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FROM THE HEART ? DESDE EL CORAZÓN

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septiembre 5, 2025

Young People Are Awesome Christians

Young People Are Awesome Christians On Sunday, September 7th, Pope Leo will declare that two young men, Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are sai

octubre 17, 2021

Con la Cortesía y el Respeto Construimos el Corazón de Dios

Our parish community represents the heart of God in this world. All of us, no matter how many times we come here, draw near in the hope of feeling the

diciembre 5, 2025

Willingly… / Voluntariamente

Willingly, We Will Awaken to God. Willingly, We Will Respond Lovingly to God’s Invitations. In Acts 17:28 we hear: “For in Him we live, and move,

octubre 23, 2022

¿Cuándo aprenderemos?”

Once in a while we need to talk about what sometimes consumes us with concern. With elections of all kinds upon us, we, once again, become aware of ho

agosto 22, 2025

When the Well Runs Dry / Cuando el Pozo se Seca

When the Well Runs Dry That is the title of a book that was published many years ago. It speaks about those times when we feel spiritually dry without

septiembre 29, 2022

Todo lo que hagan al más pequeño de sus hermanos y hermanas, me lo hacen a mí

My dear sisters and brothers in faith and hope, How important it is for us as Christians to never forget the needy among us. You, the people of St. Ju

diciembre 17, 2025

We Shall Not Ignore / No ignoraremos

We Shall Not Ignore the Holy Families. We Will Not Forget You. This picture captures the many families throughout the world who find themselves homele

febrero 28, 2025

We See Ourselves in the Divine / Nos Vemos en lo Divino

We See Ourselves In the Divine and the Divinity Reveals Us to Ourselves. In the world of the Sacred we can always find ourselves. In the world of the

junio 26, 2022

Debemos registrarnos como feligreses de St. Julia

Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish doe

agosto 6, 2022

Debemos registrarnos como feligreses de St. Julia

Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish doe

Read and Choose Lee y elige

From the Heart Read and Choose. I will soon send an image of St. Francis of Assisi to be enlarged according to the measurements that we need. The image of St. Francis will hang together with the image of St. Julia in the sanctuary of our church. I’m asking you to vote for your favorite from the images I provide for you. All you have to do is to put the number of the image on a piece of paper and drop it in the box we will provide at the main church entrance. Your recommendation will give me insight. Here they are: #1: The embrace between St. Francis and the Crucified Christ. #2: St Francis among black bird, dog, and flowers. #3: St. Francis holding dove and dog. #4: Side view of...

St. Julia and St. Francis / Santa Julia y San Francisco

St. Julia and St. Francis Our patron saint was from northern Africa. What did she look like? The above are representations of St. Julia by various artists. The one I chose for our sanctuary is the first one on the left. Over her image will hang another smaller image of her. The second from the right. Both images are from the same artist. I was able to get in touch with the artist and she commissioned the painting to be printed to our specifications. The new pictures that will hang in the sanctuary are of St. Julia and St. Francis of Assisi. The frames for these pictures match the ones of our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego. Let me show the image of St. Francis that...

We See Ourselves in the Divine / Nos Vemos en lo Divino

We See Ourselves In the Divine and the Divinity Reveals Us to Ourselves. In the world of the Sacred we can always find ourselves. In the world of the Sacred we are all at home. I have seen so many artistic expressions of Jesus and Mary and I have to admit that they are all so beautiful in themselves. I find it so wonderfully interesting that we feel the freedom to interpret and take creative license with the way we express and represent what is holy to us. To me, it means that we bring the Sacred to the home of our own hearts and of our own human experience. The world of the Sacred and the Divine can sometimes feel so far from us while at...

A Reflection / Una reflexión

A Reflection on Last Friday’s Contemplative Prayer Time Please allow me to say that it was wonderful to see so many of you come to spend time in contemplative prayer. I’m so glad you had the experience. If this was the first time you had this prayer experience and were left wondering a few things, let me see if I can address them. Perhaps you couldn’t quiet your mind. Don’t worry about it. If you keep returning to the silence with the help of the word or phrase every time you put yourself in contemplative prayer, your mind will slowly calm down with time. Practice makes perfect, as they say. Perhaps you caught yourself praying in the usual way that you pray instead of letting the peace of the...

Thinking of You / Pensando en ti

Thinking of You, Thanking You, Praying for You You know how life is. There’s so much to attend to that sometimes we forget to say what really matters. So, this week I’m not going to write about anything in particular except to thank all of you for your generosity with your parish community. I’m very grateful to you.  We are witnessing an increase in our Sunday collection, and I want to say thank you as quickly as possible. Soon, the Future Build Committee will present you with the Master Plan of the Parish. It’s quite ambitious, but the future doesn’t belong to the feeble. The future belongs to those with vision, commitment, and trust in God and in one another. And that’s us. As a small token of my...