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We are a welcoming Catholic community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. Our parish mission is:



To proclaim the Gospel of Christ to our local community in word, deed, and truth.

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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lessons to Be Learned

The miracle of the loaves and fishes is one of the best known in the Gospels. It is also one that people have tried to explain by calling it a myth, or by saying that Jesus called for people to share what they had brought and that turned out to be sufficient. The fact that the story is repeated in all four Gospels (one Gospel says Jesus did it twice) leads us to believe it is a genuine miracle.

When Jesus performs a miracle, he is not trying to show off his power. His actions always illustrate a lesson. This miracle can teach us many things. Let’s look at a few of them.

One is the compassion of Christ. He takes pity on the crowd and first shows his love by curing their sick. Then he sees that they are hungry and he feeds them. This reminds us that Jesus knows what we need and cares about us.

The bread reminds us of Jesus’ temptation in the desert, where he told the tempter that “man does not live on bread alone.” He meant that mere food is not enough; we need to hear God’s word. The people followed Jesus because they wanted to hear more from him. Just as the miracle satisfied the hunger of five thousand families, so his word will satisfy the spiritual hunger of millions.

Notice the actions of the miracle: he blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples to distribute. These are the actions of the Eucharist, in which bread is blessed, broken, and given to us, his disciples. So the miracle reminds us that Jesus will give us himself as bread and wine to be our food and drink. The miracle of bread and wine becoming the Body and Blood of Christ happens every day.

So the question is, do we learn from this miracle? Do we trust the Lord to care for all our needs? Do we thirst for God’s word to inform our lives? Do we try to live by that word? And finally, do we take advantage of the great gift of the Eucharist daily or at least weekly? The miracle may have happened two thousand years ago, but the lessons are meant for us today.



Decimoctavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

Lecciones por aprender

El milagro de los panes y los peces es uno de los más conocidos de los Evangelios. Es también uno de esos milagros que la gente ha intentado explicar llamándolo un mito, o afirmando que Jesús simplemente invitó a las personas a compartir lo que habían traído consigo, resultando esto suficiente. El hecho de que esta historia se repita en los cuatro Evangelios (uno de ellos relata que Jesús lo realizó en dos ocasiones) nos lleva a creer que se trata de un milagro auténtico.

Cuando Jesús realiza un milagro, no busca hacer alarde de su poder. Sus acciones siempre ilustran una lección. Este milagro puede enseñarnos muchas cosas. Vamos a considerar unas de ellas.

Una de ellas es la compasión de Cristo. Él se apiada de la multitud y manifiesta su amor, en primer lugar, curando a los enfermos. Luego, al ver que tienen hambre, les da de comer. Esto nos recuerda que Jesús conoce nuestras necesidades y se preocupa por nosotros.

El pan nos evoca la tentación de Jesús en el desierto, donde le dijo al tentador que “no solo de pan vive el hombre”. Con ello quería decir que el alimento material por sí solo no basta; necesitamos escuchar la palabra de Dios. La gente seguía a Jesús porque deseaba escucharle más. Del mismo modo en que ese milagro sació el hambre de cinco mil familias, así también su palabra saciará el hambre espiritual de millones de personas.

Observemos las acciones que conforman el milagro: Jesús bendijo, partió y entregó el pan a los discípulos para que lo distribuyeran. Estas son las mismas acciones de la Eucaristía: el pan es bendecido, partido y entregado a nosotros, sus discípulos. Así pues, este milagro nos recuerda que Jesús se nos entrega a sí mismo, bajo las especies del pan y del vino, para ser nuestro alimento y nuestra bebida. El milagro de la transformación del pan y del vino en el Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo sucede todos los días.

Por tanto, podríamos preguntarnos: ¿aprendemos algo de este milagro? ¿Confiamos en que el Señor proveerá a todas nuestras necesidades? ¿Tenemos sed de la palabra de Dios para que ilumine nuestras vidas? ¿Nos esforzamos por vivir conforme a esa palabra? Y, finalmente, ¿aprovechamos el inmenso don de la Eucaristía, ya sea a diario o, al menos, semanalmente? Aunque ese milagro ocurrió hace dos mil años, sus lecciones todavía se aplican a nosotros hoy en día.


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Only love makes way for unity, which is the fruit of God’s action. For a Christian, having enemies is forbidden. We must love all people, not just those who think like me, or practice the same faith as me. The important thing here is to ask myself what makes me the master of my heart. Or even better, what allows the Lord to be the master of my heart? Is it love or hatred? If, despite wanting to forgive, I cannot do it because I have been a victim of terror or hatred, then I need to ask that question: Who is the master of my heart? Love offers something new to us: to include the enemy, so that it is not hate or revenge that has the last word. In the reign of the Holy Spirit, evil is never the end.

MASS TIMES

Monday - 9:00 am at St. Henry Chapel - Convent

Tuesday - 10:30 am at Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal 

Wednesday - 9:00 am at St. Henry Chapel - Convent

Thursday - 9:00 am at St. Henry Chapel - Convent

Friday - 11:00 am at Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal 

Saturday - 4:30 pm English

Sunday - 8:30 am Spanish

                 11:00 am English 

Holy Days of Obligation - 6 pm


Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday - 3:30 pm-4:20 pm


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