My Dear Friends: This past Friday we celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary which also coincides with the celebration of Our Lady of Charity, who is the co-patroness of the Archdiocese of Miami and patroness of Cuba. Last weekend, our parish was blessed in such a magnificent way when the …
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My Dear Friends: As we begin the month of September, all of our ministries are for the most part up and running. We have so many events, retreats, and workshops coming up to strengthen our faith that I thought it would be beneficial to highlight them in this weekend’s column. Emmaus Next weekend, we begin …
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My Dear Friends: Today I present to you a very practical bulletin column. Last week, I met more than one parishioner who asked me questions about prayer. It reminded me of when the disciples saw Jesus praying in the gospel of St. Luke, and they asked him: “Lord, teach us to pray.” (Lk 11:1) Jesus …
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My Dear Friends: School has started, and we had a wonderful first week across the street at St. Theresa, and I know many of our young parishioners had wonderful first weeks at their respective schools. Now that classes have begun (or about to begin at some of our local private schools), parents are no doubt …
My Dear Friends: Being a missionary is an essential part of being a Christian. In the Great Commissioning at the end of gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples and tells us: “Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations… (MT 28:19).” Each of us are called to be missionaries, to bring Christ into the …
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My Dear Friends: This coming Tuesday, August 1, World Youth Day festivities begin in Lisbon, Portugal as the youth of the world gather with Pope Francis to celebrate and grow in our faith. The theme for this year’s World Youth Day is “Mary arose and went with haste (Lk 1:39).” Obviously, this is from the …
My Dear Friends: Today we celebrate the 3rd World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. Pope Francis established this day in 2021 near the feast of Saints Joaquim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus, to highlight the important role grandparents and the elderly play between generations. It is providential that we celebrate this day on …
My Dear Friends: It’s been over a month since I wrote to you in this space. It is providential that I write to you again on this 16th of July which is traditionally the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel who is the Marian patroness of our parish. This is the statue which beautifully …