Podcasts by Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies
Catholic Sunday Homilies of Fr. Paul Gawlowski OFM Conv and Fr. Carlos Morales OFM Conv at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hermosa Beach, CA
Further podcasts by Fr. Paul Gawlowski OFM Conv.
Podcast on the topic Christentum
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Teaching Mass Part 2 of 4: The Liturgy of the Word (Mark 1:1-8) from 2023-12-10T13:36:36
A closer look at the first major part of the mass; the liturgy of the word.
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Domingo II Adviento (Mk1:1-8) from 2023-12-10T13:33:16
Padre Carlos explicando La liturgical de La palabra en la Misa.
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Teaching Mass Part 1 of 4: The Introductory Rites (Mk 13:33-37) from 2023-12-03T19:26:21
Explaining the introductory rites of the Mass.
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Primer Domingo de Adviento (Mk 13:33-37) from 2023-12-03T19:22:21
Explicando La Misa primera de cuatro semanas. Hoy te explicamos los derechos introductorios.
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Christ Does Want All Good People to Go to Heaven (Mt 25:14-30) from 2023-11-26T14:45
You often heard it say it today that you don’t have to go to church or acknowledge Christ but if you’re a good person you will go to heaven. Christ definitely wants all people to go to heaven, ...
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Choose Wisely in All Life Decisions Including Marriage (Mt 25:14-30) from 2023-11-19T15:19:14
The readings today, encourage us to use all our time, talent, and treasure for the Lord. All we have God has given to us for the use of his kingdom. Life is filled with decisions. Decisions dete...
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Domingo XXIII Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 25:14-30) from 2023-11-19T15:12:53
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Time is Precious, Use It Wisely (Mt 25:1-13) from 2023-11-12T12:56:43
Jesus came to save us, so that we may convert and be transformed so as to meet him either at the end of our life, or at his second coming. The process of holiness, or transformation into Christ ...
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Jesus Needs Good Leaders (Mt 23:1-12) from 2023-11-05T14:50:34
Jesus is using the bad leaders of his day to teach what a good leader in the church, and the world should be. But today’s Gospel is more than simply Jesus giving us business principles, He is pl...
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Domingo XXXI Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 23:1-12) from 2023-11-05T14:43:43
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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The Key to Interpret Difficult Passages in Old Testament (Mt 22:34-40) from 2023-10-29T15:00:39
In the gospel today, Jesus gives us the key to interpret the difficult passages of the Old Testament and the church helps us to interpret it, so as to help us not use scripture to do violence an...
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Domingo XXX Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 22:34-40) from 2023-10-29T14:55:13
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Mass is an Opportunity to Give to God What is God’s (Mt 22:15-21) from 2023-10-25T10:09:08
Jesus says, give to Caesar what is Caesars and to God what is God’s. Since we are made in the image and likeness of God, we belong to Him, the Mass is an opportunity for us to give ourselves to...
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Come to the Feast As You Are, But Let It Transform You (Mt 22:1-14) from 2023-10-15T13:55:25
The kingdom of God is likened to a wedding feast, it’s fullness is only in heaven, but even now we’re called to live in the peace and joy of God in the midst of a troubled world. We don’t feel w...
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Learn from a Plant How to Bear Fruit (Mt 21-43) from 2023-10-08T12:08:23
In the gospel Jesus uses the metaphor that we should produce fruit. What does it mean to produce fruit in the kingdom of God? And how can we do it? A plant has much to teach us. A healthy plant ...
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Humility is the Antidote to Pride (Mt 21:28-32) from 2023-10-01T17:08:10
Today’s readings talk about sin. Sin prevents us from experiencing the fullness and freedom of God’s love. So does pride. Let us drive to keep the faith, be humble like Christ, and through our e...
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The Joy of Being Invited to Work in the Vineyard is the Greatest Pay (Mt 20:16) from 2023-09-24T11:57
In the Gospels today, Jesus gives us a kind of Rorschach test. We can look at this word picture and see the unfairness of God, or His generosity to all his children. Likewise, we can see our own...
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Domingo XXIV Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 20:1-16) from 2023-09-24T11:48:53
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Jesus Is Serious About Us Forgiving Others, But How? (Mt 18:21-35) from 2023-09-17T17:10:22
To help us forgive, Jesus tells a parable which gives us some clues, but more importantly, he gives us the ability to forgive from our heart by His presence living in us by the Holy Spirit.
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Your Sin is My Business (Mt 18:15-20) from 2023-09-12T06:23:15
Wow, today’s readings suggest that I can be held responsible for another person’s sin if I don’t speak up. That is because love calls us to help everyone become a better person and sin prevents ...
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The Good News Has Some Bad News (Mt 16:21-27) from 2023-09-03T13:45:19
The news of our salvation in Jesus Christ is Good News! It fills us with that fire of God's love in our hearts that drives on giving us strength and comfort in our journey. But in this sinful w...
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The Secret of Life: Five Parables About The Wisdom of God (Mt 13:44-52) from 2023-07-30T15:29:35
Five Parables about wisdom. Three from Jesus and two additional ones, all teaching the secret of life; find something greater than this world to live for and to become who God created us to be. ...
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Life is a Paradox: To Live Fully is to Die to Self and Live for God (Mt 37-42) from 2023-07-02T13:42:27
In surrendering to God, what seems like a Sacrifice is rather a blessing. We surrender our will to God, dying to self will, to be more fully alive both in this life, and in the life to come.
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The Power of One Person: For Good or Evil (Mt 10:26-33) from 2023-06-25T13:35:54
Saint Paul tells us that through one person, sin entered the world, and that sin spread until all had sinned. If one person can have such power in a negative way, one person doing good can also ...
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Do You Think of Yourself as a Priest? Our Common Priesthood (Mt 9:36-10:8) from 2023-06-19T09:46:25
The church is the new Israel for filling the promise that God would make Israel into a holy nation nation of Priests. We don’t think of ourselves much as priests, but the concept of exercising ...
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Domingo XI Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 9:36-10:8) from 2023-06-19T09:42:35
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Feast of Corpus Christi: The Eucharist, Why and How (Jn 6:51-58) from 2023-06-11T12:06:44
The Eucharist is a source and summit of our faith. It’s both a noun and a verb. It is an exchange between God and humanity. We receive salvation through the presence of Christ in us being made o...
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El Cuerpo y La Sangre de Jesucristo (Jn 6:51-58) from 2023-06-11T12:01:47
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Holy Spirit Unites by Distributing Different Gifts to Each (Jn 20:19-23) from 2023-05-28T13:36:21
We receive the Holy Spirit through Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus. Because of it we are members of His Body. The Church is the Body of Christ on earth. We are made One Body by the...
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The Story of the Resurrection Seemed Like Nonsense to Them: Can You BlameThem? (Lk 24:1-12) from 2022-04-17T14:22:30
If one is honest, it is very understandable why many say the Resurrection, and all we are told about Jesus the Lord, seems like none sense. However, if one takes the time to look at the evidence...
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The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Lk 22:14-56) Palm Sunday from 2022-04-10T12:01:22
A reading of the Passion of Jesus Christ according to St. Luke. With a very brief reflection after.
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La Pasion del Senor segun San Lucas (Lk22:14-23:56) from 2022-04-10T11:59:15
La lectura de la pasion de nuestro Senor Jesuscristo con una brevisima reflexion del padre Carlos.
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If We Are All Sinners, How Can Jesus Command that We Sin No More? (Jn 8:1-11) from 2022-04-03T14:02:35
The woman caught in adultery represents all of us. Jesus stands in our place, taking our condemnation for sin, enduring it's punishment of death, so we may live. We are all sinners, guilty of be...
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Could ”A Good Catholic” Not be Saved? (Lk 15:1-3,11-32) from 2022-03-27T13:47
There may be no more of a beautiful and tender story in the Gospel showing how God, liked to Merciful Father embracing and kissing his son who was a great sinner, is. As beautiful and helpful th...
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Our Deepest Thirst is For God’s Love: But He Thirsts for Us Too! (Jn 4:5-42) (3 LT) from 2022-03-20T14:16:09
We are not asked to turn from sin by our own power. God meets us in our sinful state, and pours His Love into our Hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit, to draw us from slavery of sin to the fu...
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Homilia III Domingo de Cuaresma (Lk 13:1-9) from 2022-03-20T14:12:53
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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An Ah Ha Moment: The Transfiguration Reveals God’s Entire Plan of Salvation (Lk 9:28b-36) (2 LT) from 2022-03-13T12:10:28
The one scene of the Transfiguration reveals all that God has done in the life death and resurrection of Jesus. Our salvation is a New Covenant, patterned on the first covenant, and foretold by ...
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This is a Time of Testing for Us: Jesus Shows Us How to Persevere (Lk 4:1-13) (1 LT) from 2022-03-06T14:49:21
I have heard it said that these are the worst of times. Well I agree they do rank way up there, and for most of us they are the most difficult we have experienced. However humanity has come a lo...
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Homilia Premier Domingo de Cuaresma (Lk 4:1-13) from 2022-03-06T14:39:07
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Before we Change the World, Let us First Allow God to Shape Our Hearts. (Lk 6:39-45) (8 OT) from 2022-03-01T14:09:09
Jesus is concluding his sermon on the plain in Luke's Gospel where he is laying out the Gospel Values which are meant to shape the world. But before we transform the world, we must allow our hea...
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Homilia Domingo IIX Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 6:39-45) from 2022-03-01T14:05:52
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Resist Evil in Ways that Bring It Into the Light (Lk 6:27-38) (7 OT) from 2022-02-20T15:18:34
Jesus commands that we love our enemies, forgive those who wrong us, give to all who ask, and turn the other cheek. Does he really expect us to do this? Does he really think it will work? Well,...
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Homilia Domingo VII Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 6:27-38) from 2022-02-20T15:11:48
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Blessed Are Those Who Lose the Super Bowl! (Lk 6:17,20-26) from 2022-02-13T12:50:41
Searching for a contemporary example of how to explain the Beatitudes, I offer this not to be funny, but seriously! The Beatitudes are meant to show us God views the world different than those w...
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Homilia VI Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 6:17,20-26) from 2022-02-13T12:46:04
homilia del padre Carlos
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Jesus Invites Us to Go Deeper: Will We Take the Risk? (Lk 5:1-11) (5 OT) from 2022-02-06T14:44:52
Becoming a disciple is not done in an instant, but is a long journey of getting to know and trust Jesus until one day we have a life changing encounter with the living God. This gives us D-CAMP!...
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What Killed Jesus is Still Present Today. Let us not Fall for Satan’s Old Tactics (Lk 4:21-30) (4 OT) from 2022-01-30T14:51:48
Jesus came to fight and establish a kingdom. But not against human enemies, and not the Kingdom of Israel, but against Evil and to establish the Church. The tactic of the enemy is to lie and acc...
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Homilia delIV Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 4:21-30) from 2022-01-30T14:45:15
Homilia de padre Carlos.
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Is the Gospel Too Idealistic to Work? (Lk 1:1-4,4:14-21) (3OT) from 2022-01-23T18:30:36
The Gospel is a lofty ideal. It seems that it is not practical and does not really work. All those things Jesus said like; 'Forgive your enemies', 'Pray for those who persecute you,' 'Sell your ...
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Homilia Domingo III Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 1:1-4,4:14-21) from 2022-01-23T18:23:33
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Jesus is the Bridegroom, We are the Bride (Jn 2:1-11) (2 OT) from 2022-01-16T19:17:36
John's Gospel has seven signs, this is the first. The miracles are called signs because they are meant to teach of more about the mystery of our Salvation in Jesus Christ. Hear we learn that our...
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Segundo Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Jn 2:1-11) from 2022-01-16T19:12:28
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Sacrament of Baptism: Why and What) from 2022-01-09T13:43:01
Did Jesus have to be Baptized to be saved? No He was baptized for our salvation. Christ is the first sacrament; a divine reality present in our physical world. Christ institutes the Sacraments o...
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Embrace the Darkness on your Journey (Mt 2:1-12) from 2022-01-02T15:12:38
God reveals Himself through creation, scripture and tradition, but also by divine intervention, until we come to recognize and adore Jesus as God, offer him our lives, and allow that encounter t...
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A Holy Family is Not a Perfect Family: It is Imperfection that brings Holiness (LK 2:41-52) from 2021-12-26T14:39:04
Holiness is not perfection. Perfection is a fruit of holiness, but holiness is formed in imperfection. God is a family. Jesus was born a person, but also into a family. We are relational, and in...
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Although We Try, We Cannot Take Jesus Out of Christmas (Lk 2:1-14) from 2021-12-25T10:48:47
Often we say Happy Holidays, to leave God out of Christmas. But try as we might, there is no avoiding our God who loves us and has joined himself to us forever in Christmas which means Christ's ...
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The Way God Asks us to Wait: Like Mary (Lk 1:39-45) from 2021-12-19T15:18:52
The Advent message is to wait for the coming of the Lord. The readings call us to trust in the promises of God, and that trust frees us to live boldly, doing God's will, sometimes by trial and ...
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A Rather Complete Telling of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Lk 1:26-38) (3 AD) from 2021-12-12T14:18:14
The apparition of Mary to the Aztec people near Mexico City was one of the greatest events of human history. Not only did the event cause from 8 to 10 million conversions to Christianity and sha...
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How to Prepare the Way of the Lord in Advent with Joy&Hope (Lk 3:1-6) (2 AD) from 2021-12-05T14:58:43
God's coming in Jesus Christ is the foundation of all history, and religion. How do we respond, by allowing that history to shape our history, that is change us! Here is how: Bring down the moun...
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Life is Time to be Transformed into Likeness of Christ (Lk 21:25-28, 34-36) (1 AD) from 2021-11-28T15:16:13
We live in the time between two comings. This time is given to us so that we may be transformed into the likeness of Christ. Transformation takes time. So God gives us this time, to be holy so w...
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Primer Domingo Adviento (Lk 21:25-28, 34-36) from 2021-11-28T15:12:12
Homila del Padre Carlos
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Giving Thanks in Good Times and In Bad (Lk: 17:11-19) from 2021-11-25T11:53:14
For the Christian, giving thanks is not just something we do in good times, but even in the most difficult times, we give God thanks because what He has done for us in Creation, and Redemption i...
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Feliz dia de accion de Gracias (Lk 17:11-19) from 2021-11-25T11:48:20
homilia del padre Carlos.
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Christ the King is a Political Feast (Jn 18:33-37) (OT 34) from 2021-11-21T16:06:07
We don't like to talk politics, but today's feast is political. Jesus is Lord, was the refrain of the early church, as opposed to the political statement Caesar is Lord. To say Jesus is King is...
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The Common Project to Unite All Humanity (Mk 13:24-32) (OT 33) from 2021-11-14T15:53:24
We live in the end times, between the two comings of Christ. This time is a special gift by God to give us time; to further our transformation in Christ, the help others, and to share in His wor...
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Domingo XXXIII Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 13:24-32) from 2021-11-14T12:53:17
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Give to God Our First Fruits (Mk 12:38-44) from 2021-11-07T14:42:52
Unless we give God a percentage of our time, talent and treasure, we are only giving God our leftovers. Tithing (at 10% or a different amount) is a spiritual practice.
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Homilia XXXII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 12:38-44) from 2021-11-07T14:39:47
Homilia del Padre Carlos
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We May Live Like we Believe in Many Gods until God‘s Love Unites Us (MK 12:28-34) (31 OT) from 2021-10-31T14:07:49
The great commandment given by Jesus is a consequence of Monotheism, the belief that there is only one God. The law first given by Moses told that God is One, and is God of All. However it was n...
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Domingo XXXI Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 12:28-34) from 2021-10-31T14:02:05
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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In Life Sometimes We Get a Flat Tire: What is It‘s Message? (Mk 10:46-53) from 2021-10-24T14:01:28
Sometimes in life we are sidelined by say a flat tire, at the side of the road like Bartimaeus, and we need to get back on the Journey towards' Jesus or with Him. Sometimes we need to reach out ...
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The Disciples Were Confused About Jesus: We Can Be Too. (Mk 10:35-45) (29 OT) from 2021-10-18T07:51
Like the disciples in the Gospel today, we too can be unaware of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ, and why we say He is the Messiah, God, Savior and just how is it that we are saved. Of ...
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Domingo XXIX Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 10:35-45) from 2021-10-18T07:45:23
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Strive for the One Goal that Matters not the Many that Won‘t (Mk 10:17-30) (28 OT) from 2021-10-10T12:33
You heard it said much today that you can do anything you put your mind too. Although this message can do much good, the message today is that all things are possible ONLY with God. That is thi...
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Domingo XXVIII Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 10:17-30) from 2021-10-10T12:27:32
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Marriage is a 24/7 Sacrament Supercharged by Jesus (Mk 10:2-16) (27 OT) from 2021-10-03T15:40:06
Marriage is a sacrament, instituted by God originally, and restored by Jesus because of our hardness of heart. God is love and we are created in His image and likeness, to love faithfully. We in...
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Homilia Domingo XXVII Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 10:2-16) from 2021-10-03T15:35:19
homilia del padre Carlos.
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Cut It Out, Sin is Serious! (Mk 9:38-48) (26 OT) from 2021-09-26T13:53:55
Sin is like a cancer. It wants to spread and kill. All sin is serious, Jesus warns us. But he also gives us the Grace to overcome it. Not only our sin, but together as church we can help heal th...
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Homilia del XXVI Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 9:38-48) from 2021-09-26T13:51:04
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Which is Better: To Listen or to Speak? (Mk 7:31-37) (23 OT) from 2021-09-05T13:49:08
One can speak without anyone listening. One cannot listen without an other. Listening builds relationships. It is one of the greatest gifts we can give another, to help relationship grow. God is...
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Homilia Doming XXIII Tiempo Ordinario (7:31-37) from 2021-09-05T13:42
Homilia del Padre Carlos
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The Law is Good, so Why Do Jesus' Disciples Break It? (Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) from 2021-08-29T12:36:03
As the people are about to enter the Promised Land, Moses reminds the people of how good and important the law is that God gave them, and that they must keep it to flourish. But in the Gospel, ...
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Semana XXII Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23) from 2021-08-29T12:28:54
Homila del padre Carlos.
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Eucharist: Gift and Obligation (Jn 6: 60-69) (21 OT) from 2021-08-22T09:43:57
Jesus says "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life". Does not Jesus say in John 3...
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In Time of Early Church Persecution, WWII or Now: Have Hope from 2021-08-15T14:37:24
The book of Revelation is not a prediction of future events, but a seeing of the times and history of the early Church in light of the spiritual reality that underlies all history. The feast of ...
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Seek, Know, Love and Serve God: What Will Truly Satisfy Our Desire from 2021-08-01T14:02:39
God answers our prayers and loves to give us good things. But God wants more than that. He Thirsts for us to Know and Love Him, the giver of the gifts. The Good things he gives us are signs that...
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Domingo XIIX Tiempo Ordinario (Jn 6:24-35) from 2021-08-01T13:58:28
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Take All I Am Lord, All I Have Lord, and Multiply It (Jn 6:1-15) (17 OT) from 2021-07-25T15:17:47
If we seek first the Kingdom of God, God will provide for our physical needs. This frees us to be generous to others. At times we feel we cannot address an issue, or are at the end of our rope ...
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The Eucharist: The Heartbeat of the Body of Christ (Mk 6:30-34) (16 OT) from 2021-07-18T14:30:25
Knowing human pastors will always fall short, Jesus becomes our Good Shepherd. True God and True Man. But he leads his flock through the Church He established. The Church is the Body of Christ, ...
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Homilia del Domingo XVI Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 6:30-34) from 2021-07-18T14:27:26
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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To Be Part of Something Bigger: One of Our Greatest Desires (Mk 6:7-13) (15 OT) from 2021-07-12T09:51:18
We have been made for mission! We all want to be part of something bigger than us. Many search for that in job, political party, country. These are good, but are only shadows of our first & high...
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Homilia XV Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mk 6:7-13) from 2021-07-12T09:47:18
homilia del padre Carlos.
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Be Amazed at what God Has Done! That Leads to Faith! (Mk 6:1-6a) (14 T) from 2021-07-04T15:09:10
It is Amazing the Jesus was Amazed at the lack of Faith he encountered in His hometown of Nazareth. Elsewhere people were Amazed at Jesus' mighty deeds. Is it perhaps because they were too fami...
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Homilia XIV DomingoTiempo Ordinario (Mk 6:1-6a) from 2021-07-04T15:00:59
Homilia del padre Carllos.
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Can Science Find a Cure for Death? Too Late! from 2021-06-27T14:43:02
Can science find a cure for death? If you read the latest news, some scientists think they can! Well I've got news for them, there already is a cure for death! It came 2,000 years ago! Why not ...
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When We Cry Out to God Amidst our Storms; and God is Silent (Mk 4:35-31) (12 OT) from 2021-06-20T14:52:32
Why does not God hear my prayer and command the storms of my life to be still? The disciples in the boat had to awaken Jesus, is Jesus sleeping? Are there other reasons why he might not answer ...
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Pray, Hope and Don't Worry! (Mk 4:26-34) from 2021-06-13T12:05:21
Sometimes we work too hard! Sometimes we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. Jesus is the savior, not us. We are called to do our Best and let God do the Rest. We are called to be fa...
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The Source and Summit of Our Faith: Jesus or the Eucharist? His True Presence or only Symbolic? (Mk 14:12-16, 22-26) (10 OT) from 2021-06-06T13:52:46
To the modern mind, not steeped in the Scripture and Tradition of the Church, the Catholic belief in the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is so hard to believe, because it does not make s...
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The Good News of the Gospel in an Elevator (Mt 28:16-20) (9 OT) from 2021-05-30T07:52:32
Have you ever heard of a God who did all this for us? What is the Good News simply explained? It is that we were once lost and now found. Once alone now loved and a member of God's family, fille...
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Why Talk About Pentecost 2,000 Ago, when We Can Have One Today? (Jn 20:19-23) (7 ET) from 2021-05-23T17:16:52
The Holy Spirit is always with us. It is the Power of God. It is the Promise of God. It realizes the Words Spoken when it is invoked. Let us ask for the Holy Spirit to Come Today, with It's Gift...
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The Eucharist: God Leads Us, Feeds Us, and Is In Us! (Mk 16:15-20) (6 ET) from 2021-05-16T15:18:43
Today on the feast of the Ascension we also celebrated First Communions. The One Jesus of Nazareth Ascends to Heaven, to be with us in the Eucharist. Once only one person, he is now in more that...
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Roses are Red, Violets Are Blue, God Loves You! (Jn 15:9-17) (6 ET) from 2021-05-09T12:38:52
Our God is a Lover. We are part of a Love story! All creations exists because of Love. God sent His Son because of Love. He wants us to live in that Love. Yet how can love be commanded, as Jesus...
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Called to Bear Fruit: But How? (Jn 15:1-8) (5 ET) from 2021-05-02T08:25:01
Disciples are called to produce fruit. But it is God who produces fruit through us. We remain attached to the vine, the Church. It is our relationship with Jesus that allows the Holy Spirit to d...
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God Reveals the Path, and Gives us a Guide for the Path (Jn 10:11-18) (4 ET) from 2021-04-25T12:16:33
Are all religions the same? In Christianity God has revealed the Way, AND has given us a guide to help us along the way; The Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ true God and true man. Our faith is not...
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Jesus Appears in Our Midst (Lk 24:35-48) (3 ET) from 2021-04-18T16:29:04
What is Jesus Appeared to Us? He does in this gathering too. A guided meditation.
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The Journey to the Tomb (Mk 16:1-7) (1 ET) from 2021-04-04T17:53:37
The women go to the tomb to find Jesus the Crucified, but hear Jesus had Risen. Did Jesus really rise? This is the most important question of all creation, yet we don't make that same journey o...
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Death is an Important Part of Life (Jn 11:1-45) (5 LT) from 2021-03-21T17:08:57
Why didn't Jesus go sooner to save his friend Lazarus? Why doesn't Jesus do something about the death of our loved ones? Why does he allow it? Jesus did not come to take away death, but to join ...
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Half of us are Blind: Jesus Can Open Our Eyes (Jn 9:1-41) from 2021-03-14T09:05:22
The man born blind represents all of us. Jesus wants to heal our sight, so we see others and the world as he does. Each person is an opportunity to make visible God's works and Glory, when we se...
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The Woman at the Well has a Story to Tell! (Jn 4:5-42) (3 LT) from 2021-03-07T17:13:08
The Samaritan woman left her bucket at the well after she met Jesus because she no longer needed it. Although hiding before, she now wants to tell all she knows about Jesus. An encounter with Je...
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The Glory Promised is after the Sacrifice Made (Mk 9:2-10) (2 LT) from 2021-02-28T09:16:50
Today's first reading is awful; Abraham is asked to sacrifice His Beloved Son Isaac. Could God really ask such a thing from us? In the end he does not, yet that is what God does for us. In this ...
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Turning the Desert into a Garden (Mk 1:12-15) (1 LT) from 2021-02-21T14:39:58
Why does the Spirit drive Jesus into the Desert? To meet us where we are. We are in the desert because through temptations and the fall, we left the Garden of Eden, to find ourselves in the dese...
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Jesus Wishes to Cure Our Leprosy (Mk 1:40-45) (6 OT) from 2021-02-14T13:28:27
A leper approaches Jesus and says "If you wish you can cure me.." In one way this is a healing. But it is also showing us what Jesus wishes to heal all of us from; our spiritual disease that is...
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The Answer to Life's Big Questions (Mk 1:29-39) (5 OT) from 2021-02-07T15:22:33
Job points out that life is short and filled with suffering. (We hear similar musings from Ecclesiastes). Is there more to life than what we see? Is there a purpose in life? Is there life after...
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The One Mediator Between God and Humanity (Mk 1:21-28) (4 OT) from 2021-01-31T15:07:06
Jesus is the Great Prophet (but more) that Moses prophecied. Jesus speaks authoritatively for God, as he is God become Human. However, unlike the days of Moses, when people could not be in the p...
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Discipleship is a Journey to the Kingdom of God (Mk 1:14-20) (3 OT) from 2021-01-24T15:16:17
Jesus calls his disciples from sin and all worldly attachments; to trust in Him and follow where He leads. Where does it lead? To the Kingdom of God, which is doing God's will. We grow personall...
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Homilia Domingo de la Palabra de Dios (Mk 1:14-20) from 2021-01-24T15:12:15
del Padre Carlos sobre la imporancia de la palabra de Dios.
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Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening: A Bold Prayer (Jn 1:35-42) (2 OT) from 2021-01-17T16:49:29
To say "Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening" is a bold prayer. What if the Lord says something I do not what to hear??? As we grow in the faith, we often find following God's will as an obliga...
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Why Was Jesus Baptized? (Mk 1:7-11) from 2021-01-10T15:13:13
Jesus is baptized not so that the waters of Baptism make Him holy, but so that He make the waters of Baptism holy for us to be baptized and share in His life, death and resurrection. Our salvati...
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What the Wise Men Found, We Can Too (Mt 2:1-12) (2 CT) from 2021-01-03T09:05:54
The wise men used both natural and supernatural means to find God. They pursued science and theology to find the Truth. The pursuit of truth uses all means, natural and supernatural, science and...
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Families are Holy (Lk 2:22-40) (2 CT) from 2020-12-27T15:31:21
A birth is a miracle. The Birth of God in Jesus a greater Miracle. God makes Holy all creation by joining Himself to it. But God was also born into a family, making it Holy too. As difficult as ...
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Say Yes to God even without Understanding (Lk 1:26-38) (4 AD) from 2020-12-20T15:04:53
Despite personal danger and plans, Mary says Yes to God, even without understanding. Can we show similar faith? Can we say Yes to God to be part of Salvation History, bearing Christ to the worl...
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Cuarto domingo de advenimiento (Lk 1:26-38) from 2020-12-20T15:00:58
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Be a Testimony of God's Joy (Jn 1:6-8,19-28) (3 AD) from 2020-12-13T16:42:06
The ministry of John, is also our ministry; to testify to the Light - Christ. I suggest three steps; 1) Share what God has done in your life, 2) Share who Jesus Christ is and how He can make a d...
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Prepare the Way for The Power of God to Enter Your Heart (Mk 1:1-8) (2 AD) from 2020-12-06T14:18:28
We take for granted what God has already done for us in the 1st coming of Christ. We rarely think about the 2nd coming of Christ at the end of time. But the Christ who has come, and the Christ ...
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Be Alert!! What is Jesus Talking About? (Mk13:33-37) (1 AD) from 2020-11-29T16:39:36
Why is Jesus telling us to be Awake. What does that mean and how do I do it? I would say; pray like Isaiah, and make changes in our life to make room for a miracle. God wants to wake us up! Thi...
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Primer Domingo de Advenimiento (Mk 13:33-37) from 2020-11-29T16:34:55
homilia del padre carlos
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Jesus The Shepherd King (Mt 25:31-46) (34 OT) from 2020-11-22T13:51:59
In these times of political division, this Feast Reminds us that all Nations have but one and the same King, Jesus Christ King of the Universe. All earthly authority comes from Him, and must be ...
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The Meaning and Purpose of our Lives (Mt 25:14-30) (33 OT) from 2020-11-15T15:41:21
Our meaning and purpose can be easily expressed. Today's parable of the servants given 1, 2 and 5 talents sums it all up. We live between the two comings of Christ. The two comings is God's plan...
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Homila XXXIII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 25:14-30) from 2020-11-15T15:36:31
Homila del Padre Carlos
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How to Stay Awake: Prayer with Scripture; Sacrament; Service; Study (PSSS) (Mt25:1-13) (32 OT) from 2020-11-08T15:23:28
This parable of the ten virgins gives us a great image of what our life now is like, as we prepare for the coming of the Bridegroom (Jesus). During this time between the two comings of Christ we...
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Homilia XXXII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 25:1-13) from 2020-11-08T15:15:48
Homilia del Padre Carlos.
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Holy Transformation: To Be In That Number of Saints (Rev 7) from 2020-11-01T15:45:20
Homily on All Saints day, based on Revelation Ch 7. We are not saved because we are forgiven, we are forgiven so we can be saved. Freedom from past sins allows us to open ourselves to be joined...
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What Does it Really Mean "To Love God" and The Secret of How to Do It (Mt 22:34-40) (30 OT) from 2020-10-25T13:55:04
It is easy to say "I Love God" and fool ourselves, because we are loving an image of God we've created. To love others is the true test, and training ground, of how we learn to love, by laying ...
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Homilia XXX Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 22:24-40) from 2020-10-25T13:49:34
homilia del padre Carlosl.
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BUT Give to God What is God's: That Can Transform Ceaser's Kingdom (Mt 22:15-21) (29 OT) from 2020-10-18T13:01:42
Jesus's statement 'Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's' might be better translated, 'But give to God what is God's'. Jesus is not saying they can be separate, but that the...
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Homilia XXIX Domingo Ordinario (Mt 22:15-21) (29 OT) from 2020-10-18T12:52:24
Homilia del padre Caros.
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God's Original Intention for Us is a Wedding Banquet (Mt 22:1-14) (28 OT) from 2020-10-11T12:38:29
The last three weeks Jesus has talked about the Kingdom of God being like working in a vineyard. Today we hear it is a Party! Ultimately, God is love and desired for us to live in perfect Love o...
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An Allegory of Life (Mt 21:33-43) (27 OT) from 2020-10-04T12:58:27
Jesus tells a parable that is really more like an allegory showing us all that God has done for us, and despite all that God has done; given us creation, put us in paradise, sent the prophets af...
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Homilia XXVII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 21:33-43) (27 OT) from 2020-10-04T12:52:39
homilia del padre Carlos
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Yes Lord, I Come to Do Your Will (Mt 21:28-32) (26 OT) from 2020-09-27T13:20:14
In today's parable Jesus challenges us to not just be Christian in name, but also in deeds. Another preacher once asked; 'If Christianity were illegal, would there be enough evidence to convict ...
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Homilia XXVI Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 21:28-32) from 2020-09-27T13:14:36
homilia del padre Carlos
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God's Ways are Not Ours: Our Blindness Robs us of Experiencing God's Blessings (Mt 20:1-16) (25 OT) from 2020-09-20T12:46:46
This parable, of the workers who arrive in the last hour getting paid the same as those who've worked all day, appears to our human way of thinking to see the owner (God) behaving unjustly, but ...
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Fraternal Correction AND Support to Make the Church a Better Witness (Mt 18:15-20)(23 OT) from 2020-09-06T12:30:55
Today's readings are very challenging pointing out to us our RESPONSIBILITY to point out to others when they are sinning. We don't like to do this, but we are called to and Jesus helps us to mak...
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Homilia del XXIII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 18:15-20) from 2020-09-06T12:25:17
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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What is the Prophetic Word for Today's World? (Mt 16:21-27)(22 OT) from 2020-08-30T12:39:19
Peter is chastised by Jesus, while just last week Jesus praised Peter. God does both to those He loves. He loves us where we are, but loves us too much to leave us where we are! He wants to hel...
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Homilia XXII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 16:21-27) from 2020-08-30T12:32:25
Homilia del Padre Carlos
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Jesus asks the Question that for us is the Rock to Build a Life. (Mt 16:13-20) (21 OT) from 2020-08-23T12:36:41
Jesus asks Peter and the disciples; "Who do you say I am?" Than Jesus says you are Rock on which I will build my church. This also is the fundamental question we must answer to wisely answer "W...
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Homilia Domingo XXI Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 16:13-20) from 2020-08-23T12:30:38
Homila del padre Carlos
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PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens (Mt 15:21-28) (20 OT) from 2020-08-16T13:00:02
A pagan woman who was not supposed to approach Jesus, has the faith and love of her daughter to do so anyway, despite what seems like a rebuff from Jesus. Her great faith in the midst of opposit...
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Homilia XX Domingo tiempo ordinario (Mt 15:21-28) from 2020-08-16T12:55:35
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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We are Called to Walk on Water! (Mt 14:22-33) (19 OT) from 2020-08-09T12:44:27
Jesus shows himself to be God by walking on the water in the midst of the storm. But in the walking of Peter on the water towards him, we see that we too are called to do the impossible by Jesus...
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Homilia XIX Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 14:22-33) from 2020-08-09T12:38:40
Homilia del padre Carlos
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Are You Hunting for Spiritual Food? (Mt 14:13-21) (18 OT) from 2020-08-02T12:19:16
Just as we hunt, or search for material food, we must also do for our Spiritual Food. We are en-fleshed spirits, we starve and die without our spiritual nourishment. All the material things of t...
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Domingo XVIII Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 14:13-21) (18 OT) from 2020-08-02T12:13:32
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Gift God Wants to Give Us is the Gift Above All Other Gifts (Mt:13:44-52) (17 OT) from 2020-07-26T12:20:18
God offered Solomon anything He asked for. What would you ask God for? Why not ask for the wisdom to know what to ask for; the treasure of the Kingdom of God. This is the gift above all other g...
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Homilia XVII DomingoTiempo Ordinario (Mt 13:44-52( (17 OT) from 2020-07-26T12:12:28
Homilia del padre Carlos
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Weeds Among Wheat are like Catfish in the Cod Tank (Mt 13:24-43) (16 OT) from 2020-07-19T13:35:28
The parable of the weeds among the wheat shows that God has chosen to allow good and bad to co-exist. If God is all powerful, and Loving, why would God allow evil to exist? This homily addresses...
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Homilia XVI Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 13:24-43) (16 OT) from 2020-07-19T13:30:06
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Parable of the Sower in Context (Mt 13:24-43) (15 OT) from 2020-07-12T12:18:58
Jesus is telling this parable after having been rejected by many. He is explaining why some listen to the Word of God and some do not. To listen is hard, it requires an open heart, and calls us...
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Homilia XV Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 13:24-43) (15 OT) from 2020-07-12T12:16:34
Homilia del padre carlos
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Come to Me Jesus Says; My Yoke is Easy, My Burden Light (Mt 11:25-30) (14 OT) from 2020-07-05T12:05:21
These are very comforting words indeed. But what is a yoke anyway? What is the Yoke of Jesus that he invites us to put on? And how does it make a difference. The yoke is His will. It takes hum...
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Domingo XIV Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 11:25-30) (14 OT) from 2020-07-05T12:01:29
Homilia del padre Carlos
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The Prosperity Gospel comes by Way of the Cross: A Franciscan Homily (Mt 10:37-42) (13 OT) from 2020-06-28T12:04:21
Many preach a prosperity Gospel. It is true the Gospel is Good News, it brings the fullness of Life (Jn 10:10) but it comes, as we hear today, by way of the cross. We must die to self, to live i...
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Homilia XIII Domingo Tiempo Ordinario (Mt 37-42) (13 OT) from 2020-06-28T11:56:58
Homilia del padre Carlos
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No Temas nada (Mt 10:26-33) (12 OT) from 2020-06-21T12:01:01
Homilia del padre Carlos, Domingo XII del tiempo ordinario.
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Judgement: It's a Good Thing! (Mt 10:26-33) (12 OT) from 2020-06-20T18:56:28
We think of Judgement as a bad or scary thing. It is not meant to be. It is a time when the one who loves us, notices all the good we've done. That brings us great joy, not because of pride, but...
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To Eat His Flesh and Drink His Blood: Receive the Divine Life of God (Jn 6:51-58) (11 OT) from 2020-06-13T18:51:04
Many believe Jesus was speaking symbolically when He said "Unless you Eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life within you." But to believe Jesus is talking symbo...
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Justice is Love's Minimum Requirement: Called to Live in Image of the Trinity (Jn 3:16-18) (10 OT) from 2020-06-07T12:46:38
Although a difficult theological concept, practically the implications of the Trinity are easy to understand, and helpful to guide us. God is three united by perfect Love in One. We are created ...
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Homilia de la Fiesta de la Trinidad (Jn 3:16-18) (10 OT) from 2020-06-07T12:38:26
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Holy Spirit at Pentecost Strengthen's us: Like confirmation strengthens Baptism (Jn 20:19-23) from 2020-05-30T20:15:11
In Acts Luke tells of the Holy Spirit coming 50 days after the Resurrection, in John it is on the same day of the Resurrection. Which is it? The two can be likened to the relationship between o...
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Homilia del Pentecostes (Jn 20:19-23) (8 ET) from 2020-05-30T20:10:29
Homilia del padre Carlosl
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The Spirituality of Waiting: The Feast of the Ascension (Mt 28:16-20) (7 ET) from 2020-05-23T22:00:53
Christ ascended so that He could be present everywhere, in us His Body. By our baptism we are called to be priests; prophets and kings/queens. But the disciples were told to wait for the Holy Sp...
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Homilia del Fiesta de la Ascension (Mt 28:16-20) from 2020-05-23T21:55:16
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Time to renew the Charismatic Dimension of our Faith (Jn 14:15-21) from 2020-05-16T21:13:29
Jesus tells us he will reveal himself to us! Wow! This is an experiential faith, a personal relationship with Jesus. If during these times of pandemic we must fast from the Eucharist, why not Feast...
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Homilia del sexto domingo de Pascua (Jn 14:15-21) from 2020-05-16T21:09:02
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Cut the Ballasts! Focus your Life: Prayer & Ministry (Jn 14:1-12) (5 ET) from 2020-05-09T20:03:13
Sometimes when the weight of our responsibilities weigh us down, and we feel like we can no longer carry the load... maybe we just need to cut some of it!! Is everything we're doing necessary? Focu...
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Homilia del Quinto Domingo de Pasca (Jn 14:1-12) (5 ET) from 2020-05-09T19:59:17
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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Homilia del IV Domingo de Pascua - El Buen Pastor (Jn 10:1-10) (4 ET) from 2020-05-02T23:28:38
Homilia y oracion para la curacion.
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The Good Shepherd Heals by His Wounds - Trust Him (Jn 10:1-10) (4 ET) from 2020-05-02T21:30:41
We are healed by His wounds. He leads us from the darkness, to green pastures and flowing water. This is a short homily on healing followed by a prayer for healing.
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How Do we See Jesus 2000 Years after the Resurrection? Three Places to See Jesus. (Lk 24:13-35) (3 ET) from 2020-04-25T22:29:15
The disciples on the Road to Emmaus could not recognize Jesus even though he was with him and talking to them. Is the past preventing us to recognize Christ with us now? Or how about the future, is...
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Homilia del tercer Domingo de Pascua (Lk 24:13-35) from 2020-04-25T22:24:52
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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The Greatest Attribute of God is Mercy. But what is it Really? How do we share in it? (Jn 20:19-31) (2 ET) from 2020-04-18T22:12:42
God Forgives us for our sin, thus reconciling us back to Himself, and therefore sharing with us the Divine Life we forfeited. As great as this is, it is not His Mercy. His Mercy is shown not in tha...
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Homilia del 2nd Domingo de Pascua Domingo de misericordia divina (Jn 20:19-31) from 2020-04-18T21:58:31
Homilia del padre Carlos.
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He is Risen and Triumphs over Sin, Death, even Coronavirus! (Mt 28: 1-10) (1 ET) from 2020-04-12T13:22:55
An Angel descends, the earth quakes, the Angel rolls away to stone from the entrance to the tomb, and sits on top, inviting the women to come and see that He is Risen! Such a dramatic scene! Even m...
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The Death of Jesus Was the Worse of All Deaths; Yet it Shows the Depth of His Love (Jn 18:1-19:42) (Good Friday) from 2020-04-10T23:48:44
In one way, Jesus' death is just the consequence of His Incarnation. But, it was the most awful of all deaths, as the devil used all his power to try to tempt Jesus to come down from the cross. But...
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Jesus' Mission was to Institute the Eucharist (Jn 13:1-15) (Holy Thursday) from 2020-04-10T00:09:29
This is a bold statement; that Jesus' Mission was to institute the Eucharist! Most would say it was to die for our sins, and bring us everlasting life. It is through the Eucharist that we receive o...
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Jueves Santo Homilia from 2020-04-10T00:04:44
esto es la primera lectura de libro Exodo (12:1-8,11-14) y la homilia del padre carlos en la noche cuando Jesus instituyo la ultima cena.
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Raising Our Prayers and Uniting our Sufferings to Christ: Standing in the Breach (Jn 11:1-45) (5 LT) from 2020-03-28T21:09:06
I don't know why, but I do know how we can respond to all that is happening around us these days. Let us raise our sufferings and join them to the sufferings of Christ. Let us reach out in love to ...
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What Do Eyes of Faith See in these Times of Corona Virus? (Jn 9:1-41) (4 LT) from 2020-03-22T08:40:01
Today's Gospel reading on one level talks about our Catechumens who are preparing to be baptized this coming Easter. But also it is about how Faith calls us to look at our world, especially during ...
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Christ Thirsts for Us, and puts into us a Thirst for Him (Jn 4:5-15,19b-26,39a,40-42) (3 LT) from 2020-03-15T14:35:46
Let's use this time during the corona virus to pray, grow closer to God and each other. God so wants to be with us, that He came from Heaven in Jesus. The woman at the well, who was not worthy that...
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