Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

The Gospel today is very challenging  and confusing! Jesus says he did not come to bring peace but division to divide families. What? Especially spoken today in the world with much division, what does Jesus mean? There is a division that comes from God and there is a division that comes from the world the challenge for us is to distinguish between the two, and the Gospel, especially the good news for the poor, can be our metric for discernment.  

Homilia del padre Carlos 

A few stories to help understand what is God's desire for us. In all our busyness we can miss the point of life. 

Homilia del padre Carlos

Like the priest and the Levite we can find laws and good reasons to treat one another bad badly and not show compassion and mercy. Jesus calls us to not miss the forest because of the trees. Our laws are meant to help us live together in a loving community. It's helpful to look at those we see as our enemies, or the ones deserving mistreatment, and realize that if not for the grace of God there too go I. 

Homilia del padre Carlos 

We have been told before that we are supposed to proclaim the Gospel, all of us not just the professionally trained. But we always think that is beyond our capacity. In this homily Fr. Paul shares some ways that anyone can share the faith and preach the Gospel. 

Homilia del padre Carlos. 

Today's feast helps us appreciate and better understand the essential role of the church in our salvation and it's authority given by Christ to Peter and the successors of the apostles. Through it God mediate salvation to us still to this day. Thanks be to God!