Category Archives: Allison Gingras

Sep 25 2021

Guarded by the Shepherd

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm is, “The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.” To more completely recognize the beauty, reassurance, and power of this promise, it m...

Aug 25 2021

Inspecting Our Insides

Click here for daily readings Does your outside match your inside? Actions, as they say, speak far louder than words. We reveal so much more of ourselves by our behavior than from what we say. However, even if we sometimes...

Jul 25 2021

Hearing Anew

Click here for daily readings Spend any amount of time in the Scriptures or attending Mass, and you may be tempted to let your mind drift during the readings with the misleading rationale, “I’ve heard this all...

Jun 25 2021

Jesus

Click here for daily readings While thankfully not a leprosy sufferer, I have dealt with eczema for many years, including a severe bout on my hands that left them virtually unusable. At their worst, swollen with horrendou...

May 25 2021

What Will I Leave Behind to Follow Christ

Click here for daily readings I have a lot of crazy things to bemoan. Most were embarrassing or even downright stupid: such as smoking, swearing, skipping school, driving too fast, bullying the poor boy that sat in front ...

May 11 2021

The Work of the Advocate

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus consoles the disciples with the promise of an Advocate—the Holy Spirit. His words, “it is better for you that I go,” must have been so confusi...

Apr 22 2021

Nourished By the Bread of Life

Click here for daily readings How ironic, I am writing this reflection on the Bread of Life—the Bread that comes down from heaven, the Living Bread, and Flesh for the World—in Adoration with my belly rumbling ...

Mar 27 2021

All Will Believe

Click here for daily readings “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him.” ~John 11:48 Although I have never personally met George Washington, I...

Feb 22 2021

Are You Blessed by Faith?

Click here for daily readings Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The answers varied from a prophet to John the Baptist. He then asks the question each of us should carefully...

Jan 22 2021

Following Christ

Click here for daily readings Sometimes when I read the Twelve Apostles’ names, my mind wonders what did Jesus see in each one of these men that drew him to invite them to be his followers? Did Jesus see a light in ...

Mar 28 2017

Do You Want To Be Well?

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Do you ever feel like you are just waiting for someone to lift you into God’s healing waters...

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Mar 10 2017

When You Need to be Forgiven

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“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and who...

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