Category Archives: Catholic

Aug 12 2019

Subject of the Lord our God

Click here for daily readings “Something very deep and mysterious, very holy and sacred, is taking place in our lives right where we are, and the more attentive we become the more we will begin to see and hear it. The mor...

Aug 10 2019

Those Who Sow Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully

Click here for daily readings Today’s date marks an important day in my family’s history. It is the day my dad was ordained a Permanent Deacon. As of today, we have had an ordained minister in our family for 17 yea...

Aug 09 2019

Take up your Cross with a Smile

Click here for daily readings Last week Friday I was positive about the direction this post would take, based on today’s readings. I love the Deuteronomy reading when Moses, almost chiding the Israelites about the wonders...

Aug 08 2019

Praying with Peter

Click here for daily readings “Thou art Peter and upon this rock, I shall build my church.” These are the first words I saw when I walked into my new church. I had been offered my new job just a few days prior and w...

Aug 07 2019

It Just Has To Be Somebody

Click here for daily readings When I was in school—I went to a small Catholic girls’ school—I started writing. A lot. My reason for this burst of literary activity was revenge. I was most definitely not one of...

Aug 06 2019

Be Transformed

Click here for daily readings While sitting down to write the reflection for today’s Gospel I was stuck on what to say. I have felt lukewarm in my faith lately, struggling to find the passion and fire that I typically hav...

Aug 05 2019

In Our Pain

Click here for daily readings Have you ever watched a movie or read a book, then learned a fact about it that changes everything? That was me today. I’ve always heard Jesus’ miracle of the fish and the loaves, but ...

Aug 03 2019

Do Not Deal Unfairly

Click here for daily readings I admit it. I did not want to write today’s blog. It chose me. In 1985, this was a day of jubilee. I married the man I loved. Our family and friends gathered, and we celebrated life and new ...

Aug 02 2019

Living the Liturgical Year

Click here for daily readings I LOVE this time of year! The pace of summer touched with the anticipation of another school year. As a teacher, I am so grateful for the change of pace of summer and the opportunity to step back a...

Aug 01 2019

Bad Fish

Click here for daily readings What could be worse than bad fish? Not much and Jesus tells us in the parable in today’s Gospel that bad fish are thrown away, and “thus it will be at the end of the age.” The &ldq...

Jul 31 2019

Destined for Radiance

Click here for daily readings The first reading today from Exodus describes a fascinating transformation that happened to Moses at Mt. Sinai. After conversing with God on the mountain, and whenever he spoke with God in the taber...

Jul 30 2019

Mercy Always and Everywhere

Click here for daily readings I was with a group of amazing young women the other night. They are in that time of life where they are pretty recently married and starting their families. As they shared their stories of the antic...

Jul 29 2019

Have Eyes Only For Jesus

Click here for daily readings Much ink has been spilled around Jesus’ words to Martha: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.” Does this mean the contem...

Jul 27 2019

Modern Day Wheat

Click here for daily readings Upon reading the first few lines of today’s Gospel, I thought to myself, “Yes, the Parable of the Sower! I can write about this!” Then I kept reading, and I panicked. This parable,...

Jul 26 2019

Sanctify Your Mind

Click here for daily readings Your words, Lord, are more precious than gold. “Yes, Lord, we agree, we wholeheartedly accept that first reading today…the commandments you have delivered through Moses. Why? Because yo...

Jul 25 2019

From Death to Life

Click here for daily readings When reading the book of Genesis, I try to put myself into the perspective of Adam and Eve. Here are two people who had a perfect love with God and each other, they had no suffering, pain, despair, ...

Jul 24 2019

The Parable of the Sower

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear a parable that I’m sure we’re all familiar with: the Parable of the Sower. If you continue to read Matthew 13, you will find Christ’s explanation th...

Jul 23 2019

Tell Your Story

Click here for daily readings “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the childre...

Jul 22 2019

Through the Tears

Click here for daily readings “Jesus said ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?’” I love these words from today’s gospel. I imagine these words being said in the most gentle and com...

Jul 20 2019

Wishing To Go Unnoticed

Click here for daily readings I wonder how many times in the Gospels Jesus tells those he has healed not to tell anyone about it, or not to make Him known. It seems contradictory, doesn’t it? I mean, isn’t the whole ...