Category Archives: Catholic

Mar 10 2020

Climbing Up By Bowing Down

Click here for daily readings “All their works are performed to be seen.” Do you know people like this? It seems they live as if a camera were constantly on, and they are always “performing.” Because the...

Mar 09 2020

Let it Shine

Click here for daily readings It’s March in Michigan and the sun is shining. The bright blue sky, the amazing lightness is almost a shock to the system. Somehow as winter ends, you don’t really realize how much the c...

Mar 07 2020

Blessed Are They

Click here for daily readings Today is a very special day for our family. It is the first time we will be able to celebrate a birthday with a new family member we have just met. So many years that seemed lost are now being caugh...

Mar 06 2020

The Friday of the First Week of Lent

Click here for daily readings I had no understanding of what it meant to fast or what Lent was really all about as a child. The crucifix and painting of Jesus were covered with purple cloth in my grandparents’ house and at...

Mar 05 2020

Prayer of Faith

Click here for daily readings I have been reflecting a lot about prayer lately. Is there a correct way to pray, a prayer that reaches God faster, a type of prayer that cuts through all the human imperfection and distraction and ...

Mar 04 2020

Something Greater Than Jonah

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been one to think, “I just don’t get much out of the Mass.” “Why can’t Jesus just walk on earth today with us?” “Where are the signs that God ...

Mar 03 2020

Whose Kingdom is it? Who is in Control?

Click here for daily readings We probably say the Lord’s Prayer at least once a day. These words are part of our Christian “DNA.”But do we really KNOW what we are praying? Father, “hallowed be THY Name.&r...

Mar 02 2020

Me; A Goat, A Sheep, A Sinner?

Click here for daily readings Yes, is my answer to all three of the above. The readings today are a reminder of the importance of self vigilance in our lives. The first reading has Moses listening to the Lord, giving him t...

Mar 01 2020

Fasting and Praying

Click here for daily readings Today, we hear three different readings, all touching on the drama of salvation. I say drama because it truly can be read as a drama, and as any actor will tell you, it’s important to enter in...

Feb 29 2020

Conversion Moment

Click here for daily readings What even is the whole point of Lent? Why do we take 40 days to prepare for Jesus’ Resurrection at Easter? Why do we embrace penance and suffering during this season? As I prepared my high sch...

Feb 28 2020

Becoming a Beautiful Bride

Click here for daily readings Today’s short Gospel is a quick Q & A between the disciples of John and Jesus – one question, with a two-sentence answer. And yet, the answer gives us much to ponder. The disciples o...

Feb 27 2020

The Road Begins Here

Click here for daily readings As I’ve probably shared here before, I live in a very small town that has a very big housing problem: second-home owners, seasonal rentals, and gentrification mean that it’s an increasin...

Feb 26 2020

Memento Mori

Click here for daily readings In his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s protagonist embraces a life of complete hedonism, participating in any debauchery that presents itself. His saving grace, or so he ...

Feb 25 2020

Lessons in Humility

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are all about being humble. The Gospel tell us to not worry about being the greatest, but rather to be as simple as children. I could attempt to wax eloquent on the subject, b...

Feb 24 2020

There is Power

Click here for daily readings Miracles and power. You know, those things that Jesus had two thousand years ago when he was present with us and then was zapped up into heaven and took his power with him. Wait, is that really the ...

Feb 22 2020

I Shall Not Want

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial is one of the most poetic and well-known Psalms. I remember reciting it as part of an English assignment in high school. “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.&...

Feb 21 2020

A Hard Take on Discipleship

Click here for daily readings When I interviewed for my current youth ministry job, my now-coworkers asked me, “So what do you know about St. Peter Church?” Thanking the Lord I had spent time looking at the parish we...

Feb 20 2020

Partiality

Click here for daily readings “However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin and a...

Feb 19 2020

Walking Toward Heaven with Christ

Click here for daily readings The Responsorial Psalm for today is, “Who shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord?” Isn’t that a question we ask ourselves pretty regularly? Maybe it’s weird, but I often th...

Feb 18 2020

Joy in Christ’s Presence

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks His disciples, “Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?” Christ is pointin...