Category Archives: Advent

Dec 24 2023

“Let Our Adoration Never Cease!” / “¡Que Nunca Dejemos de Adorarlo!”

Click here for daily readings I can remember cherished moments as a child turning the living room lights low on Christmas eve and sitting with a cup of hot chocolate before the nativity scene. I loved singing Christmas ca...

Dec 23 2023

Blessings on the Blessed / Bendiciones para los Bendecidos

Click here for daily readings Zechariah had been unable to speak for nine months, because he doubted the angel who announced the upcoming birth of his son. Now, on the eighth day after his birth, Elizabeth and Zechariah a...

Dec 22 2023

Magnifying the Greatness of God / Glorificando la Grandeza de Dios

Click here for daily readings Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God, my savior.” Mary’s “Fiat”, her magnificent “YES” to God, an...

Dec 21 2023

Looking Outward / Mirando Hacia Afuera

Click here for daily readings Each of the women in today’s Gospel would have had every reason to be preoccupied with her own situation; both are unexpectedly pregnant under extraordinary circumstances. Despite that...

Dec 20 2023

A Garden of Love / Un Jardín de Amor

Click here for daily readings When the Blessed Mother says her historic, momentous, earth-shattering “yes” to God in today’s gospel reading, she probably had little idea that she would become the spiritu...

Dec 19 2023

Wonder and Might / Asombro y Poder

Click here for daily readings Our God is a God of wonder and might, of making the impossible possible and, who will, as Elizabeth says, “take away my disgrace before others.” Has God ever taken away your disgr...

Dec 18 2023

Christmas in July / La Navidad en Julio

Click here for daily readings A little research says a summer camp in North Carolina first celebrated “Christmas in July” 90 years ago, in 1933, and a comedic movie, “Christmas in July,” came out i...

Dec 17 2023

Gaudete Sunday / Domingo de Gaudete

Click here for daily readings Rejoicing is the theme of today’s readings on this Gaudete Sunday. We are filled with joy, because the Lord is coming and is almost here! “God is the joy of my soul,” the pr...

Dec 16 2023

Prepare the Way of the Lord / Preparar el Camino del Señor

Click here for daily readings Jesus and his disciples are “coming down from the mountain” after a momentous, never-before-seen, never-to-be-repeated event, the Transfiguration of Jesus, which reveals his Divin...

Dec 15 2023

We Are Nothing without Christ / No Somos Nada Sin Cristo

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus was talking to a crowd of people, teaching about John the Baptist. He said to them, “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit ...

Dec 14 2023

Christmas, or the Cross? / ¿La Navidad o la Cruz?

Click here for daily readings When we were first married, my husband had no idea what it meant when I said “maybe that’s your cross” while he was going through a hard time. I tried to explain it to him a few ti...

Dec 13 2023

Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart / Jesús, Manso y Humilde de Corazón

Click here for daily readings This Gospel reading is one of the most essential readings as our Lord describes His very own heart. He tells us to come to Him amid our pain, sorrow, and difficult moments and see He is the s...

Dec 12 2023

What a Mother We Have! / ¡Qué Madre tan Increíble Tenemos!

Click here for daily readings The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a familiar one: on the rough tilma of a peasant is an image of a mixed-race woman (a mestiza) who is pregnant, standing on the moon (the Aztec symbol for...

Dec 11 2023

Look Into Your Heart / Mira Dentro de tu Corazón

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear about the incredible miracle of the man who is unable to walk being healed by Jesus. I think we all long for Jesus to tell us not only that our sins are forgiv...

Dec 10 2023

God’s Messengers / Mensajeros de Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel demonstrates what it means to be apostolic people and witnesses to Christ in our lives. To be apostolic is to be “sent out.” To bear witness to Christ means t...

Dec 09 2023

The Way of Truth / El Camino de la Verdad

Click here for daily readings I have been struggling with what I call the “theme-parking” of our culture. We spend endless hours planning and more money than I want to think about to go to places that make our...

Dec 08 2023

Mary’s Sinlessness and Simplicity / María, Sencilla y Sin Pecado

Click here for daily readings It has been my mission lately to live as simply as possible. One of my mottos has become: “Make Due”. In other words, if I want green beans for supper but only have broccoli on hand, I w...

Dec 07 2023

God’s Initiative / La Iniciativa de Dios

Click here for daily reading Today’s readings are full of deference to God in a particularly interesting way. “He sets up walls and ramparts to protect us”. “Open up the gates to let in a nation th...

Dec 06 2023

A Blueprint for Discipleship / Un Plan Para el Discipulado

Click here for daily readings We are a family of eight, so we typically drive for vacations or to visit family. When preparing for such a trip, I usually have two primary concerns that everything else flows from: how many...

Dec 05 2023

The Cow and The Bear / La Vaca y el Oso

Click here for daily readings Well, here we are. The first week of Advent. I feel as though the years go by too quickly the older I get, yet each Advent humbly reminds me that I am still a child. In fact, I very much wanted to b...