Readings for The First Sunday of Advent:

Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37

When I was young I…

San Pedro High School is anxiously awaiting the opening of our additional campus, the John M. and Muriel Olguin Campus of San Pedro High School.  In August 2012, the Campus will open with 500 students, a combination of Marine Science Magnet students, Police Academy Magnet students, and 40 resident San Pedro High School students that are chosen by lottery.  The state of the…

November 20, 2011

Readings for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King: 1 Ez 34:11-12,15-17; 1 Cor 15:20-26,28; Mt 25:31-46…

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November 6, 2011

Readings for Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thes 4:13-18; Mt 25:1-3…

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October 23, 2011

Readings for The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ex 22:20-26; 1Thes 1:15:c-10; Mt 22:34-40

Today's Gospel again has Jesus being challenged by the Pharisees; however, His response was not one that would have been very difficult for the people of His day to accept. For the first part of the answer He quoted the book of Deuteronomy "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." (6:5) All Jewish…

October 16, 2011

Readings for The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 45:1, 4-6; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21…

San Pedro, CA…Twisted, Spooky, Creepy opens Oct. 12 at Little Fish Theatre…

Twisted, Spooky, Creepy (TSC) returns to Little Fish Theatre for its third season with a collection of all new, original short plays with a…

October 9, 2011

October 2, 2011

Readings for The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 5:1-7; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43…

September 18, 2011

Readings for The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:6-9; Phil 1:20c-24,27a; Mt 20:1-16a…

July 24, 2011

Readings for: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52

The…

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in ordinary Time:

Is 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9…

Despite the fact that fireworks are banned in Los Angeles and many of its sister cities, they really know how to do the Fourth of July right.

My wife loves firework displays. In LA alone, we've seen fireworks from the Colorado St. bridge in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl show and from the deck of a home in the Palos Verdes hills watching the panorama from…

July 3, 2011

Readings for The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zec 9:9-10: Rom 8:9,

11-13; Mt 11:25-30

 After the reign of King Solomon in 597 B.C. the kingdom of Israel fell into civil war and broke into two different countries.  The Northern wealthier territory retained the name Israel while the Southern poorer area where Jerusalem was located was named Judah after its most predominate tribe.    In 721 B.C. the Northern Kingdom was invaded by the…

June 26, 2011

Readings for this Sunday of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ:

Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58

Recently I was conversing with a young lady who was interested in the Catholic Church, and when I began to attempt to explain the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, she responded, "Why not?  Why couldn't the God who created the universe choose to make himself present in His Body and Blood in the Eucharist?"  This is…