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August 31st to September 9th
Our Parish Mission Statement
We, the people of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, are a diverse community devoted to Jesus the Christ. Our mission together is to give thanks and praise to God, spread the Gospel and teach the Bible message of God’s love for all creation.
Mass Times:
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am and 10:30 am
Weekdays: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12.05 pm
Confessions: Please call our parish office (760-325-5809)
Our Lady of Solitude: Saturday 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
St. Theresa Confessions: Saturday 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
September 27 2026
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
27 de Septiembre de 2026
Vigésimo sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
“Tengan en ustedes la misma actitud
que hubo también en Cristo Jesús”.
“Have in you the same attitude
that is also in Christ Jesus.”
Reflexión sobre las lecturas dominicales del P. Luis
Reflection on Sunday Readings by Fr. Luis
DOMINGO XXVI DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO 2026
Queridos hermanos y hermanas, este domingo, la Palabra de Dios nos invita a reflexionar sobre lo que realmente significa decir «Sí» a Dios. Es fácil decir «sí» con nuestros labios. Pero el Señor nos pide algo más profundo: un «sí» que brote del corazón y se manifieste en nuestras acciones. Dios nos invita no solo a escuchar su Palabra, sino también a ponerla en práctica. Nos llama a seguir su voluntad con humildad, amor y espíritu de servicio, siguiendo el ejemplo de Jesús, quien dijo «Sí» a la voluntad del Padre.
Permítanme comenzar con algunas preguntas: ¿Alguna vez han dicho «sí» a una invitación y luego no se han presentado? ¿Alguna vez han prometido hacer algo y después han cambiado de opinión? ¿Hacemos siempre la voluntad de Dios? ¿Muestran nuestras acciones cotidianas nuestro «sí» a Jesús? ¿Nos resulta fácil seguir el ejemplo de Jesús cada día? Y, como miembros de la Iglesia, ¿trabajamos por la unidad y la comunión entre nosotros?
Estas preguntas son importantes porque las lecturas de hoy nos recuerdan que nuestra relación con Dios no puede basarse solamente en palabras. Nuestra fe debe hacerse visible en la manera en que vivimos.
En la Primera Lectura y en el Evangelio, encontramos personas que creían que ya estaban haciendo la voluntad de Dios en sus vidas. Sin embargo, sus acciones revelaban algo diferente. Daban la apariencia de decir «sí», pero sus vidas no siempre correspondían a ese «sí».
El Evangelio nos presenta una historia sencilla, pero poderosa. Un padre tiene dos hijos y les pide a ambos que vayan a trabajar a su viña. El primer hijo dice: «No, no iré». Pero después cambia de opinión y va. El segundo hijo dice: «Sí, señor». Pero no va. Entonces Jesús pregunta: «¿Cuál de los dos hizo la voluntad de su padre?»
La respuesta es evidente: el primero. Y es precisamente aquí donde Jesús interpela a los líderes religiosos y, a través de ellos, nos interpela a todos nosotros.
Lo importante no es simplemente lo que decimos. Lo que importa es lo que hacemos con aquello que Dios nos pide.
A veces podemos ser muy buenos para decir las cosas correctas. Podemos decir que creemos en Dios. Podemos venir a Misa. Podemos rezar. Podemos hablar de nuestra fe. Incluso podemos decirles a los demás lo que deberían hacer.
Pero Jesús nos hace una pregunta más profunda: ¿Corresponde nuestra vida a nuestras palabras? Porque puede existir una gran distancia entre decir «sí» a Dios y vivir realmente ese «sí».
El primer hijo inicialmente dijo «no», pero cambió de opinión. Reconoció que estaba equivocado y fue a trabajar a la viña.
Esta es la belleza de la conversión. Dios no exige que nunca hayamos cometido un error. Nos pide que tengamos la humildad de reconocer cuándo hemos tomado el camino equivocado y de regresar a Él. Nunca podemos dar por sentado que, por pertenecer a la Iglesia, por rezar o por desempeñar una función religiosa, automáticamente conocemos y hacemos la voluntad de Dios.
La Palabra de Dios siempre nos invita a la conversión. Nos pide que miremos honestamente nuestra propia vida y nos preguntemos: ¿Es real mi «sí» a Dios? ¿Lo ve mi familia? ¿Lo ven mis amigos? ¿Lo ven las personas con las que trabajo? ¿Lo ven las personas con las que me encuentro en la Iglesia? ¿Demuestran mis acciones el amor de Cristo?
Pidamos al Señor la gracia de reconocer su voluntad, el valor para seguirla y la humildad para cambiar cuando nos hemos desviado. Amén.
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TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 2026
Dear brothers and sisters, this Sunday, the Word of God invites us to reflect on what it truly means to say “Yes” to God. It is easy to say “yes” with our lips. But the Lord asks for something deeper: a “yes” that comes from the heart and is expressed through our actions. God invites us not only to listen to His Word, but also to put it into practice. He calls us to follow His will with humility, love, and a spirit of service, following the example of Jesus, who said “Yes” to the will of the Father.
Let me begin with a few questions: Have you ever said “yes” to an invitation and then failed to show up? Have you ever promised to do something and then changed your mind? Do we always do God's will? Do our daily actions show others our “yes” to Jesus? Is it easy for us to follow Jesus' example every day? And as members of the Church, do we work for unity and communion among one another?
These questions are important because today's readings remind us that our relationship with God cannot be based only on words. Our faith must become visible in the way we live.
In the First Reading and in the Gospel, we encounter people who believed that they were already doing what God wanted. Yet their actions revealed something different. They had the appearance of saying “yes,” but their lives did not always correspond to that “yes.”
The Gospel gives us a simple but powerful story. A father has two sons, and he asks both of them to go and work in his vineyard. The first son says, “No, I will not go.” But later, he changes his mind and goes. The second son says, “Yes, sir.” But he does not go. Jesus then asks: “Which of the two did his father's will?”
The answer is obvious: the first one. And this is precisely where Jesus challenges the religious leaders and, through them, challenges all of us.
The important thing is not simply what we say. What matters is what we do with what God asks of us.
Sometimes we can be very good at saying the right things. We can say that we believe in God. We can come to Mass. We can pray. We can speak about our faith. We can even tell others what they should do.
But Jesus asks us a deeper question: Does our life correspond to our words?
Because there can be a great distance between saying “yes” to God and actually living that “yes.”
The first son initially said “no,” but he changed his mind. He recognized that he had been wrong, and he went to work in the vineyard.
This is the beauty of conversion. God does not demand that we have never made a mistake. He asks us to have the humility to recognize when we have gone in the wrong direction and to turn back to Him.
We can never assume that because we belong to the Church, because we pray, or because we have a religious role, we automatically know and do God's will.
The Word of God always invites us to conversion. It asks us to look honestly at our own lives and ask: Is my “yes” to God real? Does my family see it? Do my friends see it? Do the people I work with see it? Do the people I encounter in the Church see it? Do my actions demonstrate the love of Christ?
Let us ask the Lord for the grace to recognize His will, the courage to follow it, and the humility to change when we have gone astray. Amen
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
My friends, the meaning of this parable is crystal clear. The Chief Priests and Elders of the people are the ones who profess obedience to God, yet they are far from it. On the other hand, the tax collectors and prostitutes are those who chose to go their own way and then later chose God's way.
The key to understanding this parable is that it does not really praise anyone. Jesus gives us a picture of two imperfect sets of people, with one being better than the other. Neither son in the story brought joy to his father. Both were unsatisfactory; but the one who obeyed was immensely better than his brother. The ideal son would be the one who accepted the father's orders with obedience and respect and fully carried them out.
This parable teaches us that a person can easily spoil a good thing by the way he or she does it. The important thing is performance, not promise.
Pope Benedict said that he always saw three sons in this Gospel: The two sons in the parable and the third Son was Jesus, who was sent by the Father and was obedient to God’s will – always.
I would suspect that many of us can relate to one of the two brothers in this parable; but maybe not so much like Jesus’ obedience to the Father out of love.
And here we are today. Humanity has not changed. Thankfully, just as Jesus was physically present 2,000 years ago, He is present with us today. Jesus is always here to guide, to instruct, and eager to forgive our transgressions or wrongdoings. We’re all sinners in one way or another on our road to holiness. But we’re not alone on our journey. Jesus is always with us.
Throughout the Gospels, especially in Matthew’s, Jesus was quick to confront the hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees. However, He was always there to show them the path of goodness and offer God’s forgiveness.
In our First Reading, the Prophet Ezekiel wrote: “The person who turns away from sin shall surely live. They will not die.”
In our Second Reading, St. Paul gives us the roadmap to holiness with everything rooted in love:
“Do nothing out of selfishness.
Humbly regard others as more important than yourself.
Look out, not just for your own interest but also for the interest others.
Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.”
My friends, Jesus often explained how willing and happy God is to forgive and welcome the penitent:
The parable of the Prodigal Son
The parable of the lost sheep
The woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair
In one way or another, we have all heard God’s call to mercy and forgiveness. The focus of today’s Gospel is whole-hearted obedience to God. Regarding obedience, we recall the words of Jesus: “I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”
That’s the bottom line. Jesus was sent by the Father to teach us how we should get along with each other. Jesus teaches us that everyone was loved into creation by God and we obey His Commandment by loving one another.
Parish Involvement
Our parish is staffed by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.)
