Blog - Homilies

September 21, 2021: "And I was thinking that it is fitting that today we remember the calling of St. Matthew, because the story of St. Matthew is “our story,” it is the story of every Christian soul. We notice in our Gospel passage, that Jesus finds St. Matthew while he is at work; he is sitting at the customs post, collecting the taxes. The Gospel tells us: 'He said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him.'"

September 19, 2021: "From the start, this local Church, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was meant to be a family of families, one people of God, drawn from all the peoples on the face of the earth."

September 11, 2021: "We begin today a Jubilee Year and every Jubilee is an invitation from God to make a new beginning in freedom. Every Jubilee is God’s promise that we are not prisoners of our past or captives of the present."

September 8, 2021: "In God’s plan of love, Mary is the one who brings us Jesus Christ — in every time and in every place. This is the beautiful role that God has given Our Lady in salvation history."

September 4, 2021: "So we rejoice today with the universal Church and with Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of All Graces. For this past century, the Legion of Mary has been a beautiful sign of our filial love for the Blessed Virgin and her maternal love for us."

August 29, 2021: "So today, this Sunday, as we just heard, we are returning to the Gospel of St. Mark. And for the next several weeks we will follow Jesus’ ministry and listen as he instructs all of us in the ways of the Kingdom of God."

August 28, 2021: "We gather today as one Church, one family of God. We are many peoples and we have one Mother. And today we especially renew our devotion to her, Our Lady of the Angels, just as the family of God has done since the beginning."

August 22, 2021: "And the Gospel tells us today that a lot of people stopped following Jesus after he taught them about the Eucharist. As we heard: 'many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.'"

August 15, 2021: "It is a day of great joy and hope for us. Because we believe that where Our Lord has taken his Mother, one day he will bring each one of us. So we share in our Blessed Mother’s joy when she says in the Gospel today: “The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name.” So in our celebration today, we are joining the Church in every century in continuing this great tradition of love and devotion. "

August 8, 2021: "The Eucharist is not a “remembrance of things past.” It is a living sign of God’s love in the present, his desire to walk with us on the journey of our lives. At the same time, it is a pledge and a bridge to the future."

July 25, 2021: "As you all know — one never stops being a mother or a father. You are always praying and sacrificing for your children, and praying and sacrificing for your children’s children — and even your grandchildren’s children!"

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."