Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Domingo XIII Tiempo Ordinario (Lk 9:51-62)

Homilies del padre Carlos. 

The Body and Blood of Christ;Salvation is Sacramental (Lk 9:11-17)

The Catholic Church is a Sacramento church, because salvation is Sacramental. A sacrament is a divine reality present in our physical reality. Jesus Christ truly God and truly man is a sacrament. We are saved by his incarnation life death resurrection and by being joined to his body through the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. 

El Cuerpo y La Sangre de Cristo

Homilia del padre Carlos

God is Relationship therefore So too Us (Jn 16:12-15)

We are part of a mystery that is beyond our comprehension, and that includes God. However God has chosen to reveal Himself in a way we can’t fully understand, yet there is much we can understand; that God is relationship Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If we are created in God’s image and likeness so too are we created to live in relationship and in relationships are we most fully alive and most united to God. Let us work therefore with God’s help to build strong relationships; with Jesus, in our families, in our church, and in our world. That is when we are most fully alive and giving God glory. 

Santisima Trinidad (Jn 16:12-15)

Homilia del padre Carlos

Today We Are Writing the Next Chapter of the Acts of the Holy Spirit (Jn 20:19-23)

The acts of the apostles are sometimes referred to as the acts of the Holy Spirit. In the acts of the Holy Spirit we read how the early church grew. It was not as much because of the miracles and the signs but because of the conversion of people to care for the poor, the sick, to include the outcast, and to live in unity amongst diversity. Today the same Holy Spirit allows us to live in the same making the church a powerful witness to God. 

Pentecost’s (Jn 20:19-23)

Homilies del padre Carlos.

How to Do Great Things: Even greater than Jesus! (Lk 24:46-43)

Today we celebrate the Ascension. The one Jesus of Nazareth true God and true man all powerful ascends to heaven so that by the Holy Spirit his body now on earth, the church, does the same things Jesus did but only greater because it’s to the ends of the earth and for all time. We are called to do such great things, it could be intimidating, but Jesus gives us a very simple process: receive the Holy Spirit and give witness to him. Doing this, will enable us together as church to do great things in the world!

La Asencion del Senor (Lk 24:46-53)

Humiliated del padre Carlos

The Holy Spirit is Revealed to those who follow Christ: Or at least seeking to!

Jesus promises to send a Holy Spirit after his resurrection and ascension to guide us to all truth.  But he also says it’s given to those who follow his commandments. God respects our free will and so we must make the first step to follow Jesus in the context of the church to discern the fulness of what the Holy Spirit is revealing to us.