Category Archives: Catholic

Oct 28 2019

Called

Click here for daily readings During Eucharistic adoration with my high school teens last Monday night, I was struck by the word, “called.” We had just finished singing “O Come to the Altar,” where the li...

Oct 27 2019

Freedom in Humility

Click here for daily readings When looking up the definition of humility, I came across two different responses. It was first defined as a modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness. The second definition...

Oct 26 2019

The Case of the Fruitless Fig Tree

Click here for daily readings A few years back, in one of his homilies, my pastor made a point concerning vice and virtue. Although I don’t recall the exact words he used, the gist of the message was this: vice, by its nat...

Oct 25 2019

Read the Signs and Act

Click here for daily readings Bonus Post! Jesus has some pretty strong words for us in today’s readings. This whole week, it seems Luke is full of the types of readings that we would rather skim over and get on to somethin...

Oct 25 2019

Body Bad, Spirit Good

Click here for daily readings The body is bad, and the spirit is good is the battle cry of a common heresy that I think is still making the rounds today; it is the heresy of Gnosticism. This is essentially the belief that all ma...

Oct 24 2019

An Eternal Choice

Click here for daily readings Psalm 1 always makes me think of Sr. Mary Augusta. For a number of years I sat next to Sr. Augusta in chapel and assisted her with finding the pages for community prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours....

Oct 23 2019

God’s Will For Me Is Right Here

Click here for daily readings “Lord, what am I supposed to be doing?” Have you ever wondered or asked the Lord why you are alive, or what He wants you to do? Have you ever thought that this is almost impossible to kn...

Oct 22 2019

Totus Tuus

Click here for daily readings “From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust when all hope is gone.” – St. John Paul II Today we celebrate one of the great saint...

Oct 21 2019

Faith and Greed

Click here for daily readings It is the feast day of St. Gaspar de Bufalo. He had an unwavering faith, much like that of Abraham in the first reading. If you are like me and not familiar with this “litt...

Oct 20 2019

Pray Without Ceasing

Click here for daily readings At first, it seemed pretty easy to follow what today’s Gospel is asking us to do: pray without ceasing. Be like the persistent widow who continuously bothers the judge until he finally deliver...

Oct 19 2019

It Depends on Faith

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading, we read that God’s chosen people, Abraham’s descendants, were not going to be saved because they followed the law, but because they had faith. Reading thi...

Oct 18 2019

Divine Healing

Click here for daily readings I recently got the chance to meet an incredible Healing Ministry that is doing the Lord’s work in my diocese. If you are unfamiliar with prayer teams like this, the focus is on the Holy Spirit...

Oct 17 2019

Faith and Works

Click here for daily readings Today in the first reading, we have the classic text that is used to justify a faith alone mentality or the idea that merely having an intellectual belief that does not involve an act of the will, i...

Oct 16 2019

Try the Mirror First

Click here for daily readings Not long ago, I was out for coffee with an acquaintance when an extremely overweight person was seated next to us—with some difficulty, because there wasn’t quite enough room between the...

Oct 15 2019

Mighty

Click here for daily readings Through today’s first reading, responsorial psalm and Gospel, I see one consistent theme: the power of God. How often do we sit down and reflect, really reflect, on God’s power? Could we...

Oct 14 2019

Called to be an Apostle

Click here for daily readings I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between a disciple and an apostle, and here the first reading speaks entirely about being an apostle. I think a lot of the time, us Catholi...

Oct 13 2019

Your Faith Will Save You

Click here for daily readings True story: many years ago, when I was in my 30s, I recall an incident on a day, which was a particularly good day for me. My work was going well and left the office feeling happy with my situation....

Oct 11 2019

Gloom and Doom or Thanksgiving?

Click here for daily readings Life is full of milestones. This year my family has reached many. In January, my grandmother turned 90, my mother turned 70, and my husband turned 40. Last month my parents celebrated their 50th wed...

Oct 10 2019

Is There Power?

Click here for daily readings Have you ever done the classic God test? “I am going to pray for this specific thing, God, and if it doesn’t happen then you are not real.” We judge God by his power and if a speci...

Oct 09 2019

Give Us This Day Our Daily Meditation

Click here for daily readings We all know that prayer is the way we converse with God, but we often feel a bit lost about how to pray. Reciting prayers is one thing; truly praying is another. Maybe you’ve seen so...