Month: April 2023

Empezamos el mes de mayo con muchos motivos para la esperanza: Primeras Comuniones, Bodas, y graduaciones de escuela. Tradicionalmente éste es también un mes dedicado a la Virgen María. Hay varias maneras de contemplar su misterio, pero, de una manera …

The tradition of dedicating the month of May to Mary “springs,” so to speak, from this time of year when spring is at the height of its beauty. Spring is also connected with nature renewing itself. In her way, Mary …

Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. This date is also International Workers’ Day, a fitting day on which to reflect on St. Joseph as the patron saint of workers.

St. Joseph has sometimes been called …

Hoy, celebramos una de las dos Fiestas litúrgicas de San José. En el pueblo de Nazaret, a Jesús se le conocía como el hijo del obrero, “el hijo del carpintero.” Sí, el Hijo de Dios nacido en una familia de …

Is it not true that there comes a time in every one of our lives when we stop expecting someone else to take care of us and we begin to do that for ourselves? This is what this “Good Shepherd …

Todos necesitamos aprender mucho del Buen Pastor (Juan 10, 1-10). Pero no para tener éxito o sumar votos o clientes, ni para buscar por aplausos,  sino para “servir” a los demás.

Por ejemplo: conoce a los suyos. Eso significa …

As we prepare for Mass this weekend, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, it might be helpful to know that the Gospel passage we will hear (John 10, 1-10) follows immediately after a big confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees. …

Hablar de “rebaños,” de “ovejas,” y de “corderos” para referirse hoy a las personas o grupos suele provocar malestar y rechazo, en general. En la sociedad civil, no se usa este lenguaje. Y entre los creyentes… pues quizá por la …

We rejoice today with our 47 teens as they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Four more of them received their Confirmation at the Easter Vigil. Both the Church and our parish take delight  that our young people are sealed with …

As we know, Easter isn’t just a day, it’s a whole season. The Easter season stretches all the way to the feast of Pentecost. Lent, which sometimes feels like it is stretching on forever, is actually forty days long. Easter, …