II SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OUR VOCATION By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez After having celebrated Christmas, we return to Ordinary Time. This second Sunday of Ordinary Time reminds us of our vocations. We celebrated last Sunday the Manifestation of the Lord, and on Monday, the Baptism of the Lord.
Continue readingTHE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez Celebrating the Epiphany of the Lord is the same as saying that it is a Theophany, which we could translate as a self-revelation of the Lord. I could affirm that it is the strength of the mystery of
Continue readingTHE HOLY FAMILY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez In December of 2012 I wrote one of the strongest homilies for me, because it talked about a very difficult reality that is being lived out in our time, the separation and detriment of the family. I started copying literally part
Continue readingCHRISTMAS TODAY IS BORN OUR SAVIOR By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We have reached a very beautiful moment within the liturgical year. We could not say the most important, because where would Easter be? But we can’t understand Easter without Christmas. That is, without Christmas there would have been
Continue readingIII SUNDAY OF ADVENT REJOICE ALWAYS By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez In this third Sunday of Advent the somber atmosphere which is appropriate for the preparation for Christmas is interrupted by the announcement of joy. A joy that gives certain hope in the one who left heaven to become
Continue readingII SUNDAY OF ADVENT SUNDAY OF CONSOLATION AND HOPE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The readings for this Second Sunday of Advent bring us warm, restorative and compassionate words, that speak directly to our hearts. As a parish family, we have been praying for several brothers and sisters that
Continue readingI SUNDAY OF ADVENT By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez This Sunday we begin a new liturgical year, cycle B, and during this year we will mostly read the Gospel of Saint Mark. Advent is a sign of hope for the world, because humanity has no future without God, without
Continue readingXXXIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE PAROUSIA OF THE LORD By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez This second to last Sunday of the liturgical year puts us in the eschatological religious sphere; it instructs us and motivates us to think about the last things in life, of which we almost
Continue readingXXXII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE LOVING ENCOUNTER WITH THE BRIDEGROOM By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We continue on the last stretch of the liturgical year and with that the readings this Sunday help open us up to the ultimate destiny of man and life. “Resplendent and unfading is
Continue readingXXXI SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE WORD OF GOD IS EFFECTIVE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez It is almost the end of the liturgical year, and with that the readings help us to prepare ourselves with a reflection about where our hope lies. This Sunday in a special way
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