Father Enrique Terriquez

Jn 20:19-23 Pentecost Sunday We celebrate the birth of the Church and the fulfillment of Easter with the coming of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus promised His disciples before His passion when He assured them,“I will not leave you as orphans.” Originally an agricultural festival, Pentecost now commemorates the historical event of the covenant (50 days after the Exodus). It is the feast of the gift of the Spirit, which inaugurates the New Covenant on earth. The Spirit is given so that a witness...

Jn 10, 1-10 Cuarto Domingo de Pascua La metáfora del pastor que conduce su rebaño, profundamente arraigada en la experiencia de los “arameos nómadas” (Dt 26, 5) que fueron los patriarcas de Israel en medio de una civilización de pastores (Gen 4,2), expresa admirablemente dos aspectos, a primera vista opuestos y con frecuencia separados, de ‘la autoridad’ ejercida sobre los hombres. El pastor es, a la vez, un jefe y un compañero. Es un hombre fuerte, capaz de defender su rebaño de los animales...

Second Sunday of Advent Matthew 3:1-12 As we return to the beginning of our liturgical calendar, we evaluate the progress of our life of faith in light of the expectations of the Kingdom of God. Advent is the time of God’s hour, the hour of salvation. Christ will renew His passage through history, keeping alive our hope that the Kingdom of God and the transformation of our hearts are possible. The Church and Christians are the prophets of this hour, called to “go into all the world and preach...