Month: December 2023

23-24 de diciembre: Preparándonos para Celebrar la Misa Dominical

¿Hemos pensado anteriormente en las palabras fidedignas de la Virgen María y de Dios? ¿Son fidedignas nuestras palabras? ¿Con qué frecuencia guardamos nuestras promesas?

Muchas veces, en el pasado, Dios había prometido traer alegría, felicidad, y libertad a su pueblo.

December 23-24: Preparing to Celebrate Sunday’s Mass

We are living in an age when many people find it difficult to make permanent commitments to others, commitments that require life-long love, fidelity, perseverance, and endurance. So it’s particularly appropriate for us to wonder and marvel on the Fourth

December 22: The Magnificat

In our Catholic tradition, we honor Mary as the highest example of a totally devoted life. Surely, her example influenced her Son’s complete self-giving. The most perfect expression of Mary’s dedicated heart is found in her lovely hymn of praise,

December 21: The Christmas Story

In a Family Circus cartoon, the little girl (Dolly) sits her baby brother (PJ) on her lap and tells him the story of Christmas. According to her version: “Jesus was born just in time for Christmas up at the North

December 20: The Waning Days of Advent

In St. Luke’s Gospel (1, 26-38), we encounter Mary’s “Yes” to God – a turning point in the history of the world! It is the moment of the Incarnation, when the Word became flesh and began to live among us

December 19: St. Mary

In the Gospels, Jesus is described as “the one who will save His people from their sins.” To save us is, indeed, why He came! And in order to do so, although He was God from eternity, He chose to

December 18: St. John the Baptist

After hearing about St. John the Baptist over the weekend (on the Third Sunday of Advent), here is a story worth carrying with us this week:

A three-year-old was helping his mother unpack their family’s nativity set. He announced each

17 de diciembre: El Día del Señor

Los grandes movimientos religiosos han nacido casi siempre en el desierto. Son los hombres y las mujeres del silencio y la soledad los que al ver la luz, pueden convertirse en maestros y guías de la humanidad. En el desierto

December 17: The Day of the Lord

On this Third Sunday of Advent, we rejoice with people of faith everywhere in the “glad tidings” our Savior has brought to us and to all the world. St. Thomas Aquinas said,  “As we experience God’s love for us,

December 15-16: Preparing to  Celebrate Sunday’s Mass

In this Advent season, we are preparing our hearts and focusing our minds on celebrating Jesus’ birth. His birth is like a multi-faceted gem, in that He came among us, that first “coming among us” allows Him to constantly come