¿En que lugar llegas a tener un encuentro con Dios?  ¿En que momento de tu rutina diaria encuentras la presencia de Dios? Algunos encuentran a Dios a través de la belleza de la naturaleza al admirar montañas majestuosas o un tranquilo atardecer.  Otros encuentran a Dios al contemplar con gratitud las maravillas de la creación o el misterio de la vida.  Como católicos, tenemos un encuentro definitivo con Dios en la eucaristía, donde nos reunimos a escuchar su Palabra... Read more

  On a day like today 202 years ago, also on a Sunday but very early in the morning, a brave priest, Father Miguel Hidalgo, rang the bell of his church in Dolores, Mexico calling the townspeople to take up arms against the Spanish colonial government of Mexico.  After three hundred years of colonial rule, this event began the eleven-year long war of Mexican independence. Hildago soon adopted the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, queen and patroness of all... Read more

I once heard that Jesus and disciples must have always been laughing and having a great time.  Since Jesus was all-knowing, he must have known every joke in the book. Being a priest without a good sense of humor is an unbearable task.  Being a Christian without exuding joy is a flaw.  A priest said to me some years ago, “remember we are a religion of redemption, we are a religion of joy.  We live rejoicing always in the great... Read more

One of the greatest archbishops in the long and turbulent history of Constantinople is the man we remember today, Saint John Chrysostom.  His great skill for preaching earned him the title “Chrysostomos” which means “golden tongued.” Fortunately many of his sermons and writings have survived, his most lasting contribution being the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom which is widely used today for Divine Worship in Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Saint John Chrysostom’s eloquent speech and direct manner earned him... Read more

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Every heart searches for meaning.  Every soul longs for happiness.  We are born restless.  We are born with a void inside, a missing piece, which moves us to seek fulfillment.   We are like a beautiful and complex jigsaw puzzle with one missing piece.  Without that last piece we remain incomplete, so we tirelessly search for the piece that will complete the picture. We often attempt to place other appealing pieces which satisfy temporarily but do not complete the puzzle... Read more

  Recuerdo ir a confesarme durante mi segundo año en la universidad y el sacerdote me preguntó porque me tardé tanto en confesarme otra vez.  “Muchas cosas pueden ocurrir en nueve meses,” me dijo.  “Si en nueve meses una mujer puede tener un niño, imagínate todo los que puede ocurrir en ese tiempo.” Me sorprendió su reacción ya que no pensaba que nueve meses era mucho tiempo.  Le dije al Padre que no había venido porque quería resolver algunos asuntos... Read more

On September 8th, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed on the shores of Florida and claimed the territory for Spain and the Catholic Church.  This marked the founding of the city of Saint Augustine and the Nombre de Dios Mission where Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales celebrated the first Mass on modern-day US soil. These early Spanish settlers began a devotion to Our Lady of La Leche, Our Lady of Milk, which continues today 447 years later at the... Read more

Todo corazón humano busca el sentido de su vida.  Toda alma anhela la felicidad.  Todos nacemos inquietos.  Nacemos con un vacío dentro, con un anhelo en el alma, que nos lleva a buscar la plenitud.  Somos como un hermoso y complicado rompecabezas al cual le falta una pieza.  Sin esa pieza estamos incompletos, por eso buscamos incansablemente la pieza que complete el rompecabezas de nuestra vida. A menudo intentamos completar el rompecabezas con otras piezas atractivas, que nos satisfacen temporalmente,... Read more

Tomb of Pope Saint Gregory the Great at Saint Peter Basilica Today we remember a man so instrumental in the growth and development of the Church of Rome that he has earned the title of “Great.”  Gregory was a learned and able man who rose to the highest civil position in the government of the city of Rome in the 6th century.  It was a time of war, famine and illness in Rome.  It was a time of decline, fear... Read more