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Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  El 17 de diciembre 2023 (Juan 1,6-8, 19-28) Mis hermanas y hermanos ¿Quién fue Juan?  No fue el Mesías, ni Elías, ni el profeta.  Este hombre, el gran Juan el Bautista, fue sólo una … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. Isaiah is a prophet of the present and of the future, calling for repentance and proclaiming rescue and salvation.  He would call Israel’s kings and people away from idolatry to faithfulness to … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. To a people loaded down with grief, guilt, and all kinds of sorrow, to a people in despair, to people numbed with disaster, God speaks through the prophet to ask if they … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. For the Israelites, it was a bleak time in the history of God’s people.  The people had gone into exile and the nation had been crushed.  The passage from home to the … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the homily.  My sisters and brothers, The first words of the Gospel says that Jesus is the Son of God.  The Romans, who conquered the Jewish people, called the Emperor Caesar Agustus, the son … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos Las primeras palabras del evangelio según San Marco dicen que Jesús es Hijo de Dios.  Los romanos, los conquistadores de los judíos, llamaban a su emperador César Augusto, Hijo de … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. It is shortly after the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, that God called the man to account for his actions.  Nowhere does God speak of sin; God speaks of disobedience. … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. In this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide a banquet.  God meets us on the mountain.  Abraham went up a mountain to sacrifice his son Isaac to the Lord.  Moses went … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. The book of the prophet Isaiah is a collection of his writings or sayings.  The collection is not necessarily arranged in chronological order. The ancient Hebrews, or Israelites, looked to the Lord’s … Continued

3 December 2023: Mark 13:33-37 Please read the passage before reading the homily.  My sisters and brothers, Stay awake; be watchful!  We do not know when Jesus will come back. Peter, James, and John failed their test for staying awake.  … Continued