Category Archives: Catholic

Jul 03 2019

Belief in the Son

Click here for daily readings “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. –C.S. Lewis I often think about what it would be like...

Jul 02 2019

One Foot in Front of the Other

Click here for daily readings I’ve struggled to reflect on today’s readings without oversharing. So this is your fair warning, this post is not “Facebook” photo ready. It is about the day to day struggle...

Jul 01 2019

Following Wherever

Click here for daily readings Shorter Gospel readings may seem easy – a point or two, quickly understood. But they always intrigue me and prompt a question: Why did the Church choose just these five verses? What...

Jun 29 2019

Faith of the Martyrs

Click here for daily readings Today is the last day of the U.S. bishop’s annual “Religious Freedom Week”. This week is a recognition of the importance to pray, reflect, and take action on Religious Freedom. It...

Jun 28 2019

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. – Pope Leo XIII Can you pick just one thing that is great abou...

Jun 27 2019

The Power of Storytelling

Click here for daily readings The first humans, we learned in school, domesticated fire, and in so doing they changed their species’ trajectory dramatically. Now humans could cook food. Now they could live in colder clima...

Jun 26 2019

He Remembers Forever His Covenant, which He Made Binding for a Thousand Generations

Click here for daily readings Can you even fathom a thousand generations? By today’s standard of 20-25 years per generation, we would go back, from today, 20,000 to 25,000 years. Calendars didn’t even exist then, to...

Jun 25 2019

Leave our Quarreling

Click here for daily readings It seems that everywhere we look there is strife among kinsmen, just like in today’s First Reading. Whether it be jealousy, hurtful words, constant comparisons, or simple differences of opini...

Jun 24 2019

Call Me John

Click here for daily readings I’ll be the first to tell you: I had no idea that today’s feast day existed until recently. Hold off for a minute before you Google the answer. A few days ago, I was sitting at my desk ...

Jun 22 2019

Don’t Worry

Click here for daily readings The readings today have always challenged me. Each reading has hit me differently with every season of life, most especially when I had my youngest child, was in the process of changing jobs, going...

Jun 21 2019

The greatest treasure my dad would never let go of

Click here for daily readings Recently I spent a week cleaning out my parents’ house with them so it could be put on the market. Typical of any family home that had been lived in for over 50 years, we had to deal with the...

Jun 20 2019

The Heart of Baptism

Click here for daily readings “What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?” &ndash...

Jun 19 2019

Called Out

Click here for daily readings Y’all, after going over today’s readings, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt more called out in my life. Yesterday, I was backing out of a parking space of my church when a hom...

Jun 18 2019

Hurt People, Hurt People

Click here for daily readings Today, Jesus states in the Gospel to love our enemies. Yup, we’re going to be talking about this today. He said to LOVE them and pray for those who persecute you. Some of you are thinki...

Jun 16 2019

Longing for Spiritual Food

Click here for daily readings God communicates in different ways to different times, but the core message remains; a message of love. In the Old Testament God the Father spoke to the Prophets, in the New Testament the Word beca...

Jun 15 2019

Everything is Different Now

Click here for daily readings Life-altering events change our perspective on everything around us, don’t they? I remember so clearly how I felt the day my mother died. I walked down the street and looked around me and fel...

Jun 14 2019

An Antithesis of Ideas

Click here for daily readings An antithesis is a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by a connection of meaning through a connection of form. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus stands everyt...

Jun 13 2019

Faith and Charity

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church. While we know him as St. Anthony of Padua, he is from Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon, understandably, takes great pride in bei...

Jun 12 2019

What Makes for Greatness? Who is the Greatest?

Click here for daily readings These are questions people ask all the time because there is in each of us the desire to matter. We want to know that what we do and who we are is important and meaningful. Our deepest so...

Jun 11 2019

A Thousand Points of Light

Click here for daily readings Does anyone remember this quote from President George H.W. Bush: “For we are a nation of communities, of thousands and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, n...