Recorded at St. Patrick’s Church, Watsonville, CA during Lent 2026. Based on my book, Maximizing the Mass, published by RC Spirituality and available here. Talk 1 Talk 2 Talk 3
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Grabado en la parroquia de San Patricio, Watsonville, CA durante Cuaresma, 2026. Basado en mi libro, Maximizing the Mass, publicado por RC Spirituality en inglés y disponible para comprar aqui. Plática 1 Plática 2 Plática 3
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I was blessed to celebrate Christmas with my family without too many pastoral commitments. On December 17th the news reached me that the new bishop for the diocese of Monterey had been appointed. Since then his installation date (when he takes the reins) has been announced: February 19th. I hope to meet with him soon after. On January 1st I celebrated Mass for the faithful at Holy Trinity in Greenfield, then on January 5th I started a full time substitution at St. Patrick’s in Watsonville for the pastor the three months. I’m grateful to be working basically full time again,…
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This morning the Vatican published the appointment of the new bishop for the diocese of Monterey. Here’s all the information I know: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/12/17/251217c.html. No word on when he will begin his new assignment. For me, I consider it an early Christmas gift. Let’s keep Bishop-designate Ramon Bejarano in our prayers, Bishop Slavomir for holding down the fort, and the diocese.
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Last weekend I celebrated the Eucharist for the first time in a California Mission: mission San Juan Bautista, founded in 1797 (history). It was the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday), when the old rose colored candle and vestments represent the dawn of salvation that will break out into Day on Christmas with the birth of Our Savior. A mission dedicated to St. John the Baptist was the perfect place to consider Advent and Christmas. Advent, unlike Lent, is characterized by joyful anticipation of the coming of the Savior after the dark ages of sin after the Fall. December has…