My Dear Friends, HAPPY EASTER! CHRIST IS RISEN! This is the rallying cry of the Christian. This is the central mystery of our faith. St. Paul says itvery clearly in his first letter to the Corinthians: “…if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith (1 Cor 15:14).” …
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My Dear Friends, We begin the liturgy on this Palm Sunday with Christ’s grand entrance into Jerusalem. We sing Christ’s praises as the crowds did 2000 years ago, and we enter rejoicing because we are indeed praising our Lord and King. We wave those palm branches to herald Christ’s entrance into the City of David, and …
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My Dear Friends, Today on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the Church begins the period that is known as Passiontide. As you walked into the church, you may have already noticed our statues covered in purple cloths. It is a jarring visual, for sure, and it is not something that has traditionally been done here at …
My Dear Friends, As we are now three weeks away from 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 a specialized schedule with all the times we have for …
My Dear Friends, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19) As a priest, so many times I’ve had to walk with a parishioner who is recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. I am always edified when I see the progress they make when they surrender themselves to the …
My Dear Friends, As we continue our Lenten journey, like Jesus in the desert, we are often led to where we do not want to go. This is part of the great adventure of being a Christian: that as you follow Christ, he leads us down paths that we would not normally follow. Lent is …
My Dear Friends, Silence. That sound is so rare. Many of us avoid silence. I know there have been times in my life that I have avoided it, but yet the most blessed times I have had in my spiritual life are when I have embraced it. Only in silence can we listen to the …
My Dear Friends, I want to thank you for your generosity last week during the ABCD appeal. As I said during my homily, it was quite difficult to stand before you asking for your support of the charities of the Archdiocese of Miami while we’re in the midst of our Centennial Campaign, but it is a …
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My Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the manifestation of the human and divine love in Jesus Himself. The love of the Sacred Heart is a human love, coming from the heart of one who is really and truly man. It is a sensible love capable of feeling affection and is influenced by …