La semana pasada me senté durante algún tiempo frente al océano Atlántico durante una mañana fría y de mucho viento. Mis oídos se llenaron con el chisporroteo de vegetación seca detrás de mí, el golpear de las olas y el suave silbido del viento.  Tenía frío. La luz del sol brillaba sobre el agua del mar, creando un camino hermoso uniendo la costa con el horizonte que se encontraba delante de mí sin interrupciones con excepción de un buque de... Read more

Last week I sat for some time facing the Atlantic Ocean during a frigid, windy morning.  My ears were filled with the crackling of dry plants behind me, the crashing of white-topped waves and the gentle howling of the wind.  I was cold. The sunlight glistened over the ocean water creating a beautiful path joining the shore to the horizon which lay before me uninterrupted except for a cargo ship departing from the port of Savannah.  The horizon stretched out... Read more

A Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany and National Migration Week Starting today, the feast of the Epiphany, the Church in the United States celebrates National Migration Week.  Is it a coincidence?  Hardly. Magi from the east came to offer gifts to Jesus, the King of the Jews, and to adore him.  These men, foreigners, strangers, recognized something in the child that his own people did not recognize.  What did these men recognize? The gold offered shows the foreigners... Read more

A very happy and blessed new year to all of you my readers!  We survived the 2012 Maya apocalypse! When I began blogging a few years ago, I did so very skeptically.  I thought blogs were mostly for people to aggrandize themselves in cyberspace, but I figured I would post my homilies and articles.  I was already typing these out, so I figured I might as well share them. I quickly realized that blogging was an excellent evangelization tool.  I discovered... Read more

As we continue to join in with the whole Church in the celebration of Christmas, today we pause to meditate on an amazing truth: that when Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, God chose to come to us through a family.  He chose to live as part of a family, as the son of Mary and Joseph, quietly and obediently working in Nazareth. The Church invites us today on the feast of the Holy Family to meditate upon the... Read more

  Estrella que marca el sitio en Belen donde nació Jesus Después de preparar nuestros corazones por todo un mes durante el Adviento, hoy hacemos una pausa con toda la Iglesia para reconocer que Jesús, a quien estábamos esperando, no es simplemente un sabio maestro entre los sabios maestros de la historia.  Hacemos una pausa para reconocer que Él no es simplemente un profeta más de entre los muchos profetas que han caminado por la tierra. El pequeño niño nacido en... Read more

Shrine where Jesus was born, Bethlehem   Christmas Day Homily Today we pause along with the whole Church to recognize that Jesus Christ is not just one more teacher among great teachers. That he is not just one more prophet among great prophets. The little boy born in a stable in Bethlehem 2000 years ago is God made man. When we contemplate the newborn child, we behold the face of God. The invisible God of the Old Testament of whom... Read more

  Rio Jordan donde predicó San Juan Bautista Al leer el evangelio de este domingo, una cosa saltó claramente en mi mente apenas terminé de leerlo: la expectativa que sentían las personas que hablaban con San Juan Bautista.  Estaban ansiosos de hacer lo correcto.  Estaban como niñitos antes de abrir sus regalos de Navidad: con una gran expectativa de lo que pronto ocurriría. Tres veces le hacen la misma pregunta a San Juan Bautista y cada vez San Juan les contesta tranquilamente... Read more

La Virgen María se apareció cuatro veces a San Juan Diego en diciembre de 1531, después de solo diez años de la derrota del imperio Azteca por los españoles.  Este periodo de la historia fue marcado por la integración de la cultura española y la indígena, dando a nacer a un pueblo con una cultura única que continua a predominar hoy en todo Latino América. Las palabras de la Virgen a Juan Diego fueron escritas en la obra titulada Nican... Read more

About 500 faithful gathered at Saint Teresa of Avila, Grovetown, on Tuesday night to await the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and to sing the traditional Mañanitas.  A Rosary began to be prayed at 10pm followed by traditional Aztec dancers (watch brief video below).  Mass began at 11pm and ended shortly after midnight.  Atole and tamales were served after Mass for all to share some time together. //www.youtube.com/get_player       Father John Johnson and me singing Las Mañanitas after... Read more