Sancta Familia Medical Apostolate

12/13/2025

12/12/2025

Friends, today we celebrate the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. What followed the apparition of Mary at Tepeyac is one of the most astounding chapters in the history of Christian evangelism.

Though Franciscan missionaries had been laboring in Mexico for twenty years, they had made little progress. But within ten years of the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe, practically the entire Mexican people, nine million strong, had converted to Christianity. Our Lady of Guadalupe had proved a more effective evangelist than Peter, Paul, Patrick, and Francis Xavier combined! And with that great national conversion, the Aztec practice of human sacrifice came to an end. She had done battle with fallen spirits and had won a culture-changing victory for the God of love.

The challenge for us who honor her today is to join the same fight. We must announce to our culture today the truth of the God of Israel, the God of Jesus Christ, the God of nonviolence and forgiving love. And we ought, like Our Lady of Guadalupe, to be bearers of Jesus to a world that needs him more than ever.

12/12/2025

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🕯️ This Saturday we celebrate the Feast of St. Lucy. You can join us in this celebration at Mass at 10 AM.

St. Lucy's feast used to be on the Winter Solstice. Since this was the shortest and darkest day of the year, and because her name, Lucia, derives from the Latin word for light (“lux”), she stands as a symbolic bearer of light in the darkness.

Saint Lucy, you did not hide your light under a basket, but let it shine for the whole world, for all the centuries to see. We are called to let the light of our Christianity illumine our daily lives. Please help us to have the courage to bring our Christianity into our work, our recreation, our relationships, our conversation – every corner of our day.

Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr, pray for us. Amen.

12/11/2025

Look at our beautiful Christmas decorations!
Join us Dec 17th for our Christmas Event 🎄

12/11/2025

Grab a copy of Teresa's book, The Happy Girls Guide to Being Whole for Christmas for your daughter, friend, granddaughter or just yourself at SFMA for 20$ at the front desk of our office.