Father Diaz's Weekly Blog

Suffering, Hope and Glory These three words summarize the readings for this Sunday. When Jesus talks to his disciples, he…

“You are lacking in one thing…” (Mark 10:21)  Imagine if someone told you that to get to your life’s dream…

“And the two of them become on flesh.” (Gen. 2:24)With these words the first reading gives us what is the…

“Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets!” In this phrase Moses declares a truth that is sometimes…

“I don’t want to hear about it. No news is good news.” How many times do we hear this expression?…

Peter said “You are the Messiah.” … then shortly afterwards Jesus said to him “Get behind me Satan.You are thinking…

“Happy Birthday Mary!”While today we celebrate the Twenty-Third Sunday in the liturgical cycle, September 8 is also the daythat the…

“Did you wash your hands?”A common question posed to children when they come to dinner or finish using the bathroom….

“That is hard.”This Sunday we hear two messages each that seem hard to take in at our first hearing. The…

“Are you full yet?”A good host wants to make sure that their guests have enough to eat and drink. As…

“Nothing I do matters to anyone…”Sometimes we can empathize with Elijah’s words when he says to the Lord: “’This is…

Gratitude and blessings. In life we often enjoy when people throw parties for us or give us presents.When people help…