Pastor's Note| Pentecost Sunday| May 28,2023

Posted by Delma Garcia on 5/26/23

Pentecost Sunday

"Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth." This is our prayer in the responsorial Psalm for Pentecost. It's the reason the Church can exist and continues to exist. We live in the age of the Holy Spirit.

Without the power and presence ... Read More »

Pastor's Note| The Ascension of the Lord| May 21, 2023

Posted by Delma Garcia on 5/19/23

The Ascension of the Lord

In the Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus states the Great Commission. He still repeats it today and at the end of every Mass when, through the priest, he sends us on our way. "Go," he says. "Go and make disciples wherever I send you."

A disciple is a student. Think of people you know who are mere followers of Christ, people who claim to believe in Jesus but who are not learning how to imitate Christ, adult Catholics who stopped their religious education a long time ago. Their faith is not enough to change the world, because they live more like the world than like holy representatives of Christ. Or they live more miserably, less joyfully than those who know how much Jesus cares about them. Or they are unpleasant to be around, because they have not developed enough humility to exude ... Read More »

Pastor's Note| Sixth Sunday of Easter| May 14, 2023

Posted by Delma Garcia on 5/12/23

Sixth Sunday of Easter

In this Sunday's Gospel reading, Jesus tells us that the Holy Spirit is our "Advocate". Some scholars translate the word to "Counselor". In the original Greek, it means "called alongside". It's closely related to the verb "parakaleo" ("to call" or "summon") from which we get ... Read More »

Pastor's Note| Fifth Sunday of Easter| May 7, 2023

Posted by Delma Garcia on 5/05/23

Fifth Sunday of Easter

This Sunday's Gospel reading ends with a very astounding verse: "Whoever believes in me will do the works I do, and greater far than these." What does he mean? How can we do the same -- and greater -- miracles than Jesus himself did?

The answer is ... Read More »