THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez On Sunday after Pentecost we celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, three Divine Persons different from each other, in one God. This is a mystery of which we can say only a little about. But we
Continue readingSOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD GOD MOUNTS HIS THRONE AMID SHOUTS OF JOY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jimenez We are before a great solemnity but also a mystery. If this event of ascending into heaven happened in our times, without a doubt people would start asking, “How
Continue readingIII SUNDAY OF EASTER CALLED TO EXPERIENCE AND ANNOUNCE GOD’S LOVE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We are already in the third Sunday of Easter. And the readings make us reflect on the joy of evangelizing. That is to say the commitment of living and transmitting the faith, not
Continue readingII SUNDAY OF EASTER DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We are in the middle of the celebration of the paschal mystery, within the unique setting of the Jubilee Year of Mercy and exactly on the Sunday that Saint John Paul II decided to name “Divine Mercy
Continue readingEASTER SUNDAY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jimenez At the Easter Vigil we celebrate the foundation of our faith, according to the testimony of Saint Paul: “if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith.” (1 Cor. 15:14) He has been raised and
Continue readingPALM SUNDAY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We are at the beginning of the greatest Christian celebration: Easter. On Palm Sunday the readings are concentrated on two main aspects in very expressive way, although opposed to each other, united in one person, Christ. On the triumph and failure, on
Continue readingV SUNDAY OF LENT GOD FORGIVES US BY HIS MERCY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez For my reflection just like last Sunday, I will put more emphasis on the Gospel, because it is the same theme: the Mercy of God. If we compare the Gospel from this Sunday with
Continue readingIV SUNDAY OF LENT DIVINE MERCY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez In this fourth Sunday of Lent, the reflection is centered on Divine Mercy. If you were looking for a text to illustrate this, you could not find a better one than this text from Saint Luke which we
Continue readingIII Sunday in Ordinary Time God Continues to Save his People By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We are already in the third Sunday of Lent and we are presented with a strong call to conversion as we look toward celebrating Easter. Easter is the most important faith event for
Continue readingI SUNDAY OF LENT THE TEMPTATIONS By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez In this first Sunday of Lent we find readings which are very rich to reflect upon. The first and second readings are professions of faith, one of the People of Israel and the other from someone who believes
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