Blog - Homilies

July 11, 2021: "In the first reading, we hear the prophet Amos. And as we heard, Amos wasn’t always a prophet. He was just a simple, normal person. A shepherd, a gardener. He takes care of the sycamore trees. So there was nothing “special” about him, nothing extra-ordinary. Just the dignity of being an ordinary worker."

July 4, 2021: "Como sabemos, los Estados Unidos fueron establecidos como una nación bajo Dios, que cree que todos los hombres y mujeres hemos recibido de Dios una dignidad sagrada y los dones innegables de la vida, de la libertad y la igualdad."

June 27, 2021: "Our first reading today from the Book of Wisdom tells us a beautiful truth: “God did not make death … For God formed man to be imperishable, the image of his own nature he made him.” The truth is, my dear brothers and sisters, that God made us for life. All the sickness and disease in the world, the scourge of death — this was not how God intended his creation."

June 26, 2021: "Now we are coming out of this pandemic, thanks be to God! And more and more in my prayer, I have become convinced that St. Josemariá is the saint for our times. His charity and spirituality are what we need to heal and rebuild our world after this plague, to love and to sanctify our neighbors and to lift them up to God."

June 20, 2021: "In a father's love, his children see a reflection of the love that God our Father has for all of his children. And this is so important in our world today, to promote that bond between fathers and their children to strengthen marriage and the family."

June 12, 2021: "Today, by the imposition of the bishops' hands, our brothers will be consecrated to the ministry of the Word of God and the ministry of charity — in the service of the whole people of God."

June 6, 2021: "This is the great mystery of our faith, the great gift of God that he gives us in the Body and Blood of Christ, made present in the bread and wine we offer on the altar in the Holy Mass. When we reflect on it, we are amazed to realize that the living God, the maker of heaven and earth, comes to be in a relationship with us, with you and me."

June 5, 2021: "So Patrick, César, Andrew, Sergio, Francis, Ji Hoon, Michael, and Matthew: Today your names will be inscribed in that ancient and noble list written in heaven, the list of those men called throughout history to be the priests of God!"

Mayo 30, 2021: "Me alegra estar con ustedes para celebrar la fiesta de la Santísima Trinidad, que es el misterio central de nuestra fe y de la vida cristiana. Creemos en un solo Dios en la Trinidad, Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo."

May 23, 2021: "Pentecost reveals that the Church has a 'universal' character and mission. That's what 'Catholic' means. It means universal, global, worldwide."

May 16, 2021: "We celebrate today the whole of our Lord's earthly life and ministry — from his Incarnation through his Resurrection, and now his Ascension into heaven. This is what he came for. He came to show us the way to heaven. He has won the great victory for us — and for the whole human race."

May 9, 2021: "It is beautiful that we remember our mothers and grandmothers — those strong women who gave us life and brought us up in this world. And to remember in a personal and deep way our mothers who are our first teachers in the ways of love, which is the whole meaning of lie, as we heard today in our second reading: 'Love is of God, everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.'"

April 18, 2021: "Today we are invited into the upper room with the first apostles and disciples. And as we heard, suddenly the Risen Jesus appears in their midst. So we should ask ourselves today — what would that felt like? To be talking about Jesus and then, suddenly, he is standing right there next to us."

April 3, 2021: "This Easter, our Lord is calling us back. He is calling us to remember who we are. He is calling all of us in the Church to live as "Easter people," to return to the simplicity of life that we see in those first disciples."

April 2, 2021: "When everything is stripped away, there is still the cross. There still remains Jesus Christ, who died and rose from the dead, who gave his life for each one of us."

March 29, 2021: "Jesus makes himself a gift of love, offering his Body and Blood to become our food and our companion as we make our way on this earthly journey."

March 28, 2021: "We go with our Lord up to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. We have a seat at the table as he celebrates his last supper, and we witness the drama of his betrayal. Then we try to keep with him in the garden, and we are there when the mob comes to arrest him."

March 21, 2021: "Jesus Christ came to be a grain of wheat, a "seed." And you and I, we are the "fruits" of his love, the fruits of the sacrifice of his life that he made for each one of us."

March 19, 2021: "St. Joseph was an ordinary man, as we know, a husband and a foster-father. Long ago, he walked this earth just as we do. But now, he can hear our prayers and I think whisper them to the ear of God."

March 17, 2021: "Today I especially want to congratulate all of you — the winners of the Christian Service Awards this year! As I said yesterday, you make us proud, and you inspire us because service is the work of love."