Category Archives: Alexis Dallara-Marsh

Mar 17 2022

A Life Of Prayer With Psalm 1 And Beyond

Click here for daily readings How do you pray? How do you talk to Jesus? I have always found it so hard. In this world and age, we are so distracted by the activity around us, it is hard to focus on finding inner peace a...

Feb 06 2022

United in the Mass, Today’s Fishers of Men

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading from Isaiah, we hear something similar to that said in the Mass: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!” I...

Jan 17 2022

Celebrating His Presence!

Click here for daily readings Can one pour old wine into new wineskins? Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? Today’s Gospel is one of celebration! Weddings and wine and the glory of ...

Dec 19 2021

Blessed Are You Who Believed

Click here for daily readings And the course of salvation history changed with our Mother’s simple, Yes to God. With time holding no boundaries between her and her Son, Mary exemplifies Thy Will Be Done. A young pe...

Nov 02 2021

Love Transcends Death

Click here for daily readings “And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day.” (John 6:39) All Souls Day will...

Oct 17 2021

Serving God

Click here for daily readings The Apostles seem to often spend their time with Jesus confused. Jesus, however, does not hold this against them. Instead, he takes every opportunity to teach them, and help them through the...

Sep 18 2021

Open My Heart

Click here for daily readings How can I open myself more to love? Love for others, in place of love for self. It is our natural instinct, after all, to follow our flawed nature of sinfulness. Day after day I know I strug...

Aug 15 2021

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Mother has so many names which we can use to relate to her. This starts in the First Reading with the “Ark of the Cove...

Jun 20 2021

Be Not Afraid

Click here for daily readings “Do not be afraid! Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure. He alone can give full meaning to life, he alone is the center of history. Live by him!” – Pope St. John Paul ...

May 23 2021

Come Holy Spirit

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, in Acts 2, the people unite to celebrate the Lord together, through the formation of the church. This is the reversal of the Tower of Babel- whereas earlier t...

Apr 11 2021

Divine Mercy

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading in Acts, it is noted that following Jesus’ resurrection, the Church was one. This was what God had always intended. One heart, one mind, one body, one s...

Mar 28 2021

Be Not Afraid

Click here for daily readings I have always found it hard to pray. To find the words. And so recently I have become invested in studying the Psalms, as the Psalms give the words and prayers bestowed to us by God Himself....

Feb 21 2021

God’s Covenant

Click here for daily readings Gn 9:8-15 is one of our first introductions to the word “covenant”. The word speaks of God’s promise to us. It is not through our works that we will receive grace, but thro...

Jan 24 2021

Teach Me Your Ways, O Lord

Click here for daily readings In this Sunday’s readings, three particular lines stand out to me. In the First Reading, “Teach me your ways, O Lord.” Too commonly do we rely on our own understandin...

Dec 20 2020

Handmaid of the Lord

Click here for daily readings I was recently part of a six-week journal group among mothers of my local parish. During our final session, I can recall two occurrences in particular that stood out to me. The first was tha...

Nov 29 2020

Be Watchful

Click here for daily readings This year has been a test of faith, probably more so than any one previous. This statement is not to be taken lightly. In 2001, I stood as a bushy-eyed high schooler only a few streets away ...

Oct 04 2020

Have No Anxiety At All

Click here for daily readings I’m a worrier. Probably as a typical American, I worry about money a lot. Perhaps many people’s goal each day is to make money. How much can one make in how little time. I also w...

Sep 06 2020

God, Grant Me The Courage To Be A Watchman

Click here for daily readings Today’s first reading is a struggle – warning others, speaking out against faults and wrongdoings, being brave rather than cowardly. I have always been one who prefers shying awa...