Category Archives: Catholic

Dec 22 2019

God Speaks

Click here for daily readings Do you ever wish God would send an angel to tell you exactly what his plan for you is? I remember times during discernment where I literally begged for God just to be clear. I wanted him to come dow...

Dec 21 2019

Living Tabernacles

Click here for daily readings Mary set out in haste and traveled to the house of Zechariah, where she greeted Elizabeth. Let’s try that again: Mary, carrying within her the Son of God, set out in haste to bring Jesus to th...

Dec 20 2019

O Key of David

Click here for daily readings The reality of my failure to plan appropriately for this season is beginning to show. The super cute cardboard houses that I just had to paint and cover with glitter so they could decorate our home ...

Dec 19 2019

How Can I Know This?

Click here for daily readings Zechariah. Elderly. Devoted. Righteous. Carefully carrying out his priestly duty, entering the sanctuary to burn incense. Focused on his duties… I’m chuckling to myself as I think of it...

Dec 18 2019

A Righteous Man

Click here for daily readings One of my favorite things about St. Joseph is the fact that he never speaks in Scripture, yet we can learn so much about the man he was. In today’s Gospel, we can learn a great deal about the ...

Dec 17 2019

Foundational Wisdom

Click here for daily readings So what is the deal with the list of ancestors? In the Gospels, we get Jesus’ genealogy, not once but twice! Since nothing happens in the Bible without a purpose, we can only ask, “Why?&...

Dec 16 2019

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Click here for daily readings She always knew the answer before she asked the question. Who tracked the mud in the kitchen? Who ate the last cookie and didn’t get rid of the wrapping? Who left their bookbag in the entry-wa...

Dec 15 2019

Gaudete! Rejoice!

Click here for daily readings Our liturgies for this Sunday take on a different tone than the first two Sundays of Advent. The vestments for Mass are rose instead of violet, and we light a pink candle to represent joyfulness in ...

Dec 14 2019

The Telling of Jesus

Click here for daily readings In the First Reading today, we hear of the wondrous deeds of Elijah, re-establishing the tribes of Jacob. In today’s Gospel we hear about prophets telling the coming of Elijah and John the Bap...

Dec 13 2019

Bringing the Light to Every Darkened Place

Click here for daily readings Jesus’ generation is much like ours, with people ready to take up the gossip on the prevailing wind and believe whatever is being said, rather than working to see the truth and go against the ...

Dec 12 2019

Our Lady Unites us to our Lord

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Patroness of all of the Americas. This feast day has become such a great celebration that it can no longer be contained to Mexico alone. Our loving Mother, back in 1531, appea...

Dec 11 2019

Receive Rest

Click here for daily readings “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” One simple Gospel verse with so much hope and longing. A perfect Gospel verse for Advent. A Gospel verse that ...

Dec 10 2019

Give Comfort to my People

Click here for daily readings COM-FORT: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint; the easing or alleviation of a person’s feelings of grief or distress; a state or situation in which you are relaxed and...

Dec 09 2019

Marian Consecration

Click here for daily readings Just this past week, I started my second time through the process of consecrating myself to Jesus through Mary. It has been so busy in my life, and I find myself gravitating towards our Lady, desiri...

Dec 07 2019

Active Waiting

Click here for daily readings It’s the first Saturday of Advent. We know it is a time of anticipating and preparing for the coming of our Lord. There is a flurry and hum to this season as we actively wait for the infant&rs...

Dec 06 2019

Hospitality

Click here for daily readings When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” There is a beautiful subtlety to this story that often gets overlook...

Dec 05 2019

The Short List

Click here for daily readings This past weekend, we listened to the Sunday Gospel in which Jesus is amazed by the soldier’s faith in him. We receive the line that we hear in Mass each week as the centurion says, ...

Dec 04 2019

The Fulfillment of our Desire

Click here for daily readings “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta Throughout today’s readings, we hear of Christ’s ability to f...

Dec 03 2019

Emmanuel: God WITH US

Click here for daily readings If you’ve ever heard me speak, you’ve undoubtedly heard me ask, “Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing on this planet?” Because every important journey begins wit...

Dec 02 2019

A Different Kind of Simplicity

Click here for daily readings Here we are. We’ve made it. We are in a new liturgical year, a new season. Advent! The Lord is coming. He is drawing nigh. Our Savior, the adorable little Christ Child will soon be born. I don...