I SUNDAY OF ADVENT THE BLESSED TIME OF WAITING FOR JESUS By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We have arrived at the first Sunday of Advent. All of Advent will be an invitation to look forward to the coming of Christ. It is not so much a time to cry
Continue readingXXXIV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez With the Solemnity of Christ the King we close the liturgical cycle. This Sunday the readings for Mass make us reflect on the way Christ reigns and the way that others
Continue readingXXXIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE PROMISE OF SALVATION By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We are almost concluding this liturgical cycle and with these readings I don’t know how to call this Sunday: Sunday of hope, Sunday of misfortunes or Sunday of sorrows? I don’t know. But above all
Continue readingXXXI SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ALL SAINTS DAY By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez This Sunday, November 1st, we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. When we say all saints automatically the saint that we are most devoted to comes to mind. It is true that we celebrate these known
Continue readingXXIX SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME I CAME TO SERVE AND TO GIVE MY LIFE AS A RANSOM By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez This Sunday’s readings emphasize to us: service, dedication and life. They are words that come from the readings which gain an unusual strength from apparent weakness. For
Continue readingXXVIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SELL WHAT YOU HAVE, AND GIVE TO THE POOR AND FOLLOW ME By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The readings for this Sunday are illuminating. The readings speak of joy, wealth, confidence and wisdom. It is with calm and quiet before the Word of God
Continue readingXXVII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE FAMILY: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING GOD MADE By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The readings for this Sunday make us reflect on the reality of families and values; values that come from the origins time when God created the man and woman. For this
Continue readingXXVI SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JESUS CHRIST IS ONE AND UNIVERSAL By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez The first reading from the book of Numbers reminds us of the complete freedom with which God acts. We can affirm according to what we heard that all of the chosen received the
Continue readingXXV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME WHO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez Last Sunday, in the Gospel of Saint Mark, we heard the first announcement of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. The passage ended with Jesus reprimanding Peter: “You are thinking not as God
Continue readingXX SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME EUCHARIST: FRATERNAL BOND By our Pastor, Fr. Carmelo Jiménez We continue reading the Gospel of John, chapter 6, which again leads us to reflect on the Eucharist. Today we reflect on the Eucharist as a fraternal bond and family union. The first reading starts by
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