After an election, the mission remains the same

The other day I came across some words of St. John Henry Newman. They are from lectures he delivered in 1837, but they sound like he was talking today.

The Gospel challenge this election

As I write, Americans are getting ready for the national elections; early voting has already started in many states.

America and the immigrant spirit

Each year in this beautiful Mass, we celebrate the immigrant spirit of the city of Los Angeles, and the beautiful diversity of peoples that make up the family of God in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and in the Dioceses of Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego.

The ‘shortest ladder’ to heaven

Jesus said that if we want to get to heaven, we need to become like little children.

That’s not an easy idea for us to accept. We like to be in control of our lives, we like to make our own decisions, we want to shape our own future.

We are many different people with one beautiful mother

Today we rejoice as the family of God, the Church. We are many peoples and we have one mother, who is the mother of God, the mother of Jesus, and the mother of all of us who believe in his holy name.

Turning the world upside down with Jesus’ love

The national political conventions have ended, the parties have nominated their candidates for president, and the election season is entering its final weeks.

What it means to ‘Radiate Love’

One of the joys of being a priest or a bishop is celebrating weddings and the renewal of wedding vows of couples who have been married for many years.

Days of wonder, awe, and adoration

The National Eucharistic Congress was an amazing experience, five days of wonder and awe and adoration.

Pilgrims going home to our mother

We come to this sacred shrine today as pilgrims, as children returning home to our mother.

How to make this a more spiritual summer

For most of us, summer gives us a chance to slow down a bit, it gives us some time to enjoy the fellowship of family and the beauty of God’s creation.