Month: March 2024
March 24: The Day of the Lord
Although it is at the very heart of our faith, the story of the suffering and death of Jesus is recounted [in its entirety] only twice a year … and then in the same week: on Palm Sunday and on …
23 de marzo: Preparándonos para Celebrar la Misa Dominical
El Domingo de Ramos y durante los días de la Semana Santa, vemos a Jesús en toda su flaqueza humana, tanto como la nuestra, excepto en el pecado. Pero también le vemos en su determinación de amor y en su …
March 23: Preparing to Celebrate Sunday’s Mass
As we enter into Holy Week on Palm Sunday, we are urged to recollect that this is the time of year we stop to remember and relive the events which brought about our redemption and salvation.
What we commemorate and …
March 22: Living Testimony / Testimonio Vivo
With Holy Week so close, and nearly ready to celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Lent still want to teach us some important lessons. One of those is that we must always open our hearts and minds to the …
March 21: God’s Promise / La Promesa de Dios
In St. John’s 8th chapter, we read, “Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I AM.’ So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the …
March 20: Freedom to Love
There have been many slogans relating to freedom down through the centuries. Perhaps the most notorious and cruel was the Nazi slogan “Work makes you free” that hung over the gates of the concentration camps. In John 8, 31-42, Jesus …
20 de marzo: El Sufrimiento y la Muerte
Los mayores problemas en la vida humana son ciertamente los enemigos de la vida: sufrimiento y muerte. Cuando miramos con reverencia a Jesús (como estamos haciendo en la Cuaresma de manera especial) vemos que dio sentido al sufrimiento convirtiéndolo en …
March 19: St. Joseph
As you may have seen, the Bible contains not a single spoken word from St. Joseph, whose feastday we celebrate today. Nonetheless, the Scriptures do tell us that he was a just man (Matthew 1, 19). In the Biblical …
19 de marzo: San José
Con gran alegría celebramos hoy a San José, esposo de María y padre adoptivo de Jesús. Dispongamos el corazón para celebrar este día en honor de quien es el Patrono de la Iglesia Universal.
Nos acercamos a la figura de …
March 17: Saint Patrick / San Patricio
Although his feastday is officially replaced by the Church’s celebration of the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we still celebrate today the life and death of St. Patrick, the fifth century bishop and patron of Ireland, whose holiness set the example …