Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Do You Think of Yourself as a Priest? Our Common Priesthood (Mt 9:36-10:8)

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 our beautiful priesthood every day is beautiful and helpful. 

Feast of Corpus Christi: The Eucharist, Why and How (Jn 6:51-58)

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 one with Him, and we join ourselves to the perfect sacrifice of Christ, making of us and acceptable offering to God. 

The Holy Spirit Unites by Distributing Different Gifts to Each (Jn 20:19-23)

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 One Spirit that gives different gifts to each person so that we are inter-dependent, one upon the other, but together we are His Body. 

Jesus Left Us to Be Nearer to Us : The Ascension (Mt 28:16-20)

The ascension is the forgotten feast, it shows how important the Eucharist is. Jesus has ascended to heaven, but His Body, The  Church made his body through the Eucharist remains on earth continuing the mission he began as he directs us from heaven.

Let’s Not Just Talk About the Holy Spirit, Let’s Ask for It (Jn 14:15-21)

A prayer to the Holy Spirit. 

Project S.A.V.I.O.R.. Our sharing in the Mission of Christ. (Jn 14:1-12)

Jesus, at the last supper strengthened his disciples, the early church, to do their mission while He goes before us to heaven at the Ascension. Jesus assures us of the reality of heaven, and of our one day, sharing with him in eternal joy. But this hope of heaven is not meant to escape from this world and it’s troubles, but rather to fully engage us to labor and share in the mission of Christ helping to bring about the kingdom here on earth. 

Following The Good Shepherd Leads to Our Vocation (Jn 10:1-10)

Given all the possible roads, we can travel in life, how can we find the path that leads to the fullness of life? Well, the good news is that we have a Good Shepherd who wants to lead us down the path to the fullness of life. But if Jesus is the Shepherd, that makes us the sheep. Sometimes we don’t like to think of ourselves as sheep, because we think they are stupid. But when we have a Good Shepherd, who knows us better than ourselves, and loves us more than we can love ourselves, why not follow him? So let us be at least as smart as those stupid sheep and follow The Good Shepherd . 😇

A Pathway to Discipleship is Like the Road to Emmaus (Lk 24:13-35)

The Lord reveals himself to us in many of the same ways He revealed himself to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. They knew about the Jesus event, but it did not direct their path in life. But they wanted more of what this stranger seem to be telling them, so they invited Him into their home. God respects our free will, and is waiting for us to invite him into our hearts so that as the book of revelation 3:20 tells us if we invite him in, if we urge him to stay with us, if we open the door, he will come in and dine with us, and we will have communion with him; a deep relationship that sets our heart on fire, so that we want to share Him with others. 

God Offers Us His Divine Mercy Today, As He Did Long Ago(Jn 20:19-31)

God forgives us through Jesus Chris's life  death, and resurrection, and gives us eternal life. But Mercy is more. It is the extent to which God went to do this in Christ Jesus, and that same Divine Mercy is shown to us to today! Let us rejoice and be glad!

The is a Power Greater Greater Than Our Own (Jn 20:1-9)

Today we rely on our own power. We still are building a Tower of Babel, and worshiping the golden calf, when the greatest power ever known goes un-utilized. The power that raised Jesus from the dead is available to us.