Please read the passage before the homily. “I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower.” It is said that in many places, lemon growers graft lemon branches onto orange trees rather than growing lemon trees from … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, “Yo soy la verdadera vid y mi Padre es el viñador.” Se dice que en muchos lugares los cultivadores de los limoneros injertan las ramas a las naranjas … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. We only call to mind the death of Jesus and the circumstances of his death for two reasons. We do it to call the perpetrators to repentance and to announce how God … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Things happened fast in the Acts of the Apostles from chapter 8 to the 12th. Saul was a leader of the persecutors. When he persecuted, many believers in Jesus had become refugees … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Chapters nine and ten report two miraculous healings of Peter. They also record how he had gone to the house of a centurion and baptized him and his household (At this you … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. My sisters and brothers, “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” I do not know anybody who would give up his life for some sheep. … Continued
por favor lean este pasaje antes de la homilia Hermanas y Hermanos, “Soy el buen pastor. El buen pastor da su vida por sus ovejas.” Pienso que no hay hombre que va a dar su vida por ovejas. Las ovejas … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. It is said that Thomas the Apostle brought the Gospel to India. Ancient Mexico has a story that he also visited Central America, present-day Mexico, with the Gospel. We have stories of … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. A severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem broke out. Members scattered. It is the foreigners, the Jews from other lands, that seem to have left. Today we would probably call them … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Stephen was one of the first seven deacons. They were instituted to see that the widows whose husbands had not been born in the Holy Land would have their needs met. And … Continued