Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Roses are Red, Violets Are Blue, God Loves You! (Jn 15:9-17) (6 ET)

Our God is a Lover. We are part of a Love story! All creations exists because of Love. God sent His Son because of Love. He wants us to live in that Love. Yet how can love be commanded, as Jesus commands? God creates it in us, by His Command, just as he commanded creation to come into being. 

Domingo VI de Pascua (Jn 15:9-17)

Homilia del Padre Carlos.

Called to Bear Fruit: But How? (Jn 15:1-8) (5 ET)

Disciples are called to produce fruit. But it is God who produces fruit through us. We remain attached to the vine, the Church. It is our relationship with Jesus that allows the Holy Spirit to dwell in us, doing the work of the Kingdom through us.  How do we remain in Jesus? PSSSSS; prayer, sacraments, scripture, study, service and sharing our faith.

Domingo V del Pascua (Jn 15:1-8)

homila del padre Carlos.

God Reveals the Path, and Gives us a Guide for the Path (Jn 10:11-18) (4 ET)

Are all religions the same? In Christianity God has revealed the Way,  AND has given us a guide to help us along the way; The Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ true God and true man.  Our faith is not made by humans, but revealed by God through Jesus Christ, God become Human, to not only show us, but lead us to salvation.  If God has done this for us, ought we not listen? To follow the Good Shepherd requires that we give him permission to lead us, realize that we need to be lean, and follow His guidance. Personal daily prayer, knowledge of scripture especially the Gospels, and the receiving of the sacraments are the essential ways we follow our Good Shepherd. 

Homilia del IV Domingo de Pascua (Jn 10:11-18)

Del Padre Carlos.

Jesus Appears in Our Midst (Lk 24:35-48) (3 ET)

What is Jesus Appeared to Us? He does in this gathering too. A guided meditation. 

The Journey to the Tomb (Mk 16:1-7) (1 ET)

The women go to the tomb to find Jesus the Crucified, but hear Jesus had Risen. Did Jesus really rise?  This is the most important question of all creation, yet we don't make that same journey ourselves to see if he is risen. There are others who have made the journey, C.S. Lewis, Lee Strobel, Francis Collins, they can help us. But we must set out on our own journey. We have obstacles, reasons for not making the journey. Will they stop us from the search to find the answer? If we step out in faith, and if we pray, God will remove the obstacles as he did for the women, and he will roll away the stone of our hearts and enter, to show us he is Risen!

Pascua 2021

Homilia del Padre Carlos

Death is an Important Part of Life (Jn 11:1-45) (5 LT)

Why didn't Jesus go sooner to save his friend Lazarus? Why doesn't Jesus do something about the death of our loved ones? Why does he allow it? Jesus did not come to take away death, but to join us in it, and transform it. Death too is a servant of God, calling us to live fully. This gospel reminds us of the inevitability of death for all of us, but also shows us the power over death, and how to live fully before our death, so that it has no power over us.