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  1. Apr 14

    4/12/26 God's Mercy | Divine Mercy Sunday Homily

    What started as a casual conversation in an airport turned into something neither of them expected. This Sunday, Fr. Paul shares a real encounter with a woman who was openly vocal about not believing in God while waiting at the gate. She had no idea she was speaking to a priest… until someone greeted him: “Hi, Father Paul.” Moments later, they found themselves seated next to each other on the same flight. What followed was an honest, unfiltered conversation about faith, doubt, and the reality of God. But the story doesn’t end there. After the flight, she reached out again… this time sharing how that unexpected encounter opened her heart to God’s mercy in her own life. This homily is a reminder that God moves in places we don’t plan, through conversations we don’t expect, and in hearts we might assume are closed. No one is too far.No moment is wasted.God’s mercy is always at work.

  2. 09/15/2025

    9/14/25 Beyond just "I Love You"

    HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH Gospel - John 3:13-17Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.In what aspect of your life are you being called to carry the cross with humility and detachment?In what ways has the Son of God saved you?In what areas of your life are you still seeking eternal salvation? (Be specific.) Invite Jesus into those areas, share with Him the pain they have caused you, and allow His presence to heal those parts.Find the Sunday readings here.

  3. 09/08/2025

    9/8/25 Carry your Cross with Jesus

    HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH Gospel - Luke 14:25-33Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”“Jesus invites us into a detachment that can feel bewildering, almost as if we might be left alone, without friends or comfort. Yet this holy letting go makes space in us, opening our hands to receive what God longs to pour out.”Name it with courage: are there things, people, titles, or feelings you cling to? Be specific.Sit with one attachment. Imagine what it might feel like to lay it down, tenderly and trustingly.Then in silence, pray: “Holy Spirit, what does Jesus desire to give me in place of this attachment?” (Take your time and let the Holy Spirit speak to you. If you don’t sense an answer, allow more time for the Spirit to work in you, and keep your heart open throughout the day or week as the Spirit moves in your life.)Find the Sunday readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090725.cfm

  4. 09/01/2025

    8/31/25 Fellowship beyond Sundays

    HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAITH  Gospel - Luke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." In what way do your choices bring you closer to God or separate you from Him? How does surrendering yourself to God can create separation from friends and family?  What does division mean to you? Is it possible to still love in division?  "It is not Jesus who creates division! He establishes the criterion: whether to live for ourselves or to live for God and for others; to be served or to serve..." - Pope Francis Find the Sunday readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081725.cfm

  5. 08/25/2025

    8/24/25 The Shepherd's Way

    Gospel - Luke 12:49-53Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."In what way do your choices bring you closer to God or separate you from Him?How does surrendering yourself to God can create separation from friends and family? What does division mean to you? Is it possible to still love in division? "It is not Jesus who creates division! He establishes the criterion: whether to live for ourselves or to live for God and for others; to be served or to serve..." - Pope FrancisFind the Sunday readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081725.cfm

  6. 08/11/2025

    8/10/25 Your time to do this

    GospelLuke 12:32-48Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.Sell your belongings and give alms.Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,an inexhaustible treasure in heaventhat no thief can reach nor moth destroy.For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.“Gird your loins and light your lampsand be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.Blessed are those servantswhom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.And should he come in the second or third watchand find them prepared in this way,blessed are those servants.Be sure of this:if the master of the house had known the hourwhen the thief was coming,he would not have let his house be broken into.You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,the Son of Man will come.”Then Peter said,“Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”And the Lord replied,“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent stewardwhom the master will put in charge of his servantsto distribute the food allowance at the proper time?Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.Truly, I say to you, the master will put the servantin charge of all his property.But if that servant says to himself,‘My master is delayed in coming,’and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,to eat and drink and get drunk,then that servant’s master will comeon an unexpected day and at an unknown hourand will punish the servant severelyand assign him a place with the unfaithful.That servant who knew his master’s willbut did not make preparations nor act in accord with his willshall be beaten severely;and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s willbut acted in a way deserving of a severe beatingshall be beaten only lightly.Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”

  7. 08/04/2025

    8/3/25 The One Thing That Matters

    Gospel - Luke 12:13-21Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God.”WALK OF FAITH What prized possessions (things, titles, situations, wealth, etc) do you cling to that define your self-worth or that you give your full time and attention to? List them.What do you think are the riches that matters to God? List them. Do the two lists align with each other? Are you able to let go of the things that do not align with the riches that matter to God? Why or why not? Find the Sunday readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080325.cfm

  8. 07/28/2025

    7/27/25 To be His Children

    GospelLuke 11:1-13Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,one of his disciples said to him,"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."He said to them, "When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name,your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily breadand forgive us our sinsfor we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,and do not subject us to the final test."And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friendto whom he goes at midnight and says,'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journeyand I have nothing to offer him,'and he says in reply from within,'Do not bother me; the door has already been lockedand my children and I are already in bed.I cannot get up to give you anything.'I tell you,if he does not get up to give the visitor the loavesbecause of their friendship,he will get up to give him whatever he needsbecause of his persistence."And I tell you, ask and you will receive;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives;and the one who seeks, finds;and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.What father among you would hand his son a snakewhen he asks for a fish?Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?If you then, who are wicked,know how to give good gifts to your children,how much more will the Father in heavengive the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

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