As Isaiah challenges the people of his time to a faith marked not just by worship, but by how they live their lives in the world, a reflection on how St. Paul’s has worshiped and engaged in the world, particularly during the pandemic.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Homilies (Page 5)
The prophet Hosea shows us how much God loves us.
On the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on the story of Mary and Martha: “Yes, there is work to do—but we are meant for so much more than that. We are meant to enjoy life and connection. We are meant for communion.”
It may be an old favorite, but we’re not supposed to like the story of the Good Samaritan.
Whether by terrorist attack, through prejudice and discrimination against a minority group, in our political campaigns, or in our personal relationships, the violence and mistreatment we perpetuate on each other arise first from the inner violence that poisons and fragments the human heart. We need a change of heart. We need a heart at peace.
On the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on the nature of transitions in leadership: “We are not here to change the course of history. We are simply here to do our part: making the world a little kinder, a little braver in the face of apathy, adversity, and despair. Allowing our tiny, gracious acts…
The sudden transformation of others can be frightening to us. What happens when we listen to that fear, and bring it before God?
Trinity Sunday invites us into reimagining God as The Divine Dance.
In the Spirit , God joins us in the uncontrollable parts of our lives to both comfort and transform us.
On the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Fr. Javier reflects on Jesus’ prayer in John 17: “Having loved his own, the gospel reads, he loved them to the end… Death, you see, is not the thing that propels Jesus forward. Violence is not the singularity that redeems his work—rather, it is love that redeems. It is love that…