XXI SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE LAST WILL BE FIRST By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jimenez Several Sundays of the Gospel of Luke have led us to the big questions that today’s Gospel brings us: how many will be saved? Who will be saved? Jesus destroys the walls that we
Continue readingXX SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE PROPHET DENOUNCES SIN By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The readings for this Sunday make us reflect on a reality: the fate of the prophet. If they are a true prophet, they will denounce the things that go against God’s will (sin) and announce
Continue readingXIX SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We follow Jesus in his journey toward Jerusalem. In his pilgrimage he was passing villages and fields, and was teaching his disciples, about how to live the Christian faith, hope, and love, as well as solidarity.
Continue readingXVIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jimenez This Sunday the readings really question our way of life. We can disguise our lives with words, but they are fallacies of language. But what we are and what we feel, that
Continue readingXVII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PRAYER: INTIMACY WITH GOD By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez Each Sunday I have insisted in the continuity of the readings and this Sunday is no different. I have invited reflection on being chosen, sent, living the Christian life, the commandments, and the acceptance of
Continue readingXVI SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME TAKING IN THE DIVINE PRESENCE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez Once again I remind you of the messages of the last few Sundays to connect them with the message of this Sunday. God chooses us, God calls us, God sends us to announce his
Continue readingXIV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “GO ON YOUR WAY” By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez Last Sunday’s readings invited us to reflect on God’s call, and for this XIV Sunday in Ordinary Time, the readings lead us to reflect on the mission to evangelize. Last week I mentioned that the
Continue readingXIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE VOCATION TO… By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The readings for this Sunday make us reflect on the vocation to which each of us have been called. Every time when we talk about vocation it’s very common to think of the priesthood and religious
Continue readingXII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME WHO DO THE CROWDS/YOU SAY THAT I AM? By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez This twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time we confront a question that goes further than just something historical, it is real and it is for our time, for you and for me:
Continue readingX SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME I TELL YOU, ARISE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The first reading and the gospel have a direct connection and they narrate similar events. The second indirectly relates to the story of St. Paul. And so we could say that the message of this
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