Cuando tenía más o menos unos siete años, mi mamá me contó la historia sobre una señora que fue diagnosticada con cáncer durante su embarazo. Esta mujer tuvo que tomar una decisión muy difícil: recibir un tratamiento que afectaría el bienestar del bebe o esperar hasta después del parto para recibir el tratamiento necesario. Esta mujer heroica de la cual contaba mi mamá optó por esperar. Seis meses después del nacimiento de su hija, la señora murió. Cuando ingresé al... Read more
Después de muchos años de anticipación, tuve la oportunidad de ver la obra musical de Broadway Hamiltonde Lin-Manuel Miranda en Jacksonville, Florida. Recuerdo haber aprendido sobre Alexander Hamilton durante mi primer semestre de la universidad tanto en un curso de Ciencias Políticas como en una clase de Historia de los Estados Unidos del siglo XIX. Leí algunos de los Federalist Papers de Hamilton, me enteré del genio económico que este señor y de su duelo fatal con Aaron Burr. Hace... Read more
After many years of anticipation, I had the opportunity to see the Broadway Musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda in Jacksonville, Florida. I remember learning about Alexander Hamilton during my first semester of college in both a Political Science course and a 19th Century History of the United States class. I read some of the Federalist Papers, learned of Hamilton’s economic genius and about his fatal duel with Aaron Burr. For quite some time now I have been fascinated by the... Read more
When I was seven or eight years old, my mother told me the story about a mother who while pregnant became ill with cancer. The woman had to make a very difficult decision: receive treatment and risk the wellbeing of the child, or wait until the child was born to be treated. The heroic woman of my mother’s story chose to wait. Six months after the birth of her daughter, the mother died. When I entered the seminary in 2002... Read more
Suffering is one of the greatest mysteries we face as human beings, a mystery that poses the greatest threat to our happiness and to our hope. Perhaps it’s better described as a stumbling block. We are well aware that we not live in an ideal world: sure, we enjoy moments of intense joy and happiness, but we also experience loss and pain. We are well aware that the world leaves us wanting… nothing is whole or complete. The Scripture readings... Read more
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it.” Jesus is pretty clear with these words: it is going to be difficult to be one of his disciples. While making a reference to his own upcoming death on a cross, Jesus teaches us that living out the... Read more
When we are sick, it makes no sense to wait until we are healed to go to the doctor. Rather, we go to the doctor so he or she can heal us, no matter how sick we are. The doctor does not judge us for being sick. It is the doctor’s job to be present among the sick in order to heal them. We approach Jesus in this same way: ill, in need of His help and trusting that He... Read more
Durante mis estudios en Roma pasaba todos los días camino a la universidad por el frente la iglesia donde está enterrado San Felipe Neri. La mayoría de veces pasaba caminando por Chiesa Nova, pero cuando llovía, la miraba a través de la ventana del autobús y, durante los meses más fríos, pasaba en bicicleta. En esa misma iglesia hace quinientos años los fieles se congregaban para escuchar a San Felipe Neri predicar. Conocido como el Santo Patrón de la Alegría,... Read more
Jesús caminó por las orillas del mar de Galilea e invitó a jóvenes pescadores a seguirlo. Se acercó a la mesa de recaudadores de impuestos y llamó a Mateo para que fuera su discípulo. Jesús vio a Zaqueo trepado en una higuera y se invitó él mismo a cenar a la casa de Zaqueo. Se encontró con una mujer samaritana en el pozo del pueblo durante la hora más calurosa del día y por medio de una larga conversación, le... Read more
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Response to Viganò Tape on COVID
Life Site News has published the first of a series of videos where Archbishop Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, responds to pre-recorded questions. They are calling the series the “Viganò Tapes.” As I heard this first “tape,” I was left dumbstruck by the factual inaccuracies stated by the Archbishop in regards to the COVID vaccine. Here I share the quotes I found most troubling from the tape, and my comments. “The so-called emergency pandemic has been utilized... Read more