(Please read the Scripture passage first, before the homily.) We celebrate today the Memorial of Mary, the Mother of the Church. In the upper room, the Church has gathered, a hundred twenty people, symbolically ten from each of the twelve … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage above first. “No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.” It is very simple, but it can, at times, seem complicated. The Holy Spirit is the life of the body of … Continued
Mis hermanos y hermanas, “Nadie puede llamar a Jesús “Señor” si no es bajo la acción del Espíritu Santo.” Es muy simple, pero tal vez pueda parecer muy complicado. El Espíritu Santo es la vida del cuerpo de Jesús, pero … Continued
Please read the scripture passage first. When the Lord Jesus was ascending to the Father, he promised that the Apostles would be witnesses to him in Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. The time … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage first. We have started to enter a new era, the post-coronavirus era. Life will not be the same. How it will change, we do not know. St Paul addressed the presbyters, those who were overseeing … Continued
Memorial Day commemorates, first of all, those who died fighting for a United States of America instead of for a divided United States. It is a reminder of the divisions and tensions we have experienced as a nation over the … Continued
The glorification of Jesus, we celebrate in three stages. The first is his resurrection, the second is his ascension into heaven and the third is the sending of the Spirit. April 12, May 24 and May 31. This fifty-day period … Continued
Mis hermanos y hermanas, Hay tres fases de la única glorificación de Jesús: la de su resurrección, la de su ascensión, y la de la misión del Espíritu Santo. El doce de abril, el veinticuatro de mayo y el treinta … Continued
Gallio was proconsul of Achaia around the year 52. We know this from external historical sources. Gallio was also an older brother of the Roman Philosopher named Seneca. In this episode Gallio refused to take part in what we could … Continued
We think we know what Paul was preaching, but what did he hearers hear? The Stoics believed that God and the universe was one, co-extensive. Paul would say that in God we live and move and have our being. One … Continued