Fr. Mark Hamlet

Holy Family 2020

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 03:50:32 +0000

Our Bishop Joe Vasquez has declared this coming year as the “Year of the Domestic Church”. It couldn’t come at a better time. On top of all of the other moral assaults upon the family, the Coronavirus Pandemic has wreaked havoc. Churches have been closed or severely restricted. Work has been changed or even disappeared […]

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Christmas 2020

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 04:00:49 +0000

700 years before the first Christmas, the prophet Isaiah already saw it: A great light that was going to shine on the whole world. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. When we celebrate Christmas and the Birth […]

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Gaudete 2020

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:02:38 +0000

How many times have you heard people say things like, “All faiths are the same. You just have to be a good person?” That’s not true! Christian faith is that our God comes to us. He is always coming to us. We don’t go to Him, but we do prepare ourselves to receive Him because […]

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Feast of All Saints

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:42:45 +0000

No nation has outlived the death of their God. Go back and look at world history. No nation has outlived the death of their God. On Tuesday our nation will vote for the next President and Congress. This season has been a difficult test for many of our citizens. The pandemic, the quarantines, public chaos […]

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Whose Image is This?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:59:53 +0000

On October 11th, last Sunday, Pope Francis beatified a new saint, an Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15. Blessed Carlo was just a normal teen who loved soccer, but really loved computers. He loved his PlayStation, making videos, had a cellphone and an e-mail address and embraced the […]

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My Friend Had a Vineyard

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:53:05 +0000

Perhaps we are challenged from time to time to explain the Holy Bible, or our own faith. Perhaps few things in Sacred Scripture explain God’s Word better than the story of God’s vineyard, as sung by Isaiah and repeated by Jesus as a parable. Every Israelite and Jew knew Isaiah’s song of his friend’s vineyard, […]

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Am I My Brother’s Keeper

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:24:11 +0000

Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve. Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the LORD asked Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He answered, “I do not know. Am I my […]

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Caesarea Philippi and the Final Exam

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:21:19 +0000

No faithful Israelite would ever go to Caesarea Philippi. If a faithful Jew or Israelite went to Caesarea Philippi, they would have to undergo a period of purification or cleansing before they could rejoin their community. At the time of Jesus’ ministry, Caesarea Philippi would have been equivalent to our Las Vegas today. It is […]

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Give Me That Old Time Religion

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 12:32:54 +0000

“Give me that old-time religion, Give me that old-time religion Give me that old-time religion It’s good enough for me ….” That is a familiar song in America, particularly among Protestants. The problem is that there never was an “old time religion”. It never existed. This is a false narrative. The song expresses a […]

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Deacon Willie Cortez: A Reflection

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 01:27:55 +0000

Deacon Willie Cortez: A Reflection

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