Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Genesis Still Describes what is Happening Today (Mk 3:15-35)

Jesus affirms the truth of today’s first reading in Genesis and points to the solution to the fall of humanity, and all that divides us from God, one another, and from creation. Jesus has come to unite us around himself as brothers and sisters in the family of God.

This Worship is Established by God from 3,000years Ago: Feast of Corpus Christi (Mk 14: 12-26)

We know the Mass was instituted at the last supper by Jesus, but we don’t often think that God instituted the beginning of our worship over 3,000 years ago during The Exodus. Jesus intentionally drew the parallel showing that he is the true Lamb of God that the lamb of Passover only pre-figured. 

Have You Ever Heard of a God Like Our God! (Mt 28:16-20)

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is not about theology. It’s about the wonder and awe of who our God is! Our God is a family (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that we are invited to become part of and be with forever. Let us to respond in love and gratitude and make God once again first in our lives, our Lord and Salvation. 

Christ Ascended to Become Many and form The Church (Mk 16:15-20)

Salvation in Christ does not end with the resurrection. He continues with his ascension and forming The Church and anointing her for mission, until he comes again to complete that mission.  His instruction to us is to wait on the Holy Spirit, for it is only by God’s power that this great mission be accomplished. Let us renew our call to share in that mission and to be guided by the Holy Spirit, because The Church needs us and we need The Church. 

Just a Silly Love Homily (Jn 15:9-17)

The readings today tell us God is love, and Jesus speaks the words “As the Father has loved me, I love you”.  Paul McCartney wrote a song asking does the world really want to hear more love songs.  You might say this homily is just another silly love homily. We hear much about God’s love. So much so that it may not have the impact it is really meant to have. Christians are meant to be people who are in love, and their joy and love is observable and contagious. But love is “More than a feeling”, ultimately it calls us to a decision to totally give ourselves to the other.  It is difficult and cannot be done without God’s power and love living in us through the Holy Spirit. But without God’s “Higher love”, life is just wasted time. Let us surrender to God’s love and let it changed our lives. 

Jesus is the Vine But What is the SAP?

In his analogy Jesus shares with us how he is present in his church, a living organism that is truly his body made present by his divine life in us. What is that divine life? It’s the SAP! The Spirit And Power of God living in us to through the Sacraments And Prayer.  

One Shepherd and One Flock; God’s Loving Plan for All Humanity (Jn 10:11-18)

To say that there is no salvation other than in Jesus Christ can at first sound divisive. But logically and lovingly, it is God‘s plan to unite all people in his self.

The Risen Lord is Still Present Today and We Are His Witnesses (Lk 24:35-48)

The Risen Lord is still truly present today with his church just not bodily. He is present in the gathering of the community, in our prayers, in the Scriptures, and in the breaking of the bread. Hear  one of his witnesses, Jean Marie,  give a testimony.  Praise God he still has witnesses today! 

The ResurrectionMakes All Things New (Jn 20:19-31)

The resurrection is not only for us to go to heaven, it’s to transform the earth back into the original creation God intended from the beginning, and will be established at the end. For this to happen, we must boldly live our faith in the world by the power of God’s resurrected life in us. 

The Best Evidence That Jesus is Lord is The Lest Known (Jn 20:1-9)

Of all the evidence that Jesus is God and is risen, the most persuasive are the least known. Although there is ample evidence that people give to “prove” Jesus is Lord, ultimately the most convincing is the miracles he works in our ordinary lives.