by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Jan 10, 2025 | A friendly word
This Sunday’s liturgy celebrates and recalls the Baptism of Jesus. It is the event in which God the Father presents his Son to us, as our Savior, and thus culminates the Christmas season. It is one of the events at the origin of Christian baptism. In the Gospel...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Jan 4, 2025 | A friendly word
Christmas and Epiphany are two festivals that celebrate the saving presence of God among us. They are celebrations of different origins in the early centuries of Christianity. Christmas has its origins in the Latin-speaking world; the word “Christmas”...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Dec 28, 2024 | A friendly word
Pope Francis, in decreeing the celebration of the Jubilee Year 2025, arranged for the opening rite of this holy time in churches outside Rome to be held on the Sunday following Christmas, coinciding with the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Although...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Dec 21, 2024 | A friendly word
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, the Church, through the readings proposed to us for Mass, invites us to meditate on the person and mission of Jesus. Christmas is the liturgical celebration that fosters the desire and motivates the will to know Jesus better, for in...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Dec 14, 2024 | A friendly word
“Be always joyful in the Lord; I repeat, be always joyful.” The Lord is near. With these words began today’s second reading, and that phrase was the entrance antiphon of the Mass. Today is the third Sunday of Advent. On this Sunday, the Church always...
