By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.” There are two interlocking themes that emerge from the readings today. The first line of the Gospel presents one of those […]
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A calling from God
By Archbishop José H. Gomez (Archbishop Gomez kicked off National Marriage Week USA with a special World Marriage Day Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Feb. 10. He celebrated the renewal of marriage vows for nearly […]
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Jesus invites us to catch more than just fish
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “When you feel like stopping think about why you started!” Today’s story is about a miraculous catch of fish; but in reality, it is so much more. Jesus’ encounters with people were always about […]
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Born for greater things: From the ‘crisis of man’ toward a new Christian humanism
By Archbishop José H. Gomez (The following is adapted from Archbishop José H. Gomez’s “Hispanic Innovators of the Faith” lecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6.) My friends, I am honored to deliver this […]
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Love, study and apply the word of God more significantly in your life of faith
In our faith we, of course, need to hear and understand God’s word. We ought to even study the word so that we can apply it more significantly in our lives of faith.
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You have only one teacher
By Archbishop José H. Gómez (The following is adapted from Archbishop Gomez’s homily for Catholic Schools Week, delivered at St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy in Downey, on Jan. 28.) Today we are celebrating the life of the great priest and […]
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Give honor and glory to God by respecting yourself and others
To begin to live an order of life that respects self and others is to live in a way that will always give honor and glory to our God.
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‘The great cause of life in our time’
Tonight we mourn the loss of these little ones. We entrust their souls to God — who loved them from before all ages and who will love them for all eternity.
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Listen to Mary, and ‘Do whatever he tells you’
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Start by doing what is necessary; then what’s possible; and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi. “In the beginning” are the very first words of both Genesis and John’s Gospel. […]
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We walk for life!
We will be walking for life again this Saturday, Jan. 19. From our city’s first church at La Placita on Olvera Street we will march to the Los Angeles State Historic Park, proudly proclaiming the beauty and holiness of human life.
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