Religious Education - Children
Catechist BlogReasons we avoid the Sacrament of Confession
The reasons are many, all of them real to the penitent. But what awaits you in the sacraments is the all embracing love and mercy of God. Read more… 1 - We may be afraid of looking foolish because we haven’t been to confession in a long time—and are uncertain about...
Why go to Confession
Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Bruno Forte Reconciliation and the Beauty of God Together, let us try to understand what Confession is: If you really understand it, with your mind and heart, you will feel the need and the joy of experiencing this encounter, in which...
What… will this child be?
Today we hear the story of the birth and naming of John the Baptist. The response to his birth is the question: “What, then, will this child be?” The people recognized that the “hand of the Lord was with him” and are filled with wonder and expectation. God’s hand...
It all began with Mary’s Yes!
Today Mary prays, perhaps even sings that most beautiful prayer, the Magnificat. In the birth of her son Mary tells us that God is about to turn the world upside down. He scatters the proud in the plans of their hearts. A Moral revolution. Christianity is the death...
Blessed are you
Today’s Gospel is a very familiar Gospel, commonly called the Visitation. Mary, the mother of God, comes to visit Elizabeth. Luke tells us that Elizabeth, like her husband Zechariah, is “filled with the Holy Spirit.” This Spirit guides Elizabeth to proclaim: “Most...
The Annunciation
Today’s Gospel is a familiar part of the Christmas story - the Angel Gabriel inviting Mary into the plans of God for redemption and salvation of the world. Given its proximity to Christmas, I suspect we quickly want to jump the 9 months and have our thoughts move...
Genealogy
Reading today’s Gospel might appear at first sight as exciting as reading the phone book. Today’s Gospel is the “book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ.” What follows is primarily a list of names. Some of these names are probably familiar: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,...
2021 Christmas Season Mass Schedule
Here is our celebrations of Mass during the upcoming Week of Christmas and beyond Dec. 20th thru Dec. 23rd: 8:45 am daily Mass Dec. 24th (Christmas Eve): 4:00 pm (English) ** 6:00 pm (English) ** 8:00 pm (Spanish - live streamed) 10:30 (English - live streamed) ** if...
A Burning and Shining Lamp
Tomorrow begins what is often called “Late Advent” or “Deep Advent”; the Scripture readings and orations begin to take on different tones and topics. The first part of Advent proclaims that Christ is coming, this last part of Advent focuses on who is coming. Over the...
A week of questions
There is always continuity in the readings for daily Mass, especially the gospels. Often there is continuity in the story itself. The readings for the previous two days came from the gospel of St. Matthew. They described questioning of Jesus by the chief priest and...