Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Pascua (Jn 20:1-9)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

The Other Side of the Cross (Jn 12:20-33)

Saint John’s Gospel presents Jesus on the cross as the image to meditate upon to grow in deeper understanding, and appreciation of our salvation in Christ Jesus. There is also another side of the cross, with no body, for Jesus is risen and has shared through the sacraments in his church the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit wants to give us the fruits outlined in Galatians 5:22 and many more gifts, but we must empty ourselves to make room for these gifts. 

Domingo V de Cuaresma (Jn 12:20-33)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

God Would Not Condemn a Good Person to Hell for Not Practicing the Faith? (Jn 3:14-21)

Matthew Kelly has a book entitled “The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity. I believe today’s Gospel passage “For God, so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but might have eternal life”, is wrongly interpreted to be the biggest lie in Christianity.  Belief in God, with the common understanding of belief, does not save a person. Even the devil believes in God, salvation is more than believe in a concept that Jesus is God, it requires living as he invites us to live. 

Domingo IV de Cuaresma (Jn 3:14-21)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Only God Can Fulfill Our Desire for a Soulmate (Jn 4:5-42)

Jesus’s meets a woman at Jacobs well and offers to give her “Living Water”. Jesus offers all who thirst living water. God’s love is  poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. This is the living water that God offers us too. We thirst for it, and Jesus thirsts for our love.

Domingo III de Cuaresma (Jn 2:13-25)

Homilia del Padre Carlos. 

God Planned the Sacrifice of the Mass From the Time of Abraham (Mk 9:2-10)

Today’s first reading (Genesis 22:1-18) where God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac is easily misinterpreted. God does not require human sacrifice, instead he is setting the pattern of the true sacrifice of his only beloved son, Jesus Christ, so that we may live and have eternal life.  

Domingo II de Cuaresma (Mk 9:2-10)

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

God Can Speak to Us through Signs: And We Can Speak Back! (Mk 1:12-15)

The first reading today from Genesis tells us that the sign of a rainbow has a message attached to it. It seems God likes to do that for us: to attach a message to an image we see especially from nature. Learning how to recognize these messages from God, and responding to them by pondering all God has done for us, and returning our love to him each time we see the signs, is a way of praying and growing in our relationship with God.