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Solemnity—The Most Holy Trinity | Solemnidad - La Santísima Trinidad
June 7, 2020
Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18
For the past two weeks, our country has experienced a level of social upheaval that we have not seen in two generations. It was occasioned by the killing of an...
Pentecost Sunday | Domingo de Pentecostés
May 31, 2020
Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23
Thank God, Jesus didn’t wear a mask.
We hear a lot these days about masks. Until three months ago, most of us probably associated masks with...
Ascension of the Lord | Ascensión del Señor
May 24, 2020
Acts 18:1-8; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20
The English poet and artist William Blake (d. 1827) wrote:
Great things are done
when men and mountains meet.
This is not done
by jostling in the street.
Mountains...
6th Sunday of Easter | 6º domingo de Pascua
May 17, 2020
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21
I have been a friar for over 30 years and a priest for more than 25. Over that time, I have lived in nine communities in several different states and the District of...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski