Superior Priest

11May24 (24Ascension). Jesus wants to lead us in Heaven. The Eucharist is the greatest gift that we can receive. We need the Eucharist for our spirit as much as we need water for our body.

7Apr24 (24DivineMercy). Today Jesus gives the power to forgive sins to the Apostles. That authority is passed on the successors of the Apostles, Bishops. This gift of forgiveness in the sacrament of Confession is still with us today. God wants to forgive us. Cooperate with God’s Mercy and never despair.

30Mar24 (24EasterVigil). We think God’s ways aren’t fair, but they are perfect. He is multiple steps ahead of us. His end game is our salvation. Let us lean into faith of Jesus Christ and the sacraments and unite our will to His.

28Mar24 (24Thursday). Institution of the Eucharist and Institution of the Priesthood. Priests are not perfect. They need your prayers. Don’t criticize but pray.

3Feb24 (24bO5). Preaching again to sailors and Marines in 29 Palms at SLTE. Job teaches us that bad things happen to good and bad, and good happens to the good and bad. We are not God. God acts as he pleases. God cares about more than our physical wellbeing; he desires our salvation. We are called to trust him always.

28Jan24 (24bO4). Preaching to Sailors and Marines in 29 Palms at SLTE. Most superheroes are celibate and so are priests. The reason, the job is too important. Priests need to live with an undivided heart for the Lord. Religious brothers and sisters or Monks and Friars and Nuns are also called to celibacy and live with an undivided heart for the Lord. Military soldiers also live with a time of celi...

23Jul23 (23aO16). Liturgy is messy and so is life. Life has good and bad. We wish that there was not bad and want God to rip it all up, but God wants to give us every chance to grow in love of free will.

18Jun23 (23aO11). This is the first homily on Camp Pendleton Chapel. The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few. Pray so that there may be more laborers in the Kingdom. God is calling men and women to live in celibacy, with an undivided heart for the Lord.

16JUN23 (EFCfinal). This is the final talk given at a middle school summer camp of Extreme Faith Camp (EFC). What are seeking for happiness? Hopefully one has encountered God at EFC and can go home bringing the witness of faith. If we are faithful it will bring light to other people.

28May23 (23Pentecost). The Holy Spirit brings unity in diversity. Tower of Babel has unity in pride that leads to being divided. Pentecost has disunity present that brings unity in the midst of diversity. All people hear St. Peter’s preaching in their local language. God respects and loves the diversity of peoples and talents. We need to also be grateful and love the differences in people.

23APR23 (23aE3). The story of the Road to Emmaus has the first Mass where they have the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist. God wants to draw us to faith and love. He has drawn me with the Eucharist to grow and love more. This is not done through the secret, right action, but always being with Jesus as he is always with God the Father and with us. Be at peace with Being with Jesus.

02APR23 (23Easter). There are more details about the Resurrection then we may initially realize. The resurrection gives us founded hope for our faith. Jesus has risen from the dead and we can know that all that he told us and taught us is true. Let us come to the Eucharistic sacrifice with gratitude and reverence for the great gift here.

09APR23 (23Friday). Jesus died for us. His love and passion has no bounds. Let us always look upon the cross and know that God has no limits for what he is willing to do to bring us back into relationship with him.

02APR23 (23aPalm). The Passion of Jesus Christ not only refers to his suffering, but also his passionate love for us. He is so in love with us that he is willing to suffer and die for us. Wow! We should also be passionate for him. Two great ways that He shows us to be perfect in love is humility and obedience. Let us grow in our passionate love through this humility and obedience.

19MAR23 (23aL4). God uses physical things to effect things. With David he used Samuel’s anointing that made the Spirit rush upon him. In the Gospel Jesus uses spit and clay with the man’s action of washing to bring about healing. He continues to want to affect us with physical things in the Sacraments and most especially the Eucharist.

12MAR23 (23aL3). Jesus died for us while we were yet sinners. Think about that. Not while we were perfect or had our life together, but while we were sinners with no proof of correction. This is the unconditional love of God which we can not fathom. This is the knowledge we are called to live in.

05MAR23 (23aL2). God wants to strengthen us for difficulties. However, our tendency is to forget. Let us build up the memory of what God has done so we never forget. Don’t allow Spiritual Amnesia to ruin your life, fight against it and talk to God.

26FEB23 (23aL1). Adam and Eve didn’t trust God and grasped. Lent helps us to let go and receive from the Lord. Let us grow be learning the obedience of Mary and Jesus in love.

22FEB23 (23Ash). Convert and believe in the Gospel. This Lent let us orientate our life towards Christ.

19FEB23 (23aO7). Be Perfect… simple and clear? We do not need to be perfect by human standards, but by God’s. God wants us to be perfect in love. A radical and foolish love which always “Wills the good of the other, for the other’s sake”. What is keeping you from love?

05FEB23 (23aO5). It is time to start thinking about lent. The more you put in the more you will get out. God speaks through silence. So give him some silence.

28JAN23 (23aO4). We are all weak and struggle. Pride and insecurity often cause us the biggest problems in life. If we admit our weakness and seek help from God (in prayer) and from help around us (mental health). “Praying it away” is not always the answer, sometimes we need good faith and reason and the support of the amazing mental health advances. One of the gravest mental health problems is su...

21JAN23 (23aO3). It is easy to get taken by political debate and rhetoric. We need to be Christian in our world view and not political. We follow Jesus. We need to serve the poor or else we will go to hell. We can do everything right, but if we don’t do that we are not falling on the right side. The most poor and vulnerable are those in the womb and we need to create a pro-life culture of life tha...

15JAN23 (23aO2). It is too little to just get by. We need to offer more than just the bare minimum of sacrifice. The sacrifice is to guide all our life. John the Baptist guides us to full Communion with Jesus. As Catholics we have the great gift of the Eucharist which we have to sacrifice and love. As a parish we are beginning Adoration on Friday. That commitment is important to pray and be transf...

08JAN23 (23Epiphany).  The Wisemen seek the truth and find Jesus. Faith and reason are not opposed, but two wings to help us to fly. Let us always pursue the truth and help it lead us to Jesus. “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by kn...