Father Diaz's Weekly Blog

Jesus took away the garbage of sin not by the violent destruction of evil, but by voluntarily laying down his…

The epiphany is the light of God’s salvation breaking into our heart and soul by the realization of our participation…

Psalm 90:12 says, “Lord, teach us to number our days, that we may gain wisdom of heart.” There should not…

Bethlehem is 6 miles south of Jerusalem, that is where the manger was. The line of the hymn from “O…

Fourth Sunday of Advent There are four annunciations or announcements in our Gospel this Sunday. 1. To all the Marys…

Today is Gaudete Sunday. However, sitting in a jail, our Gospel today tells us that John the Baptist felt more…

Isaiah and the Baptizer from our Readings this Second Sunday of Advent conspire to give us animal dreams. [source: Holy…

On the First Sunday of Advent, we light the first candle, traditionally called the Candle of Hope to remember to…

Today on Christ the King we recall that the essential character of kingship means personal allegiance to one person. To…

Jesus speaks of the Temple adorned with costly stones that would be completely destroyed. In 70 A.D. the Roman army…

One of my seminary professors said that it’s easy to remember who the Sadducees were because since they denied that…

Zacchaeus sure did come down quickly when Jesus asked him to because Jesus said, “for today I must stay at…