“Estamos pasando por cuarenta días con Jesús, con su palabra, para abrir a eso, permitir a Dios y Jesús a hacer algo en nosotros, algo nuevo. Yo creo que todo lo que hacemos durante esta Cuaresma es para invitar a nosotros a cambiar y transformar.”
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St. Bernard Catholic School celebrates Ash Wednesday
St. Bernard Catholic School students attended a special Ash Wednesday service, which included a Gospel reading and distribution of blessed ashes to students, parents, and school faculty and staff.
Continue readingJesus offers more than just good advice
Today, Jesus gives us some good advice. But this is not just good advice; it is, rather, an insightful look at what it takes or what is required to produce real goodness in life.
Continue readingArchbishop José H. Gomez’s statement on the conclusion of the Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church
I followed this week’s summit at the Vatican closely and I am inspired by Pope Francis’ commitment to eliminate the evil of child abuse from the global church and the wider global society
Continue readingAllow the love of Jesus to fill you and reshape the way you think and live
Today, Jesus speaks about love.It is clear he is not talking about a feeling, a noun. He is not describing a “thing,” but an action.
Continue readingContinual reform
There is growing awareness that we are living in a time of reform and renewal in the Catholic Church.
Continue readingOn level ground
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 […]
Continue readingA 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 […]
Continue readingJesus 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 […]
Continue readingBorn 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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