My Dear Friends: “Peace be with you all!” Those were the first words that our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, directed towards all of us when he walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8. These were the words of the Risen Christ to the apostles on the first EasterSunday. …
Author Archives: Jorge Santibanez
May 18th – V Sunday of Easter
- May 16th, 2025
13 de Abril – Domingo de Ramos de la Pasion del Señor
- April 10th, 2025
Mis Queridos Amigos, ¡La Semana Santa ya está aquí! La semana más importante del año. Y por eso les presento una pregunta muy sencilla: ¿cómo piensan pasar esta semana? No podemos llevar a cabo las actividades de los próximos siete días como si fuera una semana más. Los acontecimientos de la Semana Santa transformaron la …
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April 13th – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
- April 10th, 2025
My Dear Friends, Holy Week is here! The most important week of the year. And so I present you with a very simple question: how do you intend to spend this week? We cannot go about the activities of the next seven days as if it were just another week. The events of Holy Week …
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6 de Abril – V Domingo de Cuaresma
- April 3rd, 2025
Mis Queridos Amigos, Ya que empezamos las últimas dos semanas de cuaresma y entramos a la iglesia para encontrarnos las estatuas tapadas, les ruego a todos de hacer una buena confesión, si no lo han hecho durante esta cuaresma, antes del Jueves Santo. En este boletín, encontraran el horario de Semana Santa y un horario …
April 6th – V Sunday of Lent
- April 3rd, 2025
My Dear Friends, As we begin Passiontide and are confronted with the stark visual of our statues being covered as we approach Easter, I urge all of you to make a good Lenten confession,if you have not already done so, before Holy Thursday. Elsewhere in this bulletin, you will find the Holy Week Schedule plus …
30 de Marzo – XIV Domingo de Cuaresma
- March 27th, 2025
Mis Queridos Amigos, “… porque este hijo mío estaba muerto, y ha vuelto a la vida; Se había perdido, y ha sido hallado. Entonces comenzó la celebración”. (Lucas 15:24.) Cada vez que tengo que predicar sobre este evangelio del hijo pródigo, paso la mayor parte de mi semana mirando la pintura de Rembrandt que cuelga …
March 30th – XIV Sunday of Lent
- March 27th, 2025
My Dear Friends, “…because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began.” (Luke 15:24) Every time I have to preach on this gospel of The Prodigal Son, I spend most of my week staring at Rembrandt’s painting that hangs in …
23 de Marzo – III Domingo de Cuaresma
- March 20th, 2025
Mis Queridos Amigos, A medida que continuamos el camino a través de la Cuaresma, me gustaría compartir con ustedes esta reflexión que nuestro vecino, el padre Richard Vigoa, párroco de San Agustín, escribió recientemente a los miembros del clero sobre la liturgia. El Padre Vigoa no solo es el párroco de nuestra parroquia vecina, sino …
March 23rd – III Sunday of Lent
- March 20th, 2025
My Dear Friends, As we continue to journey through Lent, I would like to share with you this reflection that our neighbor, Father Richard Vigoa, pastor of St. Augustine, wrote recently to members of the clergy on the liturgy. Father Vigoa not only is the pastor of our neighboring parish but is also the …