Jesus told this parable as a warning to those who first heard it and to us who hear and read it now. It is a call to live the two Great commandments: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength; thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” (Luke 10, 27)....
Concerns about our climate have been much in the news these past weeks. Pope Francis has told us that “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue. It is not an optional or secondary aspect of our Christian experience” (Laudato Si, 217). Come by and check out related resources....
The liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on October 7th. It was instituted to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful. ....
God’s laws without God’s divine presence to assist us are impossible to keep, and thus would readily become an extraordinary burden no human could bear. However, with God’s divine intervention through actual and sanctifying graces, we are empowered to go beyond the merely human and conform to God’s plan for us. ....
As Fr. Rufino begins his series on the Creed this year and we study the Catechism, we will be delving deeply into what it means to be Catholic. Displayed this week in the Discovery Room are additional resources to explore the beauty of our faith. Drop by after Mass or whenever the church is open and take a look!
What the Church has always taught as wrong is now considered by many to be right, and what we always considered to be right is now thought wrong. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there is much confusion in matters of faith and morals. ....
Accounts of mass shootings, climate disasters, and hordes of immigrants trying to escape poverty and tyranny have dominated the news this summer. How do we make sense of all this?....
Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic Church? Or thinking of becoming a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary, or just curious about what Catholics believe. Our RCIA team (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is ready to help! We would like to hear your questions and explore the answers. Click for more....
If you are interested in completing your Sacraments of Initiation with the Sacrament of Confirmation, call the rectory for more information at 650-593-6157, or email [email protected].
This weekend Sep 14/15 to help support the Archdiocese's retired priests. These men have dedicated their lives to serving others, and it is now our turn to care for them. Click Title for more....
One of the reasons that our accomplishments are not greater is that we falsely expect an easy way. We should know that nothing just drops down from heaven. It never will. ....
It seems to me that what we need more of is the “Faith of Our Fathers” as Father Frederick Faber, the great Catholic hymn composer wrote in his famous hymn. We now live in confusing times. What we used to say was wrong is now considered by many to be right, and what we once proclaimed as right is thought to be wrong. Our time is a time of subjectivism, relativism, nihilism. Pope Benedict aptly called it the “dictatorship of relativism.” What is needed more than ever is that “old time religion.” Not that we live in the past, but we still need to live by the teachings of the Gospel as articulated by His Church.