mi llamamiento al sacerdocio. Pero los […]