Preparing to Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2021
How to defend the indefensible?
Dear Friends: Joshua speaks to the elders of Israel in Shechem saying: “If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve… As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” A very direct comment was made to those who are responsible for the well-being of [...]
TRADITIONIS CUSTODES: On the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970.
Dear Friends: On July 16, 2021 A.D., the Holy Father published a directive to the Bishop known as a “Motu Propio” entitled TRADITIONIS CUSTODES: On the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970. This document caused much consternation in places where the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (Roman Missal from [...]
Reflections on the Coronavirus
Last week Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, ordered the postponing of all public masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Subsequently, he also has ordered the closing of all Church buildings and property to the public and parish staff. Lastly, the Cardinal encouraged all the priests to celebrate “private Masses” and do whatever we [...]
Solemnity of the Mosty Holy Trinity
Dear Friends: Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity, a moment in which we are called to reflect on the reality of God in our lives. However, as I prepare to write this simple reflection, I must admit that recent events have made me realized that the audience I am writing to [...]
The Liturgy and Piety
A friend of mine who is the Director of the Institute for Pastoral Leadership (Instituto del Liderazgo Pastoral) invited me to give a course to aspirants to the permanent diaconate and lay leaders on the subject of the liturgy. I informed her that I was not a liturgist in the since I do not [...]
The Transfiguration of a Society
Dear friends: This week there comes to an end the presidential executive order deferring deportation of children of undocumented parents known as DACA. The program defers federal action for those individuals that, through no fault of their own, immigrated to the U.S. but have been raised here. These young people live among us [...]
U.S. Bishops call to support DREAMERS
Please participate in the Call-in Day to Congress on Monday, February 26, 2018! Your advocacy is critical to help the nearly 1.8 million Dreamers, young people who were brought into the United States by their parents as children. They may face deportation as soon as March 6, unless Congress reaches a bi-partisan deal [...]