News & Articles
June 15, 2013 at 08:32 AM PST
June 16, 2013It has always been the case that every time I see my spiritual director, I end up becoming affirmed and beheld again. It is as if my spiritual… (read more)
June 8, 2013 at 09:30 AM PST
June 9, 2013At one time or another in one’s life many of us had wanted a miracle to happen. It could be a healing of a friend from cancer, a… (read more)
June 1, 2013 at 10:50 AM PST
June 2, 2013Feast of Corpus Cristi“What would you do to be global citizens, to improve communities, to act locally but think globally? This was one of the challenging questions of… (read more)
May 25, 2013 at 09:38 AM PST
May 26, 2013Solemnity of the Holy Trinity During a recent appreciation dinner for faculty members at St. John’s Seminary, I was sitting next to a rabbi, who is a professor… (read more)
May 18, 2013 at 08:26 AM PST
Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2013It's amazing to think about the power of God in our lives, how he has gifted humanity with intelligence, strength, and artistic ability. It's marvelous to… (read more)
May 12, 2013 at 09:22 AM PST
Ascension SundayMay 12, 2013As the second semester ends this school year, I can’t help but thank God for the privilege and the blessing of teaching seminarians at St. John’s Seminary… (read more)
May 12, 2013 at 09:19 AM PST
Sixth Sunday of EasterMay 5, 2013We all need guidance in our lives. We need wisdom to make right decisions, to act justly, and to live according to God’s law of… (read more)
May 12, 2013 at 09:16 AM PST
Fifth Sunday of EasterApril 28, 2013Can real love exist in a community where people are related not by blood but by common faith and beliefs? Can neighbors genuinely care for… (read more)
April 20, 2013 at 08:19 AM PST
Fourth Sunday of EasterApril 21, 2013In our Roman Catholic Church tradition, viaticum (Eucharist) is the giving of communion to a person who is dying as part of the last rites.… (read more)
April 13, 2013 at 08:47 AM PST
.Third Sunday of EasterApril 14, 2013Jesus’ resurrection scene this Sunday in the Gospel of John is filled with concrete images and questions, such as “going fishing”, “caught nothing”, “Anything to… (read more)
April 6, 2013 at 08:08 AM PST
April 7, 2013Second Sunday of EasterAfter the Easter Vigil Mass in my church last week, I congratulated one of the youngsters that I baptized and joked with him, "So, now… (read more)
March 30, 2013 at 09:07 AM PST
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013At the conclusion of the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels last Monday, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez led the packed Church in… (read more)
March 23, 2013 at 08:32 AM PST
Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013As I grow older and wiser in life and ministry, I realize how wicked a man or a woman can be, how evil can posses his… (read more)
March 16, 2013 at 08:29 AM PST
Fifth Sunday of Advent March 17, 2013 "Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago, consider not; see, I am doing something new! Now it springs… (read more)
March 9, 2013 at 08:29 AM PST
The Prophetic VoiceMarch 10, 2013
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The word “prodigal” means lavish, profuse, or wastefully
extravagant. In the Gospel this Sunday, the younger son was prodigal because… (read more)
March 3, 2013 at 09:58 AM PST
March 3, 2013Third Sunday of Lent Our Roman Catholic Church has entered a period called “sede vacante” (the empty chair) since Benedict XVI’s retirement last Thursday. The Pope Emeritus has… (read more)
February 8, 2013 at 02:31 PM PST
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary TimeFebruary 10, 2013I've heard them preach for the first time in class, all nineteen of them who have followed Jesus to be his future priests. They… (read more)
February 1, 2013 at 03:17 PM PST
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFebruary 3, 2013"Before I formed you In the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed… (read more)
January 26, 2013 at 06:03 PM PST
I feel privileged to be part of this year's formation of seminarians of St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California. Being a professor of Homiletics for nineteen students in 2nd Year… (read more)
January 4, 2013 at 01:14 PM PST
January 6, 2013Feast of EpiphanyThe holidays are over and now we're back to our normal routines. Like many of you, I think of the activities and the events that will… (read more)
December 22, 2012 at 01:26 PM PST
I feel so blessed! This has been my sentiment during the past days of Advent. I feel blessed because of having been a historic and significant part of Immaculate Heart… (read more)
December 14, 2012 at 01:53 PM PST
A Holly Jolly Christmas! This is the theme of our Benefit Christmas Concert at the Alex Theater in Glendale on December 22, which features artists from various genres of music… (read more)
December 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM PST
There is
still a great need for conversion in each of us. When we think that we’re doing
well with the practice of our faith, other people call our… (read more)
December 1, 2012 at 03:14 PM PST
First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2012 There are times when I need to be alone and to be quiet, away from the noises and the busyness of life. There… (read more)
December 1, 2012 at 03:00 PM PST
Solemnity of Christ the KingCora Oriel, the publisher of Asian Journal, shared with me an amazing story from New York Times regarding a devastation of recent Hurricane Sandy. This happened… (read more)
Upcoming Events
June 19, 13
07:00 am
June 19, 13
05:30 pm
June 19, 13
05:30 pm
June 20, 13
07:00 am
June 20, 13
05:30 pm
June 21, 13
07:00 am
June 21, 13
05:30 pm
June 21, 13
06:00 pm
