Category Archives: Advent

Dec 18 2021

Jesus, Sun of Justice

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are full of hope and promise, as is fitting for the Third Week of Advent. In the First Reading, the prophet Jeremiah promises a king who will “reign and gov...

Dec 17 2021

The Wisdom of God

Click here for daily readings O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge! I never knew my maternal grandfather; he died a year and a half before I was born....

Dec 16 2021

Hope Restored

Click here for daily readings The First Reading has one of my favorite passages, seen time and time again throughout the Bible: “My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who h...

Dec 15 2021

Share What You Have Seen

Click here for daily readings “Go and tell John what you have seen.” In this Gospel Reading, Jesus reveals His true identity to the two followers of John the Baptist by saying, “Go and tell John what yo...

Dec 14 2021

Hope in Difficulties

Click here for daily readings Ten years ago today my Dad died. My Mom has been lost in the darkness without him as a guiding light after their amazing 50 year journey together as husband and wife. She has been forced to m...

Dec 13 2021

God’s Light is Our Guide

Click here for daily readings It has been so fun doing “girly things” with the new baby. Family and friends love to give her cute outfits, bows for her hair and pink toys. One of her newest additions is a soft...

Dec 12 2021

Declutter Your Troubled Heart

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, the crowds ask John the Baptist, “What then should we do?” In reply, he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; an...

Dec 11 2021

Great Expectations

Click here for daily readings One way to discover where God is working in your heart is to notice themes happening around you. Often, we think of these as coincidences. This has been happening to me recently. God keeps br...

Dec 10 2021

Divine Teacher

Click here for daily readings What do you think of when you hear the word teacher? Do memories rush forward of some great role models in your life who propelled you on the path to success? Maybe you had a negative experi...

Dec 09 2021

When Fear Takes Hold, Turn to the Lord

Click here for daily readings Fear is something that seems to come a little too naturally to me. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of being alone. Fear of loss. In this season of Advent, we are so focused on prep...

Dec 08 2021

Our Fiat to God

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, as we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we are reminded of Mary’s obedience to God. After the Angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her she wou...

Dec 07 2021

Sheep on Shoulders

Click here for daily readings In today’s parable, Jesus holds up a gentle image of the love of God for each one of us. A love so great that it leaves the 99 who seem to be holding their own in order to go in search...

Dec 06 2021

Christ is Lord

Click here for daily reading The Pharisees react understandably to Jesus in our Gospel. As He is teaching, Jesus sees a man being brought down through the roof on a stretcher, and He immediately forgives his sins. It must...

Dec 05 2021

Acting Human

Click here for daily readings Before we know how to act we must first know who we are. This is a basic philosophical tenet that shaped the thought of great minds such as St. John Paul II. If we look at the world today I ...

Dec 04 2021

What Does It Cost?

Click here for daily readings “Without cost you have received, without cost you are to give” (Mark 10:8b). Gratitude. Humility. Thankful. Sacrifice. Share. Prayer. Authority. Heal. These are all words that com...

Dec 03 2021

Enlighten the Eyes

Click here for daily readings The imagery in today’s readings reflect the joyful promise of what is to come at the end of Advent. The reading from Isaiah tells of the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, no more tyrant...

Dec 02 2021

Doing God’s Will

Click here for daily reading Every now and again, we hear something in Scripture, as in our Gospel today, that reminds us to not just listen, but act. We need to be doers of the Word, not just hearers, as St. James says (...

Dec 01 2021

Long for Advent

Click here for daily readings Ah, the early days of Advent and a new liturgical year. There is so much anticipation in the air of the great upcoming feast, the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. Our Church is brimming with...

Nov 30 2021

Beautiful Feet: They Could Be Yours

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading St. Paul refers to a verse from the great prophet who accompanies us through every Advent: the prophet Isaiah (flourished 8th century B.C., Jerusalem): How...

Nov 29 2021

No Shortage on Jesus This Christmas

Click here for daily readings Yesterday the haunting verses of O Come, O Come Emmanuel were a welcome massage for my heart. Since early October we’ve been warned of supply chain shortages and inflation that threate...