By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"The church has always appreciated Mary, especially as a model, as the model of who we should be," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Advent podcast, for our celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. "We should follow her example, we should say those words.

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"La historia de Maria es una historia de nosotros. Esta es una historia famosa de reconocimiento," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración de Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. "Si tenemos este día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, es tremendo. La alegría es tremenda. Ella quiere no sólo un momento, sino toda la vida. Ella quiere que vamos a decir, ven Virgen Maria en mi corazón. Ven, Jesus, su hijo, en mi corazón. Quien conmigo. Recibe el amor de la virgen en tu vida, dice la Virgen, que siempre puedo estar con ustedes. Es una invitación a tener una relación con la Virgen Maria."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"If you have hope but no determination, what is that hope? And if determination is based on hope, there's power behind it," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, for the fifth episode of our Advent podcast. "It's much easier to say your sins are forgiven. What a story. And when we hear it, does it generate hope in us?"

By Raynaldo B. Matunog

"Even if we are talking about the end times, the final day, it's clear that no one knows that except God. But what's certain is the reality of death," Father Reynaldo B. Matunog tells us for the first episode of our Divine Mercy podcast, as we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent. "As we are all aware. And that is why if there's that constant preparation, that's active, that we take seriously, it's really our day-to-day life before the Lord will take us in and at the moment of death. So that's the coming that we are supposed to be actively preparing."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Si no vamos a abrir a Dios, ¿qué vamos a perder cada día de esta vida? Adviento está diciendo ven, ven mas cerca; arrepiéntete de pecado, cambia tu vida," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del Segundo Domingo de Adviento y nuestro segundo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Camina más con Cristo. Ábrete a la luz. Si podemos en este Adviento, en este momento ahorita, abriendo a Cristo, podemos recibir la luz."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"John the Baptist, he came to prepare the way. To do whatever had to be done inside to open. To experience. To be ready!" Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Second Sunday of Advent, and the second episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And if we went through all of our life without openness to God, does that mean God can't save us? Of course not. But how much do we miss? How much do we miss when we choose not be a part of the party?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"What does it mean to carry Christ in me? What does it mean to carry Christ in your lives, in your bodies? "Blessed are you among men and women. You have been filled with spiritual blessing," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Advent podcast, as we celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "We put such emphasis on Mary not to crown her, but to see in her the model of what we're supposed to become. How many times do we say yes to God in our lives?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"What is the rock? It's God; God is the rock," Father Perry tells us for the third episode of our Advent podcast. "He's the foundation that is so strong; that, if we are building our lives on that, we're connected, we stay in touch with God, we walk with God, we talk with God, we live with God, we love with God. Then, things are different."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"These scriptures ... describe something. Kings had wanted to see this. Prophets had wanted to see and hear this, but they couldn't, they couldn't see or hear it," Father Perry tells us for the second episode of our Advent podcast. "Here we are ... and we still don't see it. We still don't grasp hold of the power and need for peace and for justice."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"What if we had that kind of faith in the prince of peace? And what if we proclaimed peace in every syllable that fell from our mouths?" Father Perry asks us for Monday of the First Week of Advent, and our first Advent podcast episode. "And what if in order to attain that peace we realise we have to be just. Everybody deserves to eat. Everybody deserves a job. Come on, let's get it together!"