Category Archives: Catholic

Sep 18 2026

How is God Calling You to Give? / ¿Cómo te llama Dios a dar?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear a rare mention of multiple women who accompanied Jesus throughout His ministry. We’ve heard of Mary Magdalene, as well as Jesus having encounters with His mother Mary, but these other women are hardly mentioned. That is why I find the very las...

Sep 17 2026

Grace and Mercy / La gracia y la misericordia

Click here for daily readings Grace and mercy are gifts we receive from God. Which one do you want? Which one do you need? Can we have one without the other? They are gifts, unmerited, given out of love for us from the one who created us. Do we accept these gifts? Life often brings […]

Sep 16 2026

Wild Virtue / La virtud audaz

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Christ is preaching to crowds who just saw Him send two messengers back to John the Baptist with news of His arrival. For many people in the crowd, the name John the Baptist is familiar. After all, he baptized many of them. However, the scribes and Ph...

Sep 15 2026

The Pierced Heart of Our Lady of Sorrows / El corazón traspasado de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

Click here for daily readings I settled into my prayer chair, the heaviness of this week wrapped around my heart like a weighted vest. Two funerals of friends gone too soon, a catastrophic stroke of a faithful prayer warrior, and open-heart surgery scheduled for a third brother. Has this really all ...

Sep 14 2026

The Exaltation of the Cross / La Exaltación de la Santa Cruz

Click here for daily readings The saraph serpents are hurting and killing people with their fiery bite. And while the people deserved this punishment for their complaining and their ingratitude to God for freeing them from slavery, God also provided a remedy for them once they had owned their sin an...

Sep 13 2026

Forgive From Your Heart / Perdonar desde el corazón

Click here for daily readings I love today’s reading… well, most of it. I love the parts that I can understand. Jesus’ financial metaphor is such a viscerally concrete demonstration of how our sin affects another. Sin accrues debt. The other party has less and we owe them. Straight forward, very rel...

Sep 12 2026

Found Guilty of Having Faith / Declarada culpable de tener fe

Click here for daily readings If you were on trial as a Catholic, would there be enough evidence to convict you? It is a fascinating question, one that forces us to contemplate what it means to be an authentic person of faith beyond our hour at Mass each week. Whether we are out with friends, […]

Sep 11 2026

A Renewal of Peace / Una renovación de paz

Click here for daily readings Isn’t it strange that a tiny splinter under your skin can be so painfully annoying? You see and feel it, but the more you focus on it, the more it seems magnified. In today’s Gospel, Jesus refers to “splinters” three times, meaning the little faults we notice in others....

Sep 10 2026

Like a Fish Out of Water / Como un pez fuera del agua

Click here for daily readings A fish does not know it is in water until it is removed from that water and is frantically trying to draw the breath of water across its gills. Similarly, we don’t think about the ocean of oxygen we move through each day until, for whatever reason, that oxygen becomes [...

Sep 09 2026

The Savior Seeks Our Attention / El Salvador Busca Nuestra Atención

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage begins with a profoundly divine moment, as Jesus, the embodiment of love, lifts His eyes towards His disciples. Imagine being there, and suddenly, your gaze meets His, and He begins to deliver the Sermon on the Plain. These words of guidance, even...

Sep 08 2026

Family Trees / Árboles genealógicos

Click here for daily readings Matthew chose to begin his Gospel with the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Many parishes omit these lines in favor of the short form, choosing only to read later verses showing how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. Yet, blessed are those who listen to (and read aloud) th...

Sep 07 2026

Fact or Fiction / Realidad o ficción

Click here for daily readings We live in a world of instant communication where we can see more things than ever. Photographs and videos from all around the world populate in our inbox and on social media and streaming services. In the news, we see what is shown to us, and we allow ourselves to […]

Sep 06 2026

Listening to the Lord’s Voice / Escuchar la voz del Señor

Click here for daily readings One of the most exciting things in my adult life has been seeing family members give themselves to God and His Church. I have two nephews in seminary, a niece finishing up two years of ministering to the poor on the streets of Denver, a nephew who works at a […]

Sep 05 2026

Redeeming the Rubbish / Redimir la basura

Click here for daily readings “To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clad and roughly treated, we wander about homeless and we toil, working with our own hands. When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the world’...

Sep 04 2026

A New Creation in Christ / Una nueva creación en Cristo

Click here for daily readings “Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins” (Luke 5:38). How would it feel to be fresh and new, like a new wineskin? In so many ways, Jesus gives us the opportunity to renew ourselves and become a new creation. For example, a man and woman start their wedding...

Sep 03 2026

Fishers of Men / Pescadores de hombres

Click here for daily readings These fishermen know what they are doing, and they have had a bad night of fishing. They had worked hard and caught nothing. At all. They are cleaning up and ready to rest. But Jesus gets into one of the boats and asks them to row away from the shore […]

Sep 02 2026

Moving with Purpose / Actuar con propósito

Click here for daily readings Do you ever notice how Jesus moves in the Gospels? I don’t mean how He moves His limbs: I mean the way He acts, how He operates, His way of being. It’s striking. In today’s Gospel, Jesus goes straight from the synagogue to Simon’s house for a visit. When He […]

Sep 01 2026

Have You Heard the News? / ¿Has oído las noticias?

Click here for daily readings “Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might” (Psalm 145:11). Discourse and speech. Such powerful roles these forms of communication play in the lives of humans. Something glorious occurs, and we long to tell someone. Something terrible occur...

Aug 31 2026

God’s Will / La voluntad de Dios

Click here for daily readings As I was nearing the end of high school, I had many plans about what I wanted to do after graduation. Although I was a faithful follower of God and attended Mass on Sundays and holy days like I was supposed to, I had my own plans, like we all […]

Aug 30 2026

Take Up Your Cross / Tomar tu cruz

Click here for daily readings Dear Jesus, in this season, as in many before, I have felt so distant from You. My cross can feel overbearing. While I should be grateful for my family, I am most commonly the opposite. I feel starved for attention and respite, bitter at the need to be constantly humble...