Ash Wednesday comes next week, and we are preparing for Lenten observances in our parishes.

The liturgical cycle has brought us into another new year.  The Gospels for the past two weeks present Jesus as God wishes Him to be seen

We are well into Advent.  Our Blessed Mother, in luminous celebration as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception, is watching...

I offer this story, not knowing its provenance, as told to me by my Uncle Bishop Joe after he ordained me to the priesthood 25 years ago. 

We now approach the fourth Sunday of Lent.  We may have been faithful to our Lenten observances, and we may have wavered.  As we follow...

With winter comes a respite for some hopeful, productive downtime, taking stock, and recharging.  There’s time to evaluate life and make...

More often than we should, my wife and I binge on social media videos before going to bed. A 9:30 p.m. “early” bedtime becomes an 11 p.m....

Much of the ancient language permeating the seasons of Advent and Christmas refers to the dualistic phenomena of light and dark. It is...

The Advent season has been busy.  Preparations across the diocese are underway and blessings are unfolding.  An event has taken place in...

Several years ago, Deacon Luke and his wife Susan, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Grand Junction, CO started a parish tradition;...

Think of children waiting for Christmas day to arrive and for the presents that they hope to receive. They wait in eager (and sometimes...

I have always found St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians one of his most intriguing. An overarching theme of the letter is joy, wherein...

Son las 6:00 am y todos vamos llegando a nuestro punto de partida; muchos con temores, otros con alegrías, pero absolutamente todos vamos...

“It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love.” With these words, Pope Francis begins the Apostolic Exhortation,...

Bill Pacheco, with Faith, natural, God-given abilities and a blessing from Fr. Joel Lasutaz, pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians,...

In a world where there is so much bad news, it always cheers my heart and gives me hope to hear of how God is working in people’s lives. ...

My friend’s head had been hurting for days. He took medicine and drank extra water and tried other things to try to get it to go away....

"One must be led…toward the transforming power of God, who wants, through what happens in the liturgy, to transform us and the world."...

When we engage the topic of suffering we enter upon sacred ground. As we learn to take responsibility for our lives, loving God and our...