Category Archives: Briana Ciancibello

Sep 13 2018

Fully Known, Fully Loved

Click here for daily readings “O LORD, you have probed me and you know me.” Today’s readings bring a wave of peace, acceptance, and intimacy over me. My mind wanders to all the ways our world tries to hide.&nb...

Aug 29 2018

Take Courage, Have Hope

Click here for daily readings In Today’s Readings we hear the story of St. John the Baptist. Whenever I hear this story, I can’t help but imagine the gruesomeness of his beheading. I am not one that can handle the si...

Aug 19 2018

Friends Don’t Let Friends Go To Hell

Click here for daily readings Accountability: Adjective (Of a person, organization, or institution) required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. Explicable; understandable Personally, I hate being cal...

Jul 19 2018

The Comfort Of His Sacred Heart: Rest

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading from Matthew tells us the inner comfort of the heart of God. When I read Jesus’ words, “My yoke is easy, and my burden light”, I couldn’t help bu...

Jul 15 2018

The Greatest Gift Of Grace

Click here for daily readings If the only Catholic Doctrine question for my students was, “What is Ms. Ciancibello’s favorite word?”, than the majority of my students would get an A+ in their religion class.&nb...

May 17 2018

Set Free

Click here for daily readings “For it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.” After Readings today’s First Reading, I can’t help but be captivated by St. Paul’s heroic courage...

May 06 2018

Dearly Beloved

Click here for daily readings In today’s Second Reading, we are called beloved. Whenever I am called beloved in Scripture, my heart automatically melts. It is within this word that I am rooted in the truth of who I am. I a...

May 05 2018

Stop Signs, Roadblocks, and Caution Tape

Click here for daily readings When I look back at all the roadblocks and stop lights in my life, I tend to think those situations were not of God. As if anything preventing me from getting where I wanted to be was the opposite o...