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January 2012

January 22, 2012

Repentance leads to Forgiveness

Repentance is the word that weaves together today’s readings. “Repent, and believe in the...

January 20, 2012

Technology Quotes from the Past

I came across these quotes from a newspaper clipping I cut out in 1996. My...

January 19, 2012

My first baptism by submersion

A few weeks ago I did my first baptism by submersion at the request of...

January 18, 2012

Looks like we got a rev in here

"Look, look! Looks like we got a rev in here.""Nuh huh, he's a priest," said...

January 18, 2012

Beautiful Lima Peru

Today is the anniversary of my native city, Lima the City of Kings. Spanish conquistador...

January 17, 2012

Que es el bautismo? Es necesario?

El sacramento del bautismo es el primer sacramento que recibimos y el más importante. El...

January 16, 2012

Selma: A Battlefield for Civil Rights

Walking down the quiet and beautiful streets of Selma, Alabama, it is very difficult to...

January 16, 2012

De donde viene la Biblia? La Tradicion y las Sagradas Escrituras

Cuando hablamos del evangelio, hablamos primeramente del mensaje predicado por Jesús cuando el habitó la...

January 12, 2012

My early stomping grounds: Lurin River Valley

Last night I came across pictures of my early stomping grounds and want to share...

January 10, 2012

Origin of the Choirs of Angels

The prefaces of the new translation of the Roman Missal now mention several choirs of...

January 07, 2012

Epiphany Homily

The invention of the light bulb has spoiled our experience of light.Even though electricity and...

January 07, 2012

Epifanía

Hoy en esta fiesta de la Epifanía recordamos a los tres reyes magos que llegaron...

January 07, 2012

Epiphany

[from the parish bulletin]On this feast of the Epiphany we remember the three men from...

January 05, 2012

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

Today the Church commemorates one of her saints, Saint John Neumann, a member of the...

January 01, 2012

Albricias Mortales: Manuel de Sumaya

En esta Solemnidad de Maria Madre de Dios, quisiera compartir una obra musical mariana del...

January 01, 2012

Albricias Mortales: Marian Mexican Baroque Sacred Music

On this Solemnity of the Mother of God, I'd like to share a beautiful Mexican...

January 01, 2012

How did Mary become the Mother of God?

One week after the birth of Our Lord, every January first, we pause to...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

O clap your hands

As the year comes to a close, I give thanks to God for the many...

December 29, 2011

Thomas Becket and the King

It is told that on December 29th 1170, King Henry II of England exclaimed in...

December 28, 2011

Monks and brooms: Sad yet funny

Monks and priests from the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic Churches went at it once...

December 27, 2011

The Holy Innocent: Martyrs for the Faith

When considering the Holy Innocent who died at Herod's command after learning the King of...

December 27, 2011

Feast of Saint John the Evangelist

There is an old Roman tradition that Saint John the Evangelist was condemned to death...

December 26, 2011

Christmas Message from HRH Queen Elizabeth II

I found this year's Christmas message of Queen Elizabeth II insightful. England is a polar...

December 25, 2011

No Church This Sunday – It’s Christmas

I came across an interesting Wall Street Journal article by David Gibson, a fellow Catholic...

December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Today we pause along with the whole Church to recognize that Jesus Christ is not...

December 24, 2011

Gaudete Christus est natus!

What the angel announced to the Virgin Mary is finally fulfilled! Above is a curious...

December 22, 2011

Conversión y Obra de Bartolomé de las Casas

En el cuarto domingo de adviento de 1511, exactamente hace 500 años, Fray Antonio de...

December 22, 2011

Fray Montesinos: The voice crying in the wilderness

Five hundred years ago the Spanish Dominican friar Antonio de Montesinos preached a sermon in...

December 21, 2011

Death of a God?

Yesterday I watched a National Geographic documentary on North Korea filmed undercover by an American...

December 19, 2011

It’s a small world after all

I am constantly reminded of how small the world truly is, and in particular, how...

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