Category Archives: Catholic

Sep 04 2019

Purpose, Focus, Direction

Click here for daily readings I love the Gospel reading today because it shows the unmatched power of Jesus as the son of God while at the same time showing his incredible focus for the end goal. Purpose-focus-direction. These...

Sep 03 2019

Transformed for Good

Click here for daily readings Today is the birthday of my best friend, my love, my husband. I picked this day to write a reflection for a few reasons – one of the reasons being to dedicate this to my husband, but also to...

Sep 02 2019

Labor Day

Click here for daily readings Today is the 125th time the United States of America celebrates this national holiday. “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the ...

Aug 31 2019

Good and Faithful Servant

Click here for daily readings “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” “You wicked, lazy servant.” Secretly I hope one day to hear the first sentence addressed to me by God and not the second. An...

Aug 30 2019

What: Me, Holy?

Click here for daily readings For a very long time, I thought I might have a vocation to the religious life. It turned out that I didn’t, but I gave the possibility a lot of time and thought and prayer. My everyday life ...

Aug 29 2019

True Freedom

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist. The Gospel recounts the story of this event, and in it, there are two men, King Herod, and John the Baptist, one of them imprisoned an...

Aug 28 2019

Feast of St. Augustine

Click here for daily readings My friends, today on the memorial of St Augustine, the Church has given us readings in the Liturgy and in the Office of Readings that focus on the amazing attraction of Jesus on our souls. St Paul...

Aug 26 2019

Be Delighted

Click here for daily readings The Lord delights in you. Let that sink in for a moment. The Lord DELIGHTS in you. The Lord delights in YOU. Today, I invite us to reflect on the responsorial psalm and the way we can emphasize the...

Aug 24 2019

Come and See

Click here for daily readings I love the sweet simplicity of today’s Gospel. Philip was looking for Nathanel and as he finds him, shares that one whom the Jews were waiting for is here, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth....

Aug 23 2019

A Blueprint for Love

Click here for daily readings “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your...

Aug 22 2019

An Invitation of Love

Click here for daily readings I have written about this before, but I absolutely love when God’s love for us is described with marital imagery. As most of you know, having been recently married, it is a time in my life wh...

Aug 21 2019

A Joyful Celebration

Click here for daily readings Are you someone that gets to Sunday Mass ten to fifteen minutes early? Are you someone that seems to make it right on time? Or are you always running late, getting there after Mass has already star...

Aug 20 2019

Seasons of Hardship

Click here for daily readings Have you ever gone through a period of great suffering in your life, a time when you felt like enough was enough and just couldn’t go on? I mean, how many things can snowball into a stark rea...

Aug 19 2019

Fulfilled Hearts

Click here for daily readings As a young adult, I recognize myself in the young man that we read about in today’s Gospel. We want to know the rules, the step-by-step instructions, the exact path to walk down for perfectio...

Aug 18 2019

Set the World Ablaze

Click here for daily readings “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!&rd...

Aug 17 2019

Wholehearted Trust

Click here for daily readings Do you ever miss being a child? Some of you may read that question, roll your eyes, and say, “Who has time for questions like that?” Or maybe that seems so long ago, that you’ve ...

Aug 16 2019

Seeds of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings “I gave you a land you had not tilled and cities that you had not built, to dwell in; you have eaten of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.” -Josiah 24:13 Josiah is add...

Aug 15 2019

We Are Made For Heaven

Click here for daily readings Today’s official liturgical celebration is “The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” This is significant if we understand that there are three categories of c...

Aug 14 2019

A Saint for our Times

Click here for daily readings “The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.” -St. Maximilian Kolbe In this beautiful creation, there is much to be grateful for – community, nature, and wonders of the w...

Aug 13 2019

Children and the Kingdom of God

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is truly one of my favorites! Perhaps it’s because I’ve worked in schools for 3 years. But my favorite thing about being around kids, no matter what age they are, ...