By Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes
Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes
Taking the Holy Father’s message to heart
Taking a closer look at family and the ‘Domestic Church’
By Bishop Gerald R. Barnes
Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes
Dr. King’s dream speaks to immigration reform movement
This is an excerpt from Bishop Gerald Barnes’ homily at a Diocesan Mass for Immigration Reform, held at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini on Aug. 31.
Bishop Gerald Barnes This past week as a nation we have remembered, commemorated and celebrated one of our nation’s greatest moral leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his awakening call to us all in his “I Have a Dream” address. Dr. King shared his dream and we must share our dream and we must listen to one another’s dreams. We must look at those dreams in the light of the teachings of the Lord; in the light of the Gospel. And so this great orator, Dr. King, in his “I Have a Dream” speech gave all of us an opportunity to reflect on our own lives and the life of this country.
Don’t sleep through your baptism
By Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes
This is an excerpt from Bishop Gerald Barnes’ homily at the Diocesan Migration Mass, held at Sacred Heart Church in Rancho Cucamonga on January 12.
Most Reverend Gerald Barnes There’s a story about this priest who is baptizing a little six-month old infant who is sound asleep, through the questions through the anointing of the chest, through the recitation of the creed. The baby just slept and slept and slept. Well, then it was time to pour the water over the baby’s forehead and the baby woke up. He just woke up and the water flowed on the baby.
Pope Francis offered something for everyone
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
It is hard to believe the week we just lived. So many have shared how the Pope touched their lives. I heard from people everywhere how his words and actions had given them something to ponder. Someone told me at the airport that the Pope had something for everyone and it all begins by looking first at our own lives.
Pentecost calls us to be one in spirit
The following is adapted from Bishop Gerald Barnes homily at the Mass on the Feast of Pentecost held at the Ramona Bowl in Hemet on May 19.
Most Rev Gerald Barnes Everything that is great and grand, that is worth doing, has a cost.
We see it in our lives. We see it in the preparation that is needed – sometimes years, weeks or months of practice. We have many children graduating, as well as college students graduating. Those events just don’t come. It’s after years of study and preparation. It’s after people walking with them and helping to form them.