Category Archives: Catholic

Jan 27 2020

Our Strength is in our Unity

Click here for daily readings So often we have heard the phrase “A house divided cannot stand.” The exact words from today’s Gospel are, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The ...

Jan 26 2020

Unity vs. Division

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings hit hard when it comes to our world today. I do Evangelization for a collaborative of parishes, and something I have noticed time and again through our courses and events is t...

Jan 25 2020

Thank You, God, For In-Between Spaces

Click here for daily readings “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia… [I was] brought up… [I was] educated strictly in our ancestral law… I persecuted the Way to death…” Thus Paul tells hi...

Jan 24 2020

Listen, Learn, Repent

Click here for daily readings When I sit down to write a blog post, my first thought is, “What can we learn from these readings? What can we take to heart and to prayer?” Upon first glance, I thought today’s fi...

Jan 23 2020

The Quiet Voice of God

Click here for daily readings The readings today bring up some situations that challenge us in ways that can make us uncomfortable when we take a deeper look. The first reading has Saul contemplating murder because of his wounde...

Jan 22 2020

Goliath Has Many Faces

Click here for daily readings Have you faced any goliaths recently? Did you run in fear, or did you face the battle? Was the outcome good or bad? How did you meet your goliath: with grit and tenacity alone, or coupled with your ...

Jan 21 2020

Personal Romance

Click here for daily readings Today we remember St. Agnes, a martyr for the faith back in the 300s. She devoted her life to Christ, set apart for him alone, and thus she refused men who pursued her for marriage. Due to outrage a...

Jan 20 2020

Mission in Life

Click here for daily readings It seems like I am always harping on my kids to listen to me. “Come down and eat your breakfast!” “Go put on your socks and shoes!” “Where’s the TV remote?”...

Jan 19 2020

Supernatural Faith

Click here for daily readings Sometimes faith can be hard. We all know it, we have felt it, we have experienced times of desolation and consolation in our faith. The beauty about faith is that God is the one behind it. Sometimes...

Jan 18 2020

Anointed, Now What?

Click here for daily readings “The anointing with sacred chrism, perfumed oil consecrated by the bishop, signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit to the newly baptized, who has become a Christian, that is, one “anointed...

Jan 17 2020

We Are All One

Click here for daily readings Am I my brothers Keeper? In the Gospels, Jesus is constantly demonstrating that he is God, that he has the power to heal, that he is the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises, that he has come t...

Jan 16 2020

How Quickly We Forget

Click here for daily readings It’s pretty much a truism that many (if not most) people are quicker to ask for something than they are to be grateful for that thing once it’s given to them. This is nowhere more appare...

Jan 15 2020

Here I am Lord: 4 Spiritual Lessons

Click here for daily readings A favorite memory of my younger years as a Daughter of St Paul is the diocesan catechetical conventions where we would meet hundreds and thousands of volunteers and teachers dedicated to educating t...

Jan 13 2020

Fishing = Patience

Click here for daily readings When did you last go fishing? It’s been many years since my last fishing expedition with my father. He used to take my siblings and me to the Grand Haven pier, where we used “cane poles&...

Jan 12 2020

Baptized in the Lord

Click here for daily readings Today marks the last day of the Christmas season, where we celebrated the birth of Christ, and the Baptism of the Lord, where we celebrate new life in Christ. There is so much beauty in new bi...

Jan 11 2020

Heard and Answered

Click here for daily readings Confidence was the first word that jumped out at me in today’s first reading. However, I found myself lacking in confidence as I struggled to come up with an engaging introduction to this blog...

Jan 10 2020

We Are All Lepers

Click here for daily readings Have you ever experienced a physical issue that you wanted to conceal or minimize? A swollen eye? A skin rash? Even a blackened fingernail might keep our hands in our pockets. You know your own hand...

Jan 09 2020

The Glory of Heaven

Click here for daily readings “Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward of faith is to see what you believe.” -St. Augustine of Hippo Today’s readings are glorious! They share with us the good ne...

Jan 08 2020

God is with Us

Click here for daily readings The reading from the first letter of John speaks of God’s love for us; as we are loved by God, so must we love one another. The love of God is brought to perfection through us because He is wi...

Jan 07 2020

Out of Love

Click here for daily readings Love is complicated — end of story. Okay, not really end of story. But love IS complicated – that statement shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s complicated enough that I we...