Blessed Sacrament Hollywood

What started as a casual conversation in an airport turned into something neither of them expected. This Sunday, Fr. Paul shares a real encounter with a woman who was openly vocal about not believing in God while waiting at the gate. She had no idea she was speaking to a priest… until someone greeted him: “Hi, Father Paul.” Moments later, they found themselves seated next to each other on the same...

HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH Gospel - John 3:13-17Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who b...

HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH Gospel - Luke 14:25-33Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not...

HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH  Gospel - Luke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five wil...

Gospel - Luke 12:49-53Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three agains...

GospelLuke 12:32-48Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,an inexhaustible treasure in heaventhat no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.“Gird your loins and light your...

Gospel - Luke 12:13-21Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produc...

GospelLuke 11:1-13Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,one of his disciples said to him,"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."He said to them, "When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name,your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily breadand forgive us our sinsfor we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,and do not subject us t...

GospelLuke 10:25-37There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,"Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"He said in reply,"You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart,with all your being,with all your strength,and with all your mind,and your neighbor as yourself.&qu...

GospelLuke 10:1-12, 17-20 At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two otherswhom he sent ahead of him in pairsto every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way;behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandal...

GospelMatthew 16:13-19When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippihe asked his disciples,“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter said in reply,“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed...

GospelLuke 9:11b-17Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,and he healed those who needed to be cured. As the day was drawing to a close,the Twelve approached him and said,"Dismiss the crowdso that they can go to the surrounding villages and farmsand find lodging and provisions;for we are in a deserted place here."He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."The...

GospelJohn 16:12-15Jesus said to his disciples:"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own,but he will speak what he hears,and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me,because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Fath...

GospelJohn 20:19-23On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, "Peace be with you."When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has s...

GospelLuke 24:46-53Jesus said to his disciples:“Thus it is written that the Christ would sufferand rise from the dead on the third dayand that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,would be preached in his nameto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you;but stay in the cityuntil you are clothed with po...

GospelJohn 14:23-29Jesus said to his disciples:“Whoever loves me will keep my word,and my Father will love him,and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words;yet the word you hear is not minebut that of the Father who sent me.“I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit,whom the Father will send in my name,will te...

GospelJohn 13:31-33a, 34-35When Judas had left them, Jesus said,“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him,God will also glorify him in himself,and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is h...

GospelJohn 10:27-30Jesus said:“My sheep hear my voice;I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homily: 04:23At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing."They said to him, "We also will come with you.&quo...

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homilia: 06:03GospelJohn 9:1-41

GospelJohn 4:5-42

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homily: 02:22GospelLuke 9:28b-36Jesus took Peter, John, and Jamesand went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearanceand his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodusthat he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions had be...

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homily: 01:54'GospelLuke 4:1-13Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordanand was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days,to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days,and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him,“If you are the Son of God,command this stone to become bread.”Jesus answered him,“It is written, One...

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homily : 01:40GospelLuke 6:39-45Jesus told his disciples a parable,“Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher;but when fully trained,every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brothe...

Intro: 00:00Gospel: 00:10Homily: 02:48GospelLuke 6:27-38Jesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say,love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you,and fr...