Category Archives: Catholic

Apr 08 2019

Reliable

Click here for daily readings Tim Cooper, my 7th grade teacher, brought Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” to vibrant life. Atticus Finch, champion of language and virtue, dares to defend the innocent withou...

Apr 07 2019

Neither Do I Condemn

Click here for daily readings The Gospel reading today is much richer than the surface understanding that Jesus was merciful. Though his mercy is certainly shown in this verse, there is something deeper going on here that speak...

Apr 06 2019

A Generous Heart

Click here for daily readings There are many times when I have a friend come to mind. Some friends with whom I’ve not connected in a month or years, while there are others whose latest message I’ve just read. God ha...

Apr 05 2019

Show Me

Click here for daily readings Let’s be honest. Who actually remembers the responsorial psalm when walking out of Mass? I know I tend to forget the response halfway through the psalm itself, let alone remember what was sun...

Apr 04 2019

Disappointed? Remind Yourself of this Instead

Click here for daily readings One of the aphorisms with which we try to reassure ourselves when we’re feeling things we don’t want to feel is this: “into every life some rain shall fall.” In other words,...

Apr 03 2019

I Am the Same Here and Now

Click here for daily readings Vulnerability moment my friends, I am super overwhelmed with my life these days. I feel as though I constantly have a million things to do. My planner is filled minute by minute in my day and I&rsq...

Apr 02 2019

Do You Want to be Well?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus asks a man who has been ill for 38 years if he wants to be well. Your initial reaction to this might be, “Well, obviously. Who doesn’t want to be ...

Apr 01 2019

God’s Words are Action. Do we Believe Them?

Click here for daily readings The cure in today’s Gospel is not the most spectacular of Jesus’ miracles, certainly. At first glance, it seems rather un-spectacular: no conversation with demons, no mud in the eyes, n...

Mar 31 2019

Continual Conversion

Click here for daily readings “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.” This quotation from today’s second reading is one of my favorites, so special to me tha...

Mar 30 2019

Return To Me With All Your Heart

Click here for daily readings Throughout these three weeks and three days of Lent, a certain Psalm Response has been running through my head. It has become the theme of my Lenten journey. “Return to Me with all your heart...

Mar 29 2019

The Other Great Commandment

Click here for daily readings “Jesus replied, ‘The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your min...

Mar 28 2019

Listen to my Voice

Click here for daily readings Right off the bat, in the readings today we are told, “I command my people, Listen to my voice.” Henri Nouwen addressed listening as spiritual hospitality in his book, “Bread for ...

Mar 27 2019

Faith Bubble

Click here for daily readings I was brought up in a typical Catholic home. My grandparents were Catholic, all my cousins were Catholic, my mother has been a catechist for 12 years, my father is a Grand Knight in the Knights of ...

Mar 26 2019

My Chains Are Gone

Click here for daily readings In the 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid Spain, Pope Benedict XVI said, “God never tires of forgiving. We all need forgiveness…It brings a hope-filled future” and, at another time, ...

Mar 25 2019

Emmanuel- God Is With Us

Click here for daily readings No, I’m not confused. I know we are approaching Easter, not Christmas. But today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the day we celebrate Gabriel’s visit to Mary telling h...

Mar 24 2019

I Am Who Am

Click here for daily readings I am who am! These simple yet profound words echoed through a cave thousands of years ago and have kept even the greatest theologians questioning. Thomas Aquinas himself, one of the most influentia...

Mar 23 2019

I Love You More Today Than I Did Yesterday

Click here for daily readings The other day, my fiance and I had a Pre-Cana meeting with our beloved priest friend. If you didn’t know, the Church requires at least 6 months of preparation time for this sacrament. In that...

Mar 22 2019

Decluttering and Finding Joy

Click here for daily readings There is a new system of organizing and decluttering that has people all abuzz. I will openly admit that I am not an expert in this area. There are parts of our home that could use a good declutter...

Mar 21 2019

Community

Click here for daily readings Last week, I joined a Lenten small group. There’s only five of us and we’re reading “Give Up Worry for Lent! 40 Days to Finding Peace in Christ” by Gary Zimak. As someone wi...

Mar 20 2019

Return to Me

Click here for daily readings Today’s reading from Jeremiah reminded me of my high school days. Youth group member, Steubenville retreat attendee, daily-Mass-going 14-year-old me thought she was holier than thou. I ...