Search
-
BackForwardPauseCaption
-
Mass Times
- Sunday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 10:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 12:00 PM SpanishEspañolES 2:30 PM SpanishEspañolES 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN LifeTeen 7:00 PM SpanishEspañolES
- MonSat 8:15 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Tuesday: 8:30 PM SpanishEspañolES
- Wednesday: 7:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Saturday: 5:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN Vigil
-
Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Wednesday: 6:00 PM to 6:50 PM
- Saturday: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
-
FOR ONLINE DONATIONS:
-
HAND IN HAND
Lord of heaven and earth, you gather us as a Community of Faithful, "Hand-in-Hand", to love You, and to serve You, in all things. We thank You. For Your abundant blessings. Give us wisdom, strength, passion, and patience. Guide our every step, Lord. May Your Spirit fill our hearts with generosity and purpose, as we share our time, talent, and treasure. Let all we do, Gracious God, be beautiful in Your sight. May our new Parish Activity Center reflect the love we have for You, and for each other. This we ask, through Christ Jesus, Our Lord. AMEN.
Psalm 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain..." -
CMG CONNECT
Online Safe Environment Training
https://galvestonhouston.cmgconnect.org/ -
mass of Christian burial
Please pray for the repose souls.
Eternal rest grant undo him, O Lord, and my perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul rest in peace.
-
Upcoming ACTS Retreats
2019
- August 22nd - 25th Spanish Women ACTS
- September 12th - 15th Spanish Men ACTS
2020- February 6th - 9th Spanish Women ACTS
- March 19th - 22nd Teen ACTS
- April 30th - May 3rd English Men ACTS
- May 14th - 17th Spanish Men ACTS
- July 9th - 12th Teen ACTS
- July 23rd - 26th English Women ACTS
- August 20th-23rd Spanish Women ACTS
- September 10th-13th Spanish Men ACTS
-
FIRST FRIDAY FISH FRY
Every 1st Friday of the Month from 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Parish Activity Center
-
CONFIRMATION CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Registrations will began on May 13th and will end September 13th in the church office, for High School Students Grades 9-12, in the Church Office.
-
Letter From Our Pastor - August 11, 2019
We have just heard one of the most famous lines in the Bible. It gives us God's own definition of the most important Christian virtue, the very bedrock of our Christian life: faith. The writer of the Letter to the Hebrews tells us what faith is. He writes: "Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen." These are two ways of saying the same thing. "The realization of what is hoped for" means that when we have faith, we are filled with a certainty that God will fulfill his promises, even though they haven't been fulfilled yet. Evidence of things not seen" means that when we have faith, we have a supernatural knowledge, we know with certainty that all the things God has revealed are true. No one here in this church saw with their physical eyes Jesus rise from the dead, but we know that he is risen. No one here in this room sees with their physical eyes the body and blood of Jesus in the Eucharist, but we know they are there, underneath the appearances of bread and wine. This is the essence of faith: accepting something as true - NOT because our own senses assure us of it, but because the person who tells it to us is trustworthy. The Church that teaches us that Christ rose from the dead, and that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, is trustworthy. It has weathered the storms of two thousand years, continuing to teach the same doctrine as when it started, continuing to celebrate the same sacraments, and continuing to give saints to this needy world. This faith, this evidence of things not seen with our senses, is one of God's greatest gifts to us. Today the Church is inviting us to appreciate it anew.Many of today's intellectuals and cultural elites consider faith to be childish. Mature people, they say, don't depend on faith; they depend on science and reason. Because of this, those of us who still value faith are sometimes embarrassed about it. We cover it up in conversations around the water cooler We don't want other people to look down on us. But we shouldn't be embarrassed. Faith is a necessary part of any fully human life. Those people who criticize us for having faith in God are making two mistakes. First, they are forgetting that we have very good reasons that support our faith. We were not eye witnesses to Christ's resurrection, for example, but there were eye witnesses who saw the risen Christ, and those eye witnesses founded the Church, which has endured longer than any merely human organization. We were not eye witnesses to the creation of the universe, but the order and beauty of the cosmos makes it quite reasonable to believe that there was indeed an intelligent creator. The more we study our faith, the more we get to know the good reasons that support it. The second mistake these critics make is forgetting that they too live most of their lives by faith. They have faith in the engineer who designed the bridge they drive over going to work, and in their doctor who prescribes medicine they have never heard of, and in the school that educates their children. Human society is built on faith, on trusting others, whether God or other people. Eliminating faith, which is impossible, wouldn't make us more mature, it makes us less human. John Paul II expressed this beautifully in an encyclical that compared faith and reason to two wings. We need them both to if we want to fly in the light of truth.
-
Carta De Nuestro Párroco - 11 de Agosto, 2019
Acabamos de escuchar una de las líneas más famosas de la Biblia. Nos da la definición de Dios. De la virtud cristiana más importante, la base misma de nuestra vida cristiana: la fe. El escritor de la carta a los Hebreos nos dice que la fe es. Escribe: "la fe es la realización de lo que se esperaba y la evidencia de cosas no vistas." Estas son dos maneras de decir lo mismo. "La realización de lo que se espera" significa que cuando tenemos fe, nos llena una certeza de que Dios cumplirá sus promesas, aunque no se hayan cumplido todavía. Evidencia de cosas no vistas "significa que cuando tenemos fe, tenemos un conocimiento sobrenatural, sabemos con certeza que todas las cosas que Dios ha revelado son verdaderas. Nadie aquí en esta iglesia vio con sus ojos físicos que Jesús resucitara de entre los muertos, pero sabemos que él ha resucitado. Nadie aquí en este lugar ve con sus ojos físicos convertido el cuerpo y la sangre de Jesús en la Eucaristía, pero sabemos que están allí, debajo de las apariencias del pan y del vino. Esta es la esencia de la fe: aceptar algo como verdadero – NO porque nuestros sentidos nos aseguran de él, sino porque la persona que nos lo dice es digno de confianza. La Iglesia nos enseña que Cristo se levantó de entre los muertos, y que Cristo está realmente presente en la Eucaristía, es digno de confianza. Ha resistido las tormentas por 2 mil años, continúa enseñando la misma doctrina como cuando empezó, continua celebrando los mismos sacramentos y continua dándole Santos a este mundo necesitado. Esta fe, esta evidencia de lo que no hemos visto con nuestros ojos, es uno de los más grandes regalos de Dios para nosotros. Hoy la iglesia está invitándonos a apreciarlo nuevamente.
Muchos de los intelectuales y las élites culturales consideran la fe como algo infantil. Las personas maduras, dicen, no depende de la fe; depende de la ciencia y la razón. Debido a esto, aquellos de nosotros que todavía no valoramos la fe a veces nos avergonzamos de ella. Nos cubrimos en conversaciones en torno al refrigerador pues no queremos que otras personas nos vean. Pero no deberíamos de avergonzarnos. La fe es una parte necesaria de vida plenamente humana. Las personas que nos critican por tener fe en Dios están cometiendo dos errores. En primer lugar, están olvidando que tenemos muy buenas razones que apoyan nuestra fe. No fuimos testigos de la resurrección de Cristo, por ejemplo, pero hubo testigos que vieron al Cristo resucitado, y los testigos fundaron la iglesia, que ha sufrido más que cualquier organización meramente humana. No fuimos testigos de la creación del universo, pero el orden y la belleza del cosmos, es bastante razonable creer que en efecto era un creador inteligente. Cuanto más estudiamos nuestra fe, cuanto más conocemos a las buenas razones que la sustentan. El segundo error de estos críticos, lo que hacen es olvidar que viven sus vidas y es por fe. Tienen fe en el ingeniero que diseñó el puente sobre el cual conducen para ir a trabajar y en su médico que les recete la medicina de la que nunca han oído hablar, y en la escuela que educa a sus hijos. La sociedad humana se basa en la fe, la confianza en otros, ya sea en Dios o en otras personas. Eliminar la fe, es imposible, no nos hace más maduros, lo que nos hace es menos humanos. Juan Pablo II esto había expresado bellamente en una encíclica comparando la fe y la razón como dos alas. Necesitamos ambos por si queremos volar a la luz de la verdad. -
-
HALL RENTALS AVAILABLE
Contact Linda Garcia in the church office Monday-Friday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM or Saturday 9:00 AM-4:00 PM at 713-468-9555 or by cell phone at 281-686-1061