My Dear Friends: We offer you this beautiful mediation on today’s gospel given by Pope Francis. Enjoy. In today’s Gospel passage, Luke’s narrative (cf. Lk 5:1-11) offers us the call of Saint Peter. His name — as we know — was Simon, and he was a fisherman. On the shore of the Lake of Galilee, …
Author Archives: Jorge Santibanez
February 6th – V Sunday in Ordinary Time
- February 4th, 2022
30 de Enero – IV Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
- January 28th, 2022
Mis Queridos Amigos: No puedo agradecerles lo suficiente por la generosidad que mostraron el fin de semana pasado durante nuestra campaña del ABCD. A pesar de que no tuvimos la presentación tradicional en video durante la homilía, ustedes fueron muy amables con sus palabras de aliento mientras buscaba usar palabras para darle vida al video …
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January 30th – IV Sunday in Ordinary Time
- January 28th, 2022
My Dear Friends: I can’t thank you enough for the generosity that you showed last weekend during our ABCD campaign. Even though we did not have the traditional video presentation during the homily, you were very kind with your words of encouragement as I sought to use words to bring the video and the campaign …
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January 23rd – III Sunday in Ordinary Time
- January 22nd, 2022
My dear friends, In the fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, we hear how the early Christian community placed their offerings at the feet of the Apostles to distribute to each according to their need. They were cognizant of the poor in their midst and because of their generosity, we read that “there …
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23 de Enero – III Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
- January 22nd, 2022
Mis queridos amigos, En el cuarto capítulo de los Hechos de los Apóstoles, escuchamos cómo la comunidad cristiana primitiva colocó sus ofrendas a los pies de los Apóstoles para distribuirlas a cada uno según su necesidad. Eran conscientes de los pobres en medio de ellos y debido a su generosidad, leemos que “no había ninguna persona …
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16 de Enero – II Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
- January 13th, 2022
Del Escritorio del Padre Omar Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo: Acabamos de terminar nuestra hermosa temporada de Navidad, y ahora, estamos entrando por un tiempo en el Tiempo Ordinario antes de encontrarnos una vez más en la temporada de Cuaresma. Las lecturas de esta semana nos están llamando a poner los dones que hemos …
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January 16th – II Sunday of Ordinary Time
- January 13th, 2022
From the Desk of Fr. Omar Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: We just have finished our beautiful Christmas Season, and now, we are entering for a little while into the Ordinary Time before we encounter once more the season of Lent. This week’s readings are calling us to put the gifts we have received …
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9 de Enero – El Bautismo del Señor
- January 6th, 2022
Mis Queridos Amigos, La semana pasada, les presenté nuestra nueva iniciativa parroquial de instituir “Miércoles de Formación” para aumentar nuestra comprensión colectiva de nuestra fe católica. Debido a conflictos de programación este mes y una Misa de Confirmación de la escuela, no podremos comenzar nuestros Miércoles de Formación hasta el 2 de febrero. Durante ese mes, el Padre Omar y …
January 9th – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
- January 6th, 2022
My Dear Friends, Last week, I introduced you to our new parish initiative of instituting “Formation Wednesdays” to increase our collective understanding of our Catholic faith. Due to scheduling conflicts this month and a school Confirmation Mass, we will not be able to begin our Formation Wednesdays until February 2. During that month, Father Omar …
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