Category Archives: Beth Price

Jun 17 2022

The Eyes

Click here for daily readings I have always been fascinated by eyes: person, animal, insect, it doesn’t matter. I have noticed them on all creatures as I encounter them in my life. Several months ago I called out to...

Jun 02 2022

Hope

Click here for daily readings The reading today from Acts has Paul saying he is “on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.” This leads to heated disputes between the Sadducees and the Pharisees becaus...

May 20 2022

Love One Another

Click here for daily readings The last line of today’s Gospel is a command: love one another. Due to that love, my heart is again breaking because of a weekend filled with shooting sprees in the USA. I am weeping be...

May 07 2022

The Holy One of God

Click here for daily readings The month of May holds much joy in our society. Spring is finally erupting in colors and new life in the majority of the USA. First communions, graduations, baptisms and weddings are being he...

Apr 20 2022

Rejoice

Click here for daily readings The Octave of Easter is full of redemptive resurrection joy. Each day is a celebration of Easter and the joy it brings to believers. The readings today bring forth two stories of rejoic...

Apr 08 2022

Everlasting Life

Click here for daily readings The readings for this last Friday of Lent really cause me to pause and take a good honest look at my thoughts, words and deeds. The First Reading speaks of terror on every side and vengeanc...

Mar 24 2022

Listen

Click here for daily readings What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “listen”? Many would say “paying attention to sound, or listening to music”. Others may think, listen...

Mar 07 2022

A Very Acceptable Time

Click here for daily readings It is Monday and a very acceptable time to reflect, think and pray. The readings today help to narrow my thought process and provide many lenses to help my focus during Lent 2022. My reflecti...

Feb 24 2022

Salt and Sin as Synonyms

Click here for daily readings When someone says winter to me I think of snow as I’ve lived in the midwest most of my life. Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Michigan collectively average thirty eight inches of snow, ...

Feb 07 2022

Verdant

Click here for daily readings There is a lot to unpack in the 4 sentences that make up today’s Gospel. The word verdant has stayed with me throughout my prayer, reflection and study. During my reflection there were ...

Jan 29 2022

Two Important Questions

Click here for daily readings The Old Testament today has the messenger Nathan astounded at what David has done, especially since David is the anointed of the Lord. David’s sin is forgiven by the Lord. There are, ho...

Jan 07 2022

Be Made Clean

Click here for daily readings There have been some changes the last couple of days at work. I’m sitting in a different part of the building that has windows with an outside view (wooHoo). Making a space clean that h...

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 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...

Nov 22 2021

Altruism and Two Small Coins

Click here for daily readings The Gospel today has the second account of the widow and her two small coins. I find this quite fitting on the Monday before Thanksgiving. The widow’s offering is the definition of alt...

Nov 14 2021

Be Vigilant at all Times

Click here for daily readings I opened the Divine Office today, more specifically the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours, for additional insight on the readings for today. St. Augustine wrote, “We ...

Oct 23 2021

Is the Spirit Alive in You?

Click here for daily readings Did anyone else besides me have to read today’s First Reading more than once before it started to click in your mind? I really had to take a deep breath and intentionally clear the thou...

Oct 04 2021

Conversions of Heart

Click here for daily readings Todays’ readings are so fitting for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Scriptures are wonderful lessons addressing the conversion of the heart. The First Reading has Jonah not wa...

Sep 23 2021

Consider Your Ways

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of St. Pius of Pietrelcina better known as Padre Pio. The First Reading from Haggai today is quite fitting as Padre Pio was known for the gift of inspired listening while i...

Sep 03 2021

Light of Life

Click here for daily readings Today is the memorial of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, and a doctor of the Church. I usually make a point of doing some research about the saint(s) of the day before beginning any writing, an...