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Saint Agnes Parish Phoenix, 1954 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ (2026)

03/05/2026

Join us for a day of sunshine, smiles, and community spirit at the St. Agnes Picnic! 🌞🧺

Bring your family, invite your friends, and enjoy delicious food, lively music, fun games, and our exciting classroom auction. It’s the perfect way to celebrate together and make wonderful memories!

This fun-filled day will feature class performances from all grade levels, a school auction benefiting St. Agnes Catholic School, and plenty of food, music, and fun for all ages — including bounce houses!

✨ All are welcome — we can’t wait to see you there!

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02/18/2026

“Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return.”
This phrase clearly tells us what Lent is all about. Why do we begin Lent with Ash Wednesday and hearing this phrase on this day? Let us go back to the creation story.

Genesis 2:7 tells us that God “formed the man out of the dust of the ground.”
The Hebrew word man is adam. The Hebrew word for “land” or “ground” is adama. In Hebrew, these two words are clearly connected. Every time the Hebrew readers read the word "man" throughout the entire Old Testament, they are reminded of how man is just a lump of soil that God chose to animate with life.

It is really humbling to know that we are dust and to dust we will return.
Indeed, after we die, our body will become dust again. That is really humbling. Ash Wednesday reminds us of the fact that we are just dust and to dust we will return. What gives us dignity is our soul as God blows his life-giving spirit into us to make us a living being, sharing in his life. What makes us important and valuable is that despite our sins, Christ died for us to make us righteous in God’s eyes, to save our souls from eternal damnation.

Therefore, our soul is extremely important. We need to take GOOD care of our souls. And Lent is the perfect time for it. Lent is the time for us to focus on caring for our souls. Indeed, living in a sinful world, our souls are certainly wounded by sins and in need of reparation and healing. That’s why the Church offers us the holy season of Lent to help us receive reparation and healing for our soul.

Hence, all that we do for Lent must bring about reparation and healing for our souls. We must rend our hearts, not our garments. We do not perform righteous deeds during Lent in order that people may see them. We can do a lot of good things during Lent but if doing those things does not help rend our hearts and fix our souls, we lose the true meaning and purpose of Lent.

Let us pray, fast, and give alms more during Lent. Yet, let us do it not to show off but to truly rend our hearts, not our garment.

02/18/2026

ASH WEDNESDAY AT ST. AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH

02/15/2026

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A

IT IS OUR CHOICE
One of the most beautiful gifts God gives us is the gift of freewill.
God gives us the freedom to choose what we want to do and how we want to act. God does not force us to follow his commandments as we heard in the first reading: "If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you" (Sirach 15:15). God sets before us life and death, good and evil, whichever we choose shall be given to us.

Indeed, our choices are very important because there is a consequence in every choice. We are given the freedom to choose between life and death, good and evil, and we will have to face the consequences of our choices. God gives us the commandments not to burden us but to protect us from the consequences of sins.

God's commandments are eternal truths as Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place” (Mt 5:18). It is because they were written not by humans but by God himself.

Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher, used an argument of betting on God or against God to prove why it is important to believe in God.
Here is how the argument goes: - Bet on God:
If God exists, we gain everything (heaven, salvation) by our faith and good acts.
If God does not exist, we lose little, for it is still rewarding to live a good moral life.
- Bet Against God:
If God exists, we lose everything (potentially hell, no salvation) by living an evil life. If God does not exist, we gain nothing, as we will die anyway and it is obviously bad to live an evil life. We still receive bad consequences from our bad choices anyway. With that logic, Pascal concludes that believing in God is the only rational "bet" because the potential gain (eternal happiness) is infinite, while the loss from a wrong bet is finite.

God gives us the freedom to choose. God also gives us a lot of guidance to help us discern our choices well. Let us pray that we may choose to act wisely so as to be the greatest in God’s heavenly kingdom as Jesus promised us, Whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Mt 5:19).

01/11/2026

THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF JESUS

We all definitely remember our birthday, but how many of us remember our baptism date? It is an important day to remember because it marks the moment we become beloved children in God’s family. That’s who we are after our Baptism. That’s our true identity.

As we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, we are reminded of our true identity as God’s beloved children. Life challenges and failures can bring us down and lead us to despair, thinking of ourselves as useless and worthless. Therefore, it is important for us to remember our true identity as God’s beloved children. God’s love for us will never change because love is God’s very nature. Only we change the way we receive and accept God’s love.

Celebrating the Baptism of the Lord also reminds us of the power of the Holy Spirit we receive at our Baptism to begin a mission as Jesus did. We’re all called to evangelize, to preach the gospel, by the way we live. God’s mission does not belong to a few group of people but invites everyone to take part in it.

Let us pray today that we may be convinced of our true identity as God’s beloved children and encouraged to preach the gospel to those around us, following the example of our Master. Amen.

01/04/2026

THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Do you think all people would convert to Catholicism if Jesus appears to everyone? Well, he already did. That’s why we have the celebration of Christmas every year. Yet, not everyone converted during Jesus’ time. It is because people have different responses about everything, including God.

Let us look at the nativity story to see how people responded differently about Jesus’ birth. When the angels announced the birth of the Savior, NOT everyone was overjoyed with that great news. The shepherds certainly were overjoyed finding the newborn king, the Savior of the world. The Magi, whom we remember today, also joyfully traveled about 1000 miles to adore Him and offer Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

But, in contrast to the joy of the shepherds and the Magi, Herod was anxious and furious hearing about Jesus’ birth. His anger led him to wanting to kill the Baby Jesus. His anger caused the tragic deaths of many innocent baby boys in the region.

Another response is from the Jewish leaders in today’s Gospel. They believed in God and they knew the Scripture very well. Upon Herod’s order, they were able to quickly find out where Christ was to be born in hundreds of pages in the Scripture. Yet, there was no mention of them feeling happy about the fulfillment of the prophecy. Instead, they remained indifferent and somehow agreed with the evil reaction of Herod. And they continued to deny Jesus’ identity and power later on, which led to Jesus’ crucifixion.

The Epiphany continues to happen every day. Jesus Christ continued to reveal himself to us through many different ways: through his Scriptures, through his Church, through his sacraments, especially the Eucharist through which he is truly and fully present among us. He continues to reveal himself to us every time we hear the voice of our conscience telling us to do good and avoid evil.
He continues to make himself known through the good advice of other people and the inspiring examples of holy people around us.

What is our response to Jesus’ revelation?
Do we go search for him to adore and love him like the shepherds and the Magi? Or do we, like Herod, resist His reign in our hearts, or ignore His loving manifestation, or even try to get rid of Him totally from our lives? Or are we like the Jewish leaders, who appear to be pious people and even spend their life in showing others the way to God but do not go in search of Him themselves? So who are we? The Magi, the Jewish leaders, or Herod?

01/01/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

WHAT DO YOU WISH FOR THE NEW YEAR?

Probably many things but most of us, if not all, wish to have peace for this new year. We need peace in our world, our country, in our families, and in our hearts.

In 1968, Saint Pope Paul VI chose January 1 as the World Day of Peace. On this first day of the year, we together with the whole Church also celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. The question is “What does this solemnity teach us about peace?”

First, I am convinced that we cannot have peace without Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Jesus came to bring peace on earth, the peace that the world cannot give. Mary gave birth to Jesus, the Prince of Peace and the Son of God, and hence she became the Mother of God. Mary would never become the Mother of God if she had not given birth to Jesus. Everything we believe about Mary is connected to Jesus, who is the center of Mary’s whole life. If we want to have peace in our lives, we need to follow Mary’s example, always keeping Jesus at the center of our lives.

Second, we can only have peace when we follow God’s will as Mary did throughout her life. St. Augustine defined peace as “the tranquility of order.” God created everything with a proper place and purpose and he willed it to be in order. But due to the Fall of Adam and Eve, sins have entered the world and disrupted God’s order. We become disordered when we are NOT living the life God created and ordered us to live. If we want to have peace, we must seek to do God’s will for our lives. In whatever decisions we make, if it is God’s will, we will surely experience peace, no matter how it turns out. Let us learn from Mother Mary, always pondering in our hearts whatever is going on in our lives so that we can discover God’s will for us not only in big decisions but also in small choices we make daily.

If we want to have peace, we need to keep Jesus at the center of our lives, follow God’s will, and remember that we belong to God’s family and hence belong to each other. People who make wars are those who reject Jesus, disobey God’s will, and deny the brotherhood among humanity. May Jesus and Mary make us become peacemakers who make this world a peaceful place for all. Amen.

12/28/2025

WHAT MADE THE FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH HOLY?

If you look at all the pictures of the Holy Family, what does it have in common? Obviously, there are always Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. But who is always in the middle? That’s Jesus. I believe that's what made the family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph holy. When we make Jesus the center of our families, our families can also become holy.

What do we do to make our families holy? In today’s first reading from the Book of Sirach, we learn about the dignity of parents and the deep respect children should have for them. We show our love for Jesus by loving our parents, who gave us life and sacrificed so much for us to be who we are today. By honoring our parents, we not only follow Jesus’ example but we can also receive the promise of long life, the remission of sins, and the storing of riches.

The second way to make Jesus the center of our families is to "put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another…and over all put on love." When we live out these teachings, we create homes characterized by love and understanding, reflecting the love that God has for each of us. Family life can be challenging when conflicts and disagreements arise. Love is the key to every family conflict and the bond that unites everything in perfect harmony. Always put love before any conflict or disagreement. Do not let conflicts and disagreements destroy love in the family. Let love be the motivation to resolve any conflict in the family. Our families can only be holy and happy when Jesus becomes everything in the family.

And last but not least, prayer is one of the best ways to place Jesus at the center of the family. Going to Mass as a family and especially praying as a family. Mother Teresa said, “The family that prays together, stays together.”
Indeed, a report shows that families that pray together have only 0.06% of divorce rate. If your family has not prayed together, I would encourage you to start doing it, especially young families. It does not have to be lengthy prayers but make an effort to pray together everyday.

Let us pray that Jesus Christ, the source of love and unity, may be the center in each of our families. So that our families can also become holy families modeled after the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

12/25/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
"In the beginning” are the very first words in the first Book of the Bible, Genesis. In the beginning, God, out of his love, created the whole universe using his Word: "All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be.”

Without that beginning, without God saying his Word in the beginning, nothing would come to be, none of us would be here in this church. Sometimes we forget this amazing fact. We exist, everything in this universe exists, because of God’s wondrous love.

When the fullness of time came, God sent his Son to share with us the fullness of his revelation. The Word that God had used to communicate his love truly became flesh and made his dwelling among us. God, out of love, is willing to come down in the person of Jesus to meet us and live with us.

The Word became flesh not in a powerful manner but was born as a poor and lowly baby in a manger. Look at the Nativity scene, who surrounds the Baby Jesus? The animals, the shepherds, who were considered poor and lowly. The Word became flesh in a lowly form so that even the lowest person in the society can come to experience his love.

Jesus took on human flesh so that he could truly experience everything humans experience, and yet without sin. He suffered from the very first moment of his life until he breathed his last. We do not have a God who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin (Hebrew 4:15).

Because of love for us, the Son of God became poor so that we can become rich. Or using the words of St. Athanasius, “God became man so that men may become god.” The Son of God became a son of man so that we might become sons and daughters of God.

Christmas is a time for us to reflect on how much God loves us in giving his Son to us and how much we should love God in return. It is fine to have fun and to party during Christmas, BUT we should not forget to take some time in silence to contemplate and appreciate Jesus, the Word made flesh, God made man, and the best Christmas gift we ever have.

12/20/2025

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A

Our God is a God who always keeps his promise. When Adam and Eve fell into sin, God promised to send a savior to save humanity.
This promise continued to be revealed through the patriarchs and prophets throughout the time of the Old Testament.

In the first reading today, we heard one of the prophecies about the Savior in the book of the prophet Isaiah: the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel. Prophet Isaiah is important because it is given in a time of fear and political uncertainty due to the division of the Kingdom of David.

In the midst of uncertainty and fear, God continued to remind his people of his promise of salvation. The promise in today’s first reading reminds us that God remains faithful even when human confidence fails. The sign He gives is not an army or a miracle of power, but a child named Emmanuel, God with us.

This promise is eventually fulfilled in the person of Jesus, who is the Son of God and the Son of Mary and Joseph, who is a son of David.
In today’s Gospel, we heard the story of the birth of Jesus from Matthew’s Gospel, indicating that Joseph was chosen to be the foster father of the Savior, whom he was commanded to name Jesus.

To name a child is to claim the child as one’s own. Thus Joseph is being instructed to accept this child as his own son. Even though Jesus is not his biological son, as Joseph’s legal son he would have all the hereditary rights of a son, including Joseph’s royal Davidic descent. Therefore, “Joseph, son of David,” in this act of naming, would make Jesus a legal heir to David.

Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to humanity. His name means "God saves." This Jesus is the same one prophesied by the prophet with the name Emmanuel, "God with us." These two names identify Jesus as the saving power of God and the presence of God in the midst of the people.

Our salvation is not just a doctrine of our faith. It’s not just something that happened centuries ago in Jerusalem. It is meant to become a present reality today. It’s meant to open the door for us to know Jesus as “God with us.” God is truly with us all the time and we belong to him. Let us rejoice in this good news.

12/07/2025

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

“The stump of Jesse” is the beautiful image of the Messiah from Prophet Isaiah. After the fall of the kingdom of David, the people of Israel fell into exile. They, indeed, lost their kingdom. “Stump" implies that the house of Jesse, the father of David, has been cut down. The monarchy of David has been conquered, and it appears there is no hope for a future king.

Yet, the people of Israel were still longing for a new king and a new kingdom to be established according to God’s promise. They were longing for the Messiah who would come to restore the kingdom of David. Prophet Isaiah brought them hope when he prophesied the coming Messiah using the image of the stump of Jesse. For out of this stump sprouts a shoot that shall blossom. More importantly, this shoot will grow not by natural force but divine force, for the spirit of the Lord will rest on it as the spirit of the Lord will rest on the coming Messiah.

This imagery reminds us that even in the bleakest circumstances, God can bring forth new life and hope. From the very small beginning, a little shoot from the stump of Jesse, God brings about a great nation. From a small baby in a manger, God brings salvation to the whole world.

This promise of a new kingdom is not just for Israel but extends to all nations, as St. Paul reminds us today that Christ came to fulfill the promises made to the patriarchs and to bring hope to the Gentiles. We are called not only to receive God's grace for ourselves but to extend it to others. This new kingdom promised by God is accessible to everyone.

From this small shoot of the stump of Jesse, we now have the Catholic Church that is truly universal with more than one billion members coming from different cultures and backgrounds. How wonderful! Indeed, we all come from this stump of Jesse. This stump of Jesse continues to grow throughout history until the end of time when the fulfillment and completion of God’s kingdom will be made manifest.

Everyone of us is a part of the tree that sprouts from this small stump. We are called to continue to make it grow and bear fruits just as Jesus, the Apostles, and many saints through history have done to grow from this small beginning. It is now our turn to continue this growth through our ongoing repentance, ongoing transformation of hearts and minds.

Advent is a special time the Church offers us to grow more in our holiness to prepare for the coming of the new king. Yet, we can never grow apart from Jesus, for apart from him we can do nothing. We need to draw strength from Jesus, the shoot that blossoms from the stump of Jesse.

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