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Sending God’s newest Lay Mission-Helpers from LA to Africa
“One of the biggest mistakes everybody does in mission work is they go there to try to change the people instead of changing ourselves for the first year, and then see what we can do to help after that. This is a three-year mission, and you can blow it in the first three months.”
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Archbishop Gomez: God and only God
As we move forward in our spiritual journey, sometimes God takes away things that we rely on.
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Full text: Letter regarding Auxiliary Bishop Salazar’s retirement
On December 19, 2018, the Holy See announced that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar. Archbishop José H. Gomez issued the following letter to the faithful of Los Angeles.
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Archbishop Gomez: A Christmas prayer
Every year, Christmas comes to a world that is not ready for the birth of God in our midst.
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TRADICIONES: Celebrarán a la Vírgen de Guadalupe en SoCal a partir de este fin de semana
Como los mexicanos, los devotos latinoamericanos de la Virgen de Guadalupe la llaman “morenita”, pero entre la comunidad de fieles de origen filipino su nombre …
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California’s Native Americans lay their ancestors to rest — one last time
On a bright Saturday morning in late November, about 25 Native Americans from the Gabrielino/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians gathered to bless a piece of land where many of their ancestors will finally, after many years, get a proper burial.
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Sunday readings for Dec. 1 & 2
Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time a reorientation. There’s a deliberate tension in the next four weeks’ readings—between promise and fulfillment, expectation and deliverance, between looking forward and looking back.
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Archbishop Gomez: LA Catholics make an impact
Last week I was in Baltimore for the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops. As many of you know, our primary purpose this time was to address the clerical sexual abuse scandal.
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Archbishop Gomez offers prayers for victims of Thousand Oaks shooting at vigil service
Archbishop José H. Gomez joined the Thousand Oaks community Nov. 8 in prayer for the victims of the shooting and their families.
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Archbishop Gomez: Days of the dead, hope of the living
This past weekend, I celebrated our annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Mass at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.
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