Category Archives: Advent

Dec 08 2024

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

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Dec 07 2024

An Interested God / Un Dios Interesado

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Dec 06 2024

Saints in the Making / Santos en Desarrollo

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Dec 05 2024

Follow the Lord / Seguir al Señor

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Dec 04 2024

Thanking, Breaking, Giving / Agradecer, Partir, Dar

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Dec 03 2024

Like Little Children / Como Niños Pequeños

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Dec 02 2024

Faith in the Word / Fe en la Palabra

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Dec 01 2024

Jesus is Near / Jesús Está Cerca

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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...