Category Archives: Briana Ciancibello

Aug 21 2019

A Joyful Celebration

Click here for daily readings Are you someone that gets to Sunday Mass ten to fifteen minutes early? Are you someone that seems to make it right on time? Or are you always running late, getting there after Mass has already star...

Jun 18 2019

Hurt People, Hurt People

Click here for daily readings Today, Jesus states in the Gospel to love our enemies. Yup, we’re going to be talking about this today. He said to LOVE them and pray for those who persecute you. Some of you are thinki...

Jun 06 2019

They Also May Be In Us

Click here for daily readings The Gospel Readings for today allows us to see intimately into the relationship Jesus had with His Father. It is within this prayer that we are revealed the beauty, intimacy, and trust of their lov...

May 10 2019

Encountering the Risen Lord

Click here for daily readings I embarrassingly just did a happy dance in my chair as I write this blog publically in my local coffee shop. Why am I embarrassing myself? Because today’s readings are epic and I am SO excited...

May 03 2019

A Believers Work

Click here for daily readings In Today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is the way, the truth, and the life. It is here that He shares the intimacy between Himself and God the Father. He states multiple times that He and ...

Apr 24 2019

Finding Jesus in our Neighbor

Click here for daily readings In today’s Scripture readings, we are reminded of the fact that Jesus Christ is alive and working. Our First Reading in the Acts of the Apostles speaks of the Spirit of Christ working through...

Apr 16 2019

Will You Also Betray Me?

Click here for daily readings Recently, I read a quote that states, “Christianity isn’t as much about getting to Heaven as it is allowing Heaven to get inside of you.” In our Scripture readings today, we hear h...

Apr 03 2019

I Am the Same Here and Now

Click here for daily readings Vulnerability moment my friends, I am super overwhelmed with my life these days. I feel as though I constantly have a million things to do. My planner is filled minute by minute in my day and I&rsq...

Mar 23 2019

I Love You More Today Than I Did Yesterday

Click here for daily readings The other day, my fiance and I had a Pre-Cana meeting with our beloved priest friend. If you didn’t know, the Church requires at least 6 months of preparation time for this sacrament. In that...

Mar 13 2019

Do You Want to be Well?

Click here for daily readings The whole purpose of this liturgical season is to return to Jesus with our whole hearts. I don’t know about you, but when I picture my heart, it isn’t always pretty. I picture my heart w...

Mar 06 2019

Now is the Day of Salvation

Click here for daily readings “Behold now is a very acceptable time; Behold, now is the day of salvation.” Today is a significant day for us Catholics. It is a day that we wear a sign of ashes upon our foreheads. It ...

Dec 10 2018

Rise Up

Click here for daily readings We apologize. We sent the wrong post yesterday. This is the correct post for yesterday. We will send the post for today shortly. God Bless! As I write this blog, it is my first day back to work afte...

Nov 21 2018

Called To Give Our Talent

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the First Reading, we hear this descriptive vision that St. John experienced Heaven. He writes about these visions in detail ...

Nov 19 2018

Have Pity On Me!

Click here for daily readings I don’t know about all of you, but sometimes I feel pretty blind… No, I don’t mean blind in the sense that I should call up my optometrist for a check-up, but in the sense that li...

Nov 07 2018

What Is Truly Important?

Click here for daily readings I have recently taken on a few side jobs. Yes, on top of my full-time teaching position. I have done so as a means of stability. Emergencies and bills seem to continue to pile up and overwhelm me. A...

Oct 29 2018

Children Of Light

Click here for daily readings Within this past year, I have been diagnosed with narcolepsy & cataplexy. If you’re familiar with these diseases, you know that it is a large cross to carry. I’m still trying to figu...

Oct 27 2018

Cultivating A Life In The Truth Of Love

Click here for daily readings Standing in front of a class of students for 8 hours a day is one big test of humility it seems. I really did believe I was good in that department. I didn’t need any more circumstances to gro...

Oct 05 2018

Knowing Vs. Inviting

Click here for daily readings Kyra, my new student in 6th grade has never even heard about Jesus. We’re in the middle of the first quarter, Catholic Doctrine curriculum for a 6th-grade level (assuming all others have built...

Sep 30 2018

Trustworthiness

Click here for daily readings Growing up in an Italian family, there are certain phrases or loud words of advice I should say, that are engraved in my mind. Of course, if I’m telling you that I’m Italian, I have to l...

Sep 23 2018

Old Fulfilled In The New

Click here for daily readings I’m almost 100% positive that every single one of my 6th-grade students can hear my voice when they dream shouting in excitement, “THE OLD IS FULFILLED IN THE NEW AND THE NEW IS HIDDEN I...