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Mar 2020
22 de marzo, 2020 Lecturas: 1 Samuel 16,1.6-7.1-13; Salmo 22(23),1-6; Efesios 5,8-14; Juan 9,1-41 “Alégrate, Jerusalén, y que se reúnan cuantos la aman. Compartan su alegría los que estaban tristes, vengan a saciarse con su felicidad.” Esto es la antífona tradicional de este domingo, de que recibe su nombre latín “Domingo ‘Laetare’”. La palabra “laetare” significa “alégrate”. Sin embargo, ahora, el culto publico, la ofrenda del santo sacrificio de la Misa, ha sido prohibido en todos los Estados Unidos y México, y por una gran parte de Europa y de todo el......
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March 21, 2020
Message for the 4th Sunday of Lent
March 22, 2020 Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23:1-6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her...
March 17, 2020
3rd Sunday of Lent
Preached March 15, 2020; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Let me begin today with a doctrinal summary. The doctrine gives us the objective reality. Today’s Gospel will help us discover how to encounter...
March 09, 2020
2nd Sunday of Lent
Preached March 8, 2020; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday, I spoke about the distinction and interrelation of the natural and supernatural orders, both created by God. The supernatural order, the order...
March 02, 2020
1st Sunday of Lent
Preached March 1, 2020; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon God created two interrelated orders, the order of nature and the order of supernature, or the order of grace. When I speak of the...
February 24, 2020
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached February 23, 2020; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon When Jesus stood before Pontius Pilate, Pilate asked whether he was a king. Far from denying his kingship, Jesus defined his kingship in a...
February 03, 2020
The Presentation of the Lord
Preached February 2, 2020; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today we have the joy of celebrating the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, an event we are familiar with...
January 27, 2020
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached January 26, 2020 The past two Sundays we have focused on the theme of baptism and the supernatural life of grace that God gives us through baptism. Today, we have heard Jesus call Peter,...
November 18, 2019
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached November 17, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon As we draw near the end of the liturgical year things get serious. The end of the liturgical year directs our attention to the...
November 11, 2019
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached November 10, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today’s 1st reading, from the 2nd Book of Maccabees, gives us a small portion of the account of the martyrdom of seven sons and...