Sermon on St. Stephen
My dear friends, today we celebrate a great Saint in the Catholic Church. St. Stephen is called the “Protomartyr” which means the first Martyr ever. He was the first Saint who had sacred orders, the first Saint to die while seeing our Lord Jesus Christ, and sort of an ambassador, or a scout, who showed […]
On Christmas Night
My dear friends, tonight, lets us go back with our minds to that night, a little over two thousand years ago, when The Virgin Mary, and her Husband the chaste Joseph, where looking for shelter. Imagine this little town, in the middle of Palestine, crowded with people, where most of them lived perhaps, in what […]
4th Sunday of Advent -The Presence of Jesus and My soul as the manger.
My dear friends: Suppose that you are at your work, or daily chores, and suddenly, you feel a certain tremor go up your spine. A sense of something supernatural takes place, and your souls naturally fears the unknown, and as you look back, you see a presence from heaven, an Angel, that tells you that […]
3rd Sunday of Advent – The Priest as a Prophet
Epistle from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the PhilippiansPhil 4:4-7Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety, but in every prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God. And may […]
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent.
Epistle Taken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the RomansRom 15:4-13Brethren: Whatever things have been written have been written for our instruction, that through the patience and the consolation afforded by the Scriptures we may have hope. May then the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one […]
On the 6th Sunday After Epiphany
Homily By fr. Carlos Zepeda. today I would like to talk about our daily prayers. But I would like to begin by telling you of the Prophet Daniel. But before I begin, I would like to bring back to our minds, that this story is not just a tale, it is a historical fact. In […]
On the Feast of All the Saints
Lesson from the book of RevelationApoc 7:2-12In those days, behold, I John, saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, who had it in their power to harm the earth and the sea, saying, Do […]
On Christ the King
Epistle taken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the ColossiansCol 1:12-20.Brethren: We give thanks to God the Father Who has made us worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in […]
The Documents of the Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council, as is commonly known, proclaimed and enacted 16 documents, which are divided thus: 4 Constitutions 3 Declarations 9 Decrees. The difference between Constitutions, declarations, and decrees is the following: Constitutions: A Constitution has the highest level of authority. When enacted by the Pope, an Apostolic Constitution usually contains ecclesiastical law, permanently […]
Sermon for Sunday 19th after Pentecost.-On St. Therese of Lisieux.
The Catholic Wire · 19th Sunday After Pentecost.-On St. Therese Epistle:Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the EphesiansEph 4:23-28Brethren: Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, which has been created according to God in justice and holiness of truth. Wherefore, put away lying and […]
