Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Today’s times in many ways are no different than the times of Jesus when he was tempted to use worldly powers, leaders, politics, and armies to bring about the kingdom of God. But these are just ways to avoid the cross, the longer and more difficult way of humility, sacrificing and Love. This is the way that Jesus chose to promote the kingdom, and he asks us to pick up our cross and follow him. 

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Christians are often criticized for hypocrisy, and Catholic Christians are often criticized for their human traditions. But law and traditions have an important role to help us shape our heart and to help guide us when are hearts are still a work in progress.  But only Jesus who joined us in our humanity, so that we may join him in his divinity, purifies our hearts through the Holy Spirit, His presence in us. His transformation of our hearts is a lifelong task,  nourished by the  Sacred Tradition He has given us in the Eucharist. 

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Faith in the Eucharist is ultimately a gift from God that we can ask for. God reveals himself to us.  The Eucharist unites us and gives us strength to serve one another. Today we hear from a lay missionary, who has dedicated her life to serving Christ’s body.  

Homilia del padre Carlos con una misionera.

For me, with an engineering background, it’s been a long struggle to appreciate the Eucharist and the great gift it is. I used to think it was such an arbitrary idea. Why would God be present in a piece of bread? But now I realize it makes tremendous sense, historically, scripturally, and theologically. But still it requires faith to believe, and perhaps that’s the greatest beauty of it! We will never be able to fully understand God and all he has done to save us, and to be with us, but let us come in faith and humility and receive and be transformed from within. 

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Jesus Christ is the True shepherd, the One mediator between God and humanity. But to be a complete follower of Christ means also to be an active member of His church, which he established to lead others to Christ, and He promised to be with it until the end of time. Rather than an obstacle, it is meant to be, and with Christ present in it offering His grace, is a means to a deeper relationship with Jesus.  

Homilia del Padre Carlos.