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In the reading today from Acts 16, they ask Paul; “what must I do to be saved?”  Paul responds that we must believe in the Lord Jesus.  This verse is at the heart of many people coming up to us Read more…

Deacon Russ Millspaugh sent out a cartoon that has God and Satan looking down on the earth.  Satan tells God, “I sent a virus and it closed all of your churches.”  God replies; “Yes but it opened up millions of Read more…

Last night we had a Virtual Ultreya on Zoom.  We had 100 openings for people to join and all 100 were taken.  In many homes couples joined the Ultreya plus the Medina family had 5 or 6 All together. As Read more…

This week we have been reading in Acts about St. Paul and his efforts to convert non Jews to Christ.  His journeys were met with hostility, difficulty and even imprisonment.  He was often prevented from doing good and sharing the Read more…

In today’s gospel from John 15:12, Jesus says;”This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.” It seems to me that there are two important aspects to what Jesus is saying.  First is that he loves us ! Read more…

Today is the feast day of St. Matthias. He was added to the group of apostles in Acts 1 to replace Judas, who hung himself, in order to bring the number of apostles back up to twelve. I can relate Read more…

Today is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima.  Once when I was on Portugal, long before GPS or cell phones, I set out to drive to Fatima but got lost.  The direction given to me were false either Read more…

I just finished a long telephone conversation with my first pastor as a deacon and founding pastor of San Antonio – Fr. Seamus. He never fails to call me on the anniversary of my ordination which was 41 years ago. Read more…

At my age it’s hard to remember everything I have to do ! Thank God for cell phones and a gentle ( or not so gentle) reminder from a loved one. I still miss the days of Post-It-Notes everywhere.  Don’t Read more…

First to all of our  Cursillo mothers I say Happy Mother’s Day.  Thank you for saying yes to life ! Thank you for saying yes to love !  Thank you for all you do, especially those who are home schooling Read more…