November 27th, 2022 – First Sunday of Advent Dear Friends, Every Advent I try to pick a virtue that I will work on in my daily life. And every Advent I come up with the same one – PATIENCE. Does anyone else have trouble being patient? If you said no,…

October 30th, 2022 – Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time “Some people see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” (Robert Kennedy) Dear Friends, Our Gospel this Sunday presents to us the figure of Zacchaeus, who was short in stature,…

September 25th, 2022 – Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Friends, The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is a masterful depiction of the Christian life and also a clear call to action. We are at first presented with the scene of Lazarus eating the scraps that would fall…

August 28th, 2022 – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear friends, I always appreciated my grandmother’s description of what a good priest should be like. There was one occasion, for instance, that I could tell she was passionate about the description she was making. She said to me, “Carlos, mijo…

July 31, 2022 – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear friends, Today that I write these lines marks two years since I witnessed my first wedding as a Priest, on July 25 of 2020. Since May 16 of 2020 when I became a priest, I have been blessed to witness…

June 26, 2022 – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Friends, As we move to summer and not only to the increased heat of nature, but the simmering that can fill our hearts with so much going on in our crazy world, please know our Family of Four Parishes are…