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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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Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Eyes of a Child

I frequently see signs on churches inviting everyone to come. Often they advertise that they are a contemporary, casual church. One thing that concerns me is that they do not add “challenging” to that description. Some people try to teach that since Jesus is risen from the dead, we should also be able to live that way: Rejoicing, but never sorrowing. But if we preach resurrection without the cross, we are acting like Peter in the Gospel.

Peter had just proclaimed that Jesus was the Messiah, but he failed to understand that Jesus’ mission was not to bring wealth and glory to Israel. Jesus knew that being messiah required him to give his life for all people. In a sense, Peter was tempting Jesus to avoid the painful death and use his divine power to bring prosperity. Like Satan’s temptations in the desert, he wanted Jesus to take the easy way to glory.

Instead, Jesus challenges us to deny ourselves. Today this phrase is not very popular with those who say we should be free to satisfy all our desires, or with motivational speakers who say that everyone is able to achieve financial success and live a comfortable life. As long as we center our lives on our own pleasure and comfort, we are rejecting the cross. To deny oneself means to choose God’s will over our own. It means to be willing to suffer for being honest. It means giving God the first place in our lives. It means we get more joy from serving others than serving ourselves. This is what Paul is talking about in the second reading when he says to offer ourselves as a “living sacrifice.” Or as Jesus says, we lose our life for his sake, only to find it in loving and serving him.

That is one reason I like the image of God as father. Parents will lose much of their freedom—and much sleep—when they bring a child into the world. But they find a new joy in the eyes of that child. We are all called to lose our selfish lives and find the joy of living for Jesus.



Vigésimo-Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

Los ojos de un niño


Con frecuencia veo letreros en las iglesias invitando a todos a venir. A menudo anuncian que son una iglesia contemporánea e informal. Una cosa que me preocupa es que no agregan "desafiante" a esa descripción. Algunas personas intentan enseñar que, dado que Jesús resucitó de entre los muertos, también deberíamos poder vivir de esa forma: gozándonos, pero nunca afligidos. Pero si predicamos la resurrección sin la cruz, estamos actuando como Pedro en el Evangelio.

Pedro acababa de proclamar que Jesús era el Mesías, pero no entendió que la misión de Jesús no era traer riqueza y gloria a Israel. Jesús sabía que ser mesías requería que diera la vida por todos. En cierto sentido, Pedro estaba tentando a Jesús para que evitara la dolorosa muerte y utilizara su poder divino para traer la prosperidad. Al igual que las tentaciones de Satanás en el desierto, quería que Jesús tomara el camino fácil hacia la gloria.

En cambio, Jesús nos pide negarnos a nosotros mismos. Hoy en día esta frase no es muy popular entre quienes dicen que debemos ser libres para satisfacer todos nuestros deseos, o entre los oradores motivadores que dicen que todo el mundo es capaz de alcanzar el éxito financiero y vivir una vida cómoda. Mientras centremos nuestras vidas en nuestro propio placer y comodidad, estamos rechazando la cruz. Negarse a sí mismo significa escoger la voluntad de Dios sobre la nuestra. Significa estar dispuesto a sufrir por ser honesto. Significa darle a Dios el primer lugar en nuestras vidas. Significa que obtengamos más alegría sirviendo a los demás que sirviéndonos a nosotros mismos. Pablo habla sobre esto en la segunda lectura cuando dice que nos ofrezcamos como “sacrificio vivo”. O como dice Jesús, perdemos nuestra vida por él, solo para encontrarla amándolo y sirviéndolo.

Es una de las razones por las cuales me gusta la imagen de Dios como padre. Los padres perderán gran parte de su libertad, y mucho sueño, cuando traen un hijo al mundo. Pero encuentran una nueva alegría en los ojos de ese niño. Todos estamos llamados a perder nuestras vidas egoístas y encontrar la alegría de vivir para Jesús.

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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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