Blog - Homilies

September 20, 2022: "To say “I am a Catholic” means: I choose to follow Jesus. I choose to make Jesus the way and the truth for my life. I choose to listen for his Word in my life, and to do whatever he tells me to do. This is who we are, my dear brothers and sisters. And it is a beautiful way to live. It is a beautiful thing to say, 'Yes, I am a Catholic.'"

September 18, 2022: "Jesus gave his life for our sins — your sins and mine, and so that we can have the grace and strength to grow as sons and daughters of God, to overcome our weaknesses, and to become the men and women whom God created us to be."

September 18, 2022: "Our country has always been a beautiful collection of many immigrant peoples. This nation has been a beacon of hope, a refuge for peoples who have no place left to turn. America is a nation of nationalities, a nation of migrants and refugees."

September 10, 2022: "I was thinking that we need to reflect on how we have to be like that woman in the Gospel with the parable of the lost coin. As she did, we have to light the lamp of Christ. And we have to go out and sweep the house of this world, searching for those who are lost."

September 10, 2022: "We are also united in our worship with so many souls, who down through the years, found salvation in this mission — beginning with those who made up the first generation of Catholics in Los Angeles, including many of the Gabrielino Tongva, the first peoples of this land."

September 4, 2022: "Following Jesus is a decision, a commitment. It is a serious and challenging commitment, but it is a beautiful grace and it really helps us to understand who we are and where are we going, and the extraordinary love that God has for us."

September 3, 2022: "The altar and the baptismal font are the heart and soul of every church, because through these sacred channels, the mystery of God’s love is poured out for us. In the font of baptism, we are made children of God; and on the altar, Jesus himself comes to nourish his children, the whole family of God, with his Body and Blood."

September 2, 2022: "The story of Los Angeles, and the story of this Cathedral, is part of the great story of salvation that God is still working out in the history of the nations. And this is also the story that is told in these beautiful tapestries that surround us in this sanctuary. It is a story of witness and holiness. It is a story of seeking God and following Jesus Christ in faith and with joy."

September 1, 2022: "Everything that we do in the Church, has only one purpose: to bring souls to the encounter with Jesus Christ; to spread his Gospel of love so that people will come to know Jesus, and to love him, and to serve him."

August 27, 2022: "Mary is the beautiful lady in the temple of heaven that we hear described in today’s second reading. She is the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” And as we heard, Our Lady was “with child” and gave birth to a Son, Jesus Christ, who will 'rule all the nations with an iron rod.'"

August 21, 2022: "St. Rose of Lima is special to me because she is a “saint of the Americas.” And America needs saints! In fact, as you all know, St. Rose was the first saint who was born in the Americas. So we need to ask her today to help us to all grow all in holiness so that we can be saints of the Americas, too."

August 20, 2022: "Jesus is the narrow gate! That means we need to make Jesus the “way” for our life. In our second reading today, from the Letter to the Hebrews, we hear this command: “Make straight paths for your feet.”

August 13, 2022: "The Eucharist is the mystery of the Almighty God’s presence among us. It is the mystery of our Creator’s love, the mystery of his desire to share his divine life in tender friendship with each one of us."

August 1, 2022: "Bernadette was not a theologian or a preacher. She spoke from her heart in simple language, just telling people what she saw, and what she heard; she talked of the power of God’s love in her life. And she also had the courage to defend her faith against the attacks of those who refused to believe."

July 31, 2022: "The passage of the Gospel that we just heard is obviously very interesting, and I think especially important at this time in our current cultural reality. As we heard, a man asks Jesus to settle a dispute about his inheritance, and Jesus tells him he should stop worrying about things like money and possessions. And then he tells us that beautiful story, the parable of the rich fool."

July 3, 2022: "The mission that Jesus gives to those 72 disciples is the same mission that he gives to every one of us. Jesus is calling all of us to be “laborers for the harvest.” So he’s telling us, each one of us, “go on our way” and wherever we go, Jesus is giving us the mission to share the good news of God’s love. He is calling us to seek out those who are lost and cannot find their way, those who are looking for answers and cannot find them."

June 25, 2022: "St. Josemaría, as we know, was living this vocation of holiness, since the foundation of Opus Dei. His unique gift was to rediscover this mystery of our faith — that Jesus wants each one of us, all of us, to be saints; that holiness is our vocation; that the will of God is our sanctification, our perfection in love."

Junio 19, 2022: "El Renacimiento Eucarístico no es un programa o un evento. Es un tiempo de gracia, un nuevo encuentro con Jesus y un momento para crecer en nuestra relación con El."

June 14, 2022: "Holiness is not something only for special people. Holiness is for all of us. We are all called to be saints in the middle of the world — in every state of life, in every ministry, in every occupation. No matter who we are."

June 12, 2022: "St. John Paul II used to say that God in his deepest mystery is a “family.” Because in the Trinity there is the Father and the Son, and they are bound together, as all families are — by the bond of love. And that bond is the Holy Spirit. Three divine persons in a beautiful communion love."