Bishop Peña's Weekly Column

Each week Bishop Raymundo J. Peña publishes an article about Catholic faith and the Church in the Rio Grande Valley.

2008

07-19-2008 - IT'S NOT THAT BAD

07-12-2008 - OUT OF YOUR MIND

07-05-2008 - THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM

06-28-2008 - A YEAR DEDICATED TO THE APOSTLE PAUL

06-21-2008 - BUILDING STRENGTH OF CHARACTER IN THE YOUNG

06-14-2008 - NO STRANGE GODS

06-07-2008 - THE PRIESTHOOD

05-31-2008 - GOD LEADS US BY MANY ROADS. WHAT IS NECESSARY IS TRUST.

05-24-2008 - WHAT IS THE DIOCESE OF BROWNSVILLE?

05-17-2008 - THE GREATEST SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

05-10-2008 - A DAY TO HONOR MOTHERS

05-03-2008 - COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM NEEDED INSTEAD OF A WALL

04-26-2008 - MESSAGE TO GRADUATES

04-19-2008 - A LESSON ON THE LIMITS OF FREEDOM

04-12-2008 - ABOUT THE PAPACY AND POPE BENEDICT XVI

04-05-2008 - THE POPE IS COMING

3-29-2008 - THE IMPORTANCE OF MERCY

3-22-2008 - EASTER LETTER

3-15-2008 - HOLY WEEK

3-8-2008 - MUST HE DIE?

2-29-2008 - ABOUT SLOTH

2-23-2008 - ABOUT ENVY

2-17-2008 - ABOUT GLUTTONY

2-9-2008- GREED: EVERYTHING WE OWN, OWNS US

2-2-2008 - PENANCE: UN AMERICAN ACTIVITY?

1-25-2008 - SAVED BY HOPE

1-18-2008 - PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

1-12-2008- TOP TEN LIST FOR THE NEW YEAR

1-5-2008- EPIPHANY

2007

12-29-2007-WE ARE ALL POOR

12-22-2007 - My dear parishioners in the Rio Grande Valley

12-15-2007- KEEPING GOD'S TRUST

12-08-2007 - MARY ‘S VIRTUES: PATH TO JESUS

12-01-2007 - ADVENT - A NEW BEGINNING

11-24-2007 - THE SECRET DRAMA OF LIFE

11-17-2007- GIVING THANKS ON THANKSGIVING DAY

11-11-2007 - DECISIONS BEFORE DEATH

11-03-2007 - DEATH, HEAVEN AND HELL

10-28-2007 - PURITY OF INTENTION AND OF HEART

10-20-2007 - TRUTH CANNOT CONTRADICT TRUTH

10-13-2007 - HAS SCIENCE MADE RELIGION MEANINGLESS?

10-07-2007 - IS GOD A DELUSION?

09-29-2007 - DICTATORSHIP IN AMERICA?

09-23-2007 - IS THE CHURCH AGAINST MODERN CULTURE?

09-16-2007 - MOTHER TERESA'S DARK NIGHT OF FAITH

09-09-2007 - WELCOMING CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE PRIEST

09-02-2007 - SHOWING HONOR

08-26-2007 - WE CAN HEAL EACH OTHER

08-19-2007 - CONVERSION SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME

08-12-2007 - Honor your friends

08-05-2007 - FAMILIES NEED EVERYONE'S PRAYERFUL SUPPORT

07-29-2007 - CALLED BY NAME

07-22-2007 - CONSCIENCE: NECESSARY BUT DIFFICULT FRIEND

07-15-2007 - “LATIN MASS”

07-08-2007 - LET US REDISCOVER LIFE

07-01-2007 - EVERY SEARCHER NEEDS A GUIDE

06-24-2007 - IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE

06-17-2007 - RELIEF FROM PAIN

06-10-2007 - TIME FOR A CHANGE

06-03-2007 - COME HOLY SPIRIT, COME

05-27-2007 - FOUR NEW PRIESTS FOR THE VALLEY

05-20-2007 - LIMBO AND THE FATE OF UNBAPTIZED INFANTS

05-13-2007 - THE MIRACLE OF MOTHERS

05-07-2007 - SHARING IN GOD'S WORK OF CREATION

04-29-2007 - HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

04-22-2007 - LOOKING FOR LOVE?

04-15-2007- THE GOOD NEWS: GOD LOVES US

04-08-2007 - MUST HE DIE?

04-01-2007 - HOLY WEEK

03-25-2007 - ABOUT LUST

03-16-2007 - BOILING POINT

03-11-2007 - ABOUT PRIDE

03-04-2007 - SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE

02-23-2007 - THE SPIRIT OF LENT

02-18-2007- TURNING AWAY FROM SIN

02-11-2007 - THE SYNOD’S CALL: A NEW EVANGELIZATION

02-04-2007 - TO ENRICH THE FAITH OF ALL BELIEVERS

01-28-2007 - MAKING PEACE POSSIBLE

01-21-2007 - HUMILITY: THE KEY TO FRUITFUL LIFE

01-14-2007 - “…YOU DID IT FOR ME" - THE LAW OF LOVE

01-07-2007 - “. . . YOU DID IT FOR ME”

2006

12-31-2006 - HOLY FAMILY

12-24-2006 - CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

12-17-2006 - CHAINS THAT BINDS

12-08-2006- OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

12-03-2006 - WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS

11-26-2006 - A MOVIE TO REMEMBER

11-19-2006 - A TIME TO GIVE THANKS

11-10-2006 - DECISIONS AT THE END OF LIFE

11-05-2006 - TO HAVE COURAGE

10-29- 2006 - WHY NOT YOU?

10-22-2006 - OUR POLITICS, OUR CONSCIENCE

10-15-2006 - SCHOOL CHOICE WILL BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN

10-08-2006 - FREE CHOICE SHOULD APPLY TO SCHOOLS

10-01-2006 - A SAINT FOR OUR TIMES

09-24-2006 - HURRICANES: BEING PREPARED

09-17-2006 - WHO AM I? – A RIDDLE

09-10-2006 - Remembering 9/11

09-03-2006 - THOUGHTS ON HUMAN LABOR

08-27-2006 - FIND GOD IN DAILY LIFE

08-20-2006 - WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN LIFE?

07-30-2006 - PRACTICAL HELPS TO FAMILY UNITY

07-23-2006 - FAMILIES ARE VITAL SOURCES OF LIFE, FAITH, AND SERVICE

07-16-2006 - “Tejiendo el Futuro Juntos…Weaving the Future Together”

07-09-2006 - Teens Enrich their Lives by Helping Others

07-02-2006 - A BRAVE YOUNG MAN

06-25-2006 - WELCOMING THE STRANGER

06-18-2006 - THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST

06-11-2006 - DID JESUS’ FOLLOWERS INVENT HIS DIVINITY?

06-04-2006 - WAS JESUS A PHONY WHO CLAIMED DIVINITY?

05-28-2006 - WAS JESUS DIVINE, OR ONLY HUMAN?

05-21-2006 - THE GOSPEL TRUTH ABOUT JESUS CHRIST

05-14-2006 - MOTHER'S DAY

05-07-2006 - THE DA VINCI CODE

04-29-2006 - A NATIONAL DAY FOR PRAYER

04-23-06 - FEAST OF MERCY

04-16-2006 - EASTER SUNDAY

04-09-2006 - HOLY WEEK

04-02-2006 - A POPE REMEMBERED

03-26-2006 - WHY CONFESSION?

03-19-2006 - SAVING THE PLANET

03-12-2006 - MUHAMMAD, A BOMB AND A LESSON

03-05-2006 - DYING TO LIVE

02-26-2006 - IMMIGRATION POLICY REFORM

02-19-2006 - TWO KINDS OF HEROES

02-12-2006 - OUT OF YOUR MIND

02-05-2006 - CREATING A CULTURE OF LIFE

01-29-2006 - A SECRET TO GOOD HEALTH

01/22/2006 - NO PLACE LIKE HOME

01/15/2006 - NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

01/08/2006 - HUMILITY: THE KEY TO FRUITFUL LIFE

01/01/2006 - IN A RELIGIOUSLY PLURALISTIC WORLD, WE NEED UNITY IN LOVE

2005

12/25/2005 - CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

12/18/2005 - DO YOU BELIEVE? THE MEANING OF FAITH

12/11/2005 - MAKING ROOM FOR GOD!

12/04/2005 - FINDING GOD AT WORK

11/27/2005 - UNREPEATABLE YOU

11/13/2005 - LIFE AFTER DEATH

11/06/2005 - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

10/30/2005- To the hunt!

03/27/2005- MY DEAR PARISHIONERS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

2004

11/28/2004 PARISH COMMUNITY: GIVER OF LIFE

08/21/2004-family challenge

08/14/2004-god's ways are not ours

08/07/2004-a minute to spare

07/31/2004-conversion should begin at home

07/24/2004-Where are you going?

07/17/2004-Saint mary major/our lady of the snows

07/10/2004-St. Paul basilica

07/03/2004-Keeping marriage happy

06/26/2004-Wisdom from married folks

06/20/2004-Honoring our fathers and mothers

06/12/2004-St. Peter's basiclia

06/05/2004-Shaping the future of the Catholic Church in the rio grande valley

05/29/2004-you've been called

05/22/2004-the Dignity of Married Love

05/15/2004-Blessed mother

05/08/2004-Women's Gift of Compassionate love

05/02/2004-Bishop prepare for "Ad limina"visit

04/24/2004-Children and church

04/17/2004-god is near

04/10/2004-god is a god of miracles

04/03/2004-Holy week is here

03/27/2004-Does god work Mirales today?

03/20/2004-god wants us to be fully alive

03/13/2004-learning to pray

03/06/2004-does god hear our prayers?

2/28/2004-NEW TIMES CALL FOR A RENEWED SPIRIT

2/21/2004-Want to become a mystic?

2/14/2004- HELP FOR RELIGIOUS SEEKERS

2/072004- No lasting happiness without god

1/31/2004-Does the church's teaching chnage?

1/24/2004-A Gift of Priceless Value

1/17/2004 -A FIGHT FOR LIFE

1/10/2004 -my dear priests and parishioners

1/03/2004 - WALKING MIRACLES

 

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