Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Just as in the Days of Noah: Jesus is inviting us to Get Onboard (Mt 24:37-44)

The world with all its distractions has a way of sweeping us along so that we don’t stop and pay attention to what’s important. Just as in the days of Noah, when the people were too busy to listen to Noah’s invitation to get on the ark, today Jesus is the one Noah prefigured, inviting us into the church, which the ark prefigured. Advent is the time when we clean our house, that is get rid of the clutter in our lives, and focus on what is really important, our salvation, and sharing in Jesus’s mission.

Premier Domingo de Adviento (Mt 24:37-44)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Escape to the Kingdom of Light: A Vision Statement for Our Lives (Lk 23:35-43)

Today’s feast gives us an image of how to view our lives in the world. Christ is the King, the King of all, we are born into a kingdom of darkness where powers beyond us seek to enslave us and keep us in suffering, ignorance and death. The king of light comes into our world to give us the Way,  the Truth and the Life to the kingdom of light. 

Cristo Rey (Lk 23:35-43)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Pray to Have Strength and to Stand Before The Son of Man: Our Follow Step of Discipleship Pathway. (Lk 21:5-19)

Jesus warns us that life will bring many trials before it is over. Once we have discovered Christ, we need to go deeper and learn how to grow in union with Him through prayer especially with sacrament and scripture so that we will be strengthened for the trials of this life and be able to stand in God’s presence at the end of Time. 

Domingo XXXIII Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 21:5-19)

Homilia del padre Carlos.

A Personal Encounter with the God of the Universe Is Powerful! (Lk 19:1-10)

How could the God who made this vast universe really know each of us by name and have a relationship with each one of us that depends on how we respond. It is mind-boggling, and awesome, but it is what Jesus promises and what many have experienced. It is the first step of becoming a disciple, that is to have a life-changing encounter with the risen Lord. In this family we continue to lay out the pastoral plan for our parish including the characteristics of a missionary disciple. 

Domingo XXXI Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 19:1-10)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Religion is a Response to God: Right Religion is about GOLF!

This is the first in a series of homilies introducing our new Parish vision and plan following the New Evangelization. The New Evangelization recognizes that our faith isn’t first about our practices rather it’s first about what God has done for us, and religion is a response to that.  It’s really all about GOLF; God Offers Love First, And then we respond by serving him and following His teachings.  So passing on the faith, or evangelizing, is praying for and inviting someone to experience the miracle of encountering God’s Love, in response that person will then want learn more, and practice more, and follow more, and share more, their faith.  

Domingo XXX Tiempo Ordinario

Homilia del Padre Carlos.