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• Beyond the mystery: Who were the three Magi of the Epiphany?
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• Archbishop Cordileone’s tribute to Pope Francis on Merit TV
• “All Points to the Cross, the Most Blessed Wood Which Is Our Only Hope”
• We have much to celebrate!
• “God’s Word and Our Response of Love”
• “Be on the Lookout for God, Who Sneaks into Our Lives”
• “Estemos atentos a Dios, que se cuela en nuestras vidas”
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• “Mary’s ‘Yes’ and Our Path to Heaven”
• “El ‘sí’ de María y nuestro camino al cielo”
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• “Preparándonos para el banquete de bodas cantando al Señor en nuestros corazones”
• “Preparing for the Wedding Banquet by Singing to the Lord in Our Hearts”
• “The Path of Gratuitous Love that Leads to God’s Kingdom”
• Remembering saints, departed souls and our vocation
• “La Muerte Gloriosa que Glorifica a Dios”
• “The Glorious Death That Glorifies God”
• Archbishop to medical professionals: His heart was wounded for our healing
• Heaven Wedded to Earth: Our Blessed Mother’s Continuous Presence to Us in God’s Plan of Salvation”
• Notre Dame Des Victoires Recognition
• St. Francis’ Devotion to Our Lady and Lady Poverty
• “Urged on by the Love of Christ”
• “God’s Plan for Our Flourishing Here and Hereafter”
• “Bajar y exaltar: el patrón del plan de Dios para nuestra salvación”
• “Lowering and Exalting: the Pattern of God’s Plan for Our Salvation”
• “The Cost of Collecting Receipts for Heaven”
• Catholic education tunes the ear of the heart to hear the Lord’s call
• “Preparing Ourselves to Receive Good Things from God”
• “Three Requests and a Promise”
• “Our Blessed Mother: the Model of the Formula for Acquiring Wisdom”
• “The Bridge-Building Service of Sacred Music and Church Authority”
• Returning love for love
• Archbishop Cordileone on the Center for Sainthood Studies
• “One in Christ, the Bridge to the Father”
• “The Legacy of Pope Francis: Imitating God in the Gift of Human Encounter”
• Closing Mass Homily for the Monterey Marian Eucharistic Conference
• “Praying the Holy Rosary as Adopted Sons of God and Mary”
• “The Priest’s Call to Lead the Way for the Church to Model Unity for the World”
• Statement from Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the election of Pope Leo XIV
• “Lessons from the Saints on the Movement from Life to Death to New Life”
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the passing of Pope Francis
• “The Love from the Encounter with the Risen Christ that Changes Everything”
• “El amor del encuentro con Cristo Resucitado que todo lo cambia”
• “Humble Gratitude and Obedience: the Path to Pleasing God and to Life with Him”
• “The New Passover and the Spring Cleaning of the Soul”
• “Spiritual Conditioning for the Harvest of Souls”
• The look of Jesus, the conscience of the disciple
• “Learning Lessons from the Story of the Woman Caught in Adultery”
• “The Incarnation, the Cross, and the Blueprint for a Truly Human and Holy Civilization”
• “Giving Something Up Is Doing Something Positive: The Spiritual Side of the Pain-Pleasure Principle”
• “Freely Choosing to Suffer with Christ for Solidarity with the Poor”
• “Lessons from St. Jeanne Jugan on Living the Mystery of Love”
• “Marriage: the Number One Weapon in the Fight to Defeat Evil”
• Letter from Archbishop Cordileone on immigration
• Carta del Arzobispo Cordileone sobre la inmigración
• “Doing Our Part to Trust in Divine Providence”
• “Do everything for the glory of God.”
• “The Virtue of Waiting Upon the Lord and the Life of Religious Consecration”
• “Fulfilling the Last Commandment: Our Anchor of Hope for Eternal Life”
• Catholic Education: “Ever Ancient, Ever New”
• “The Pro-Life Turnaround and the Encounter with Light”
• “Planting Seeds and Reaping Fruit”
• “The Ever-Youthful Love of the One Who Makes All Things New”
• “Light, Darkness and Our Gift Exchange with God”
• Lessons Learned from Contemplating the Nativity Scene
• Lecciones aprendidas al contemplar el belén
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s comments to the National Catholic Reporter
• “Todos amamos a nuestra Madre, quien nos une en una familia de Dios”
• “We All Love Our Mother, Who Unites Us into One Family of God”
• “Want to Be Ready to Meet the Lord?  Then Please God in All Things”
• “Doing the One Thing Necessary So as to Be Adorned with the True Jewels of Life”
• “How God Makes Us Fit for the Eternal Life of Heaven”
• “Accept Christ and Your Troubles Begin: Opting for Tribulation Rather Than Rocky Soil”
• “Our Mother of Unity, and Her Rosary that Takes Us There”
• Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is encouraging all faithful Catholics to VOTE NO on San Francisco Proposition O
• “Revolution and Contrast: The Custom-Made Cup of Suffering”
• “White Martyrdom: the Seed of Revitalizing the Church in Our Midst”
• “The Double Lifting Up that Is the Way to Heaven”
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone following in-Court Survivor Hearings
• “First Responders and the Virtues of Servant Leadership”
• Catholic Schools: Sowing seeds of hope
• “La Virgen María, el Discípulo Que Da Amor de Madre para Formarnos en Discípulos de Su Hijo”
• Archbishop Cordileone to Newsmax: I Sense a Change for San Francisco
• “Mary, the Disciple Who Mothers Her Son’s Disciples into the Church”
• “La Virgen María, el Discípulo Que Da Amor de Madre para Formarnos en Discípulos de Su Hijo”
• Father Mark Doherty installed as pastor of Church of the Nativity parish in Menlo Park
• Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone signs open letter to the International Olympic Committee
• “The Ten Ingredients for a Eucharistic Revival”
• Objective Beauty of the Traditional Latin Mass Evangelizes
• “The Shepherd Doesn’t Run at the First Sign of Danger”
• Fidelity to the Sacred Heart, Marriage, and Family
• “The Universal Language of the Fruit of the Holy Spirit”
• California’s Eucharistic pilgrimage route aiming for ‘epic’ launch
• “Living the Double Commandment to be Formed More Perfectly into the Image of Christ”
• June 30, 2020 – Las estatuas de San Junípero Serra merecen permanecer
• “From Slavery to Freedom: the Journey Fueled by Trust and Service”
• “A Lesson for Christian Living, or an Empty Ritual?  What It Means to Wash Feet”
• A sign of contradiction
• “The Only Way Up Is Down”
• “Free to Be Light, Strength, Healing and Consecration for the World”
• “Lent and the Lesson of True Equal Human Dignity”
• “Honoring God, Remembering Our Heroes, and Preserving the Soul of Our Culture”
• “Looking to the Higher Things as Stewards of God’s Blessings”
• “True Belief and the Path to Lasting Peace and Joy”
• “To Hold Accountable and to Bless: The Father as the Image of Christ the Great High Priest”
• “Ethical Catholic Health Care: The Art of Healing and Integrity”
• Modern Martyrs of Communism
• “Equipping Young People for Excellence, All the Way to Eternity”
• “The Frightening Freedom of Being the Children of God”
• “Repentance, Conversion, and Sharing the Love of Jesus with Others”
• “Orienting Our Lives Toward the Lord, in Order to Rise with Him” (Leer en español)
• “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39 (Leer en español)
• “God’s Plan for Marriage: The School in How to Find True Happiness”
• “Repeating the Life of Christ: The Gift of Consecrated Life in the Church”
• Message to St. Augustine Parish
• Catholic education is a spiritual work of mercy
• “Do Whatever He Tells You, and You Will Spread the Face of His Love to the Whole World”
• “New Means, Same Abiding Truth: St. Paul’s Legacy Continues Through His Spiritual Daughters”
• “Three Lessons to be Learned from Contemplating the Nativity Scene”
• Tu luz debe brillar
• Tu luz debe brillar
• Your Light must shine
• “El poder transformador del encuentro con Jesucristo”
• “The Transformative Power of the Encounter with Jesus Christ”
• “El poder transformador del encuentro con Jesucristo”
• “Living God’s Design to Bring Christ’s Light into the World”
• Unjust Media Reports
• Centrality of the Eucharist
• “Talitha Koum Nos Llama a Ser Evangelizadores del Avivamiento Eucarístico”
• “Talitha Koum Calls Us to Be Evangelizers for the Eucharistic Revival”
• “The Road to Emmaus: the Paradigm for Pastoral Ministry to God’s People”
• “Life, Marriage, and a Healthy Society: A Packaged Deal”
• Can a Catholic education shape the secular political world?
• “The Restoration of God’s Image By Repaying to God What Is God’s”
• “The Vocation of Catholic Health Care for the Spiritual Liberation of Those Held Captive”
• “The Sacramental Sense of Sacred Architecture in the Mission of the Church”
• “La Santísima Virgen Nos Acompaña Siempre”
• “The Blessed Mother Walks with Us Always”
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein
• “Leading the Way in Doing It God’s Way”
• La Unidad Cuerpo-Alma de la Persona Humana
• The Body-Soul Unity of the Human Person
• “St. Francis of Assisi: The Quintessential Italian who shows us the way to happiness with God”
• “The Way of Love: From Accountability to Restoration to the Fullness of Life”
• “The Deacon’s Sacred Duties in Care for Temporalities and in Evangelization”
• The Holy Eucharist: Source and Summit of Catholic Education
• Letter to the Faithful from Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to facilitate settlements with abuse survivors
• Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, shares important news in response to the lawsuits filed against the Archdiocese under California Assembly Bill 218 Child Sexual Abuse – Statute of Limitations.
• The Crisis of Fatherhood
• Archbishop Cordileone calls on faithful to pray Litany of the Sacred Heart Friday, June 16
• “Belief in an Unbelieving Age: Eucharistic Faith and God’s Purpose for Us Here and Now”
• “Belief in an Unbelieving Age: Eucharistic Faith and God’s Purpose for Us Here and Now”
• Homily on the occasion of the Holy Hour for the Church in Nicaragua and Bishop Alvarez
• Homilía en ocasión de la Hora Santa por la Iglesia en Nicaragua y el Obispo Álvarez
• California Catholics Under Attack
• El Arzobispo Salvatore J. Cordileone responde al Fiscal de Distrito del Condado de Marin sobre la decisión en el caso de la estatua de San Junipero Serra
• Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone responds to Marin County District Attorney decision in Serra statue case
• “Friend, Spouse and Lover: the Vocation of the Missionary of Charity”
• “Amiga, Esposa y Amante: la Vocación de la Misionera de la Caridad”
• “The Three-Step Process to Attaining the Life of Heaven Above”
• “The Review of Life and the Covenant of Eternal Salvation”
• “The Two-Fold Meaning of Belief in the Real Presence”
• “Embracing the Humiliation of the Cross as the Way to Glory”
• Praying for the faithful in Hong Kong
• <strong>“The Enduring Value of the Priesthood”</strong>
• ‘Father, Forgive Them …’ – Lk 23:34
• “The Contemplative Vocation: A Life of Service to the Church”
• “The Contemplative Vocation: A Life of Service to the Church”
• Bishops find Catholic disciples, evangelizers with ‘deep spiritual thirst’ on San Quentin death row
• <strong>“Bearing the Light to Christ to the World through Prayer, Penance and Sacramental Life”</strong>
• Dispensation for St. Patrick’s Day 2023
• <strong>“‘Divide and Conquer’ or ‘Unite and Prevail’? Learning the Lessons of Lent”</strong>
• <strong>“‘Divide and Conquer’ or ‘Unite and Prevail’? Learning the Lessons of Lent”</strong>
• <strong>“Pasando la prueba del desierto usando las disciplinas de Cuaresma”</strong>
• <strong>“Passing the Desert Test by Using the Disciplines of Lent”</strong>
• “LOURDES: THE JOURNEY FROM SICKNESS TO HEALTH, <strong>FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT, FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN”</strong>
• The lives you impact through your support of the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
• Honoring Our Lady of Lourdes: a new healing mass for a broken world
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on care for Laguna Honda Hospital patients
• Archbishop Cordileone blesses Half Moon Bay crime sites, reclaims them in prayer as “places of peace.”
• “With God, all things are possible …”
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the shootings in Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park
• “St. Agnes, Patron Saint of the New Chapter in Building a Culture of Life”
• 萨尔瓦托雷-科尔迪莱昂大主教就教皇本笃十六世去世发表声明
• Declaración del Arzobispo Salvatore J. Cordileone sobre el fallecimiento del Papa Emérito Benedicto XVI
• Statement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on the Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• “God’s Gift, Our Gratitude, and the Path to Perfect Happiness”
• “God’s Gift, Our Gratitude, and the Path to Perfect Happiness”
• Giving Thanks
• Congress Dishonors Marriage
• <strong>“Dios Está con Nosotros, la Virgen María Camina con Nosotros”</strong>
• <strong>“God is with Us, Mary Walks with Us”</strong>
• Preaching truth on sex and gender in a hostile culture
• In prison, everywhere – the Eucharist brings freedom and mercy
• Carta a los fieles: El Arzobispo Salvatore J. Cordileone responde a la aprobación de la Proposición 1
• The Catholic Church Must Be Allowed to Serve the Victims of Gender Ideology
• Letter to the Faithful: Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone responds to passage of Proposition 1
• Rosary for Peace on Election Day with Archbishop Cordileone
• With Mary’s guidance, Our Lady of Loretto pastor seeks to be servant of the parish
• Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone statement on the attack of Mr. Paul Pelosi
• Bishops call for “radical solidarity,” promoting the welfare of women and families
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• Solemn Vespers for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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