Category Archives: Catholic

Jul 08 2019

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Click here for daily readings I will start with a confession: I’m a junkie, and my drug of choice is English mystery shows. Foyle’s War, Grantchester, Single-Handed, Christie… the list goes on and on. I like ...

Jul 07 2019

The Sky is Falling

Click here for daily readings Warm ash falls from the tops of buildings as the brightest light imaginable makes our pupils dilate to the size of a pen head. There is a heat that can only be described as that of a blazing furna...

Jul 06 2019

The Wedding Feast

Click here for daily readings I absolutely love when God’s love and our relationship with him are described in wedding terms. I especially love when those terms include food. Think back to the most delicious wedding recep...

Jul 05 2019

He Desires Mercy

Click here for daily readings A couple of weeks ago, I shared my story of a homeless man asking for change and how I was embarrassed for wanting to give him less than a dollar. I thought I was golden for having realized that I ...

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...