Category Archives: Catholic

Jan 31 2019

Persecution- A Price Worth Paying

Click here for daily readings Three brightly colored threads have woven their way into my spiritual life in this past month. First thread. Persecution. News reports that Chinese Christians are bracing themselves for persecution....

Jan 30 2019

Sow What?

Click here for daily readings I recently reached the final page of a long, good book. I turned the back cover over and placed it on the coffee table with an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. As I returned it to its place on ...

Jan 29 2019

Family Tree

Click here for daily readings “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.” -Anonymous Today’s Gospel, once again, gives us the picture of Jesus preaching...

Jan 28 2019

A Kingdom United

Click here for daily readings Both the reading from Hebrews and today’s Gospel deal with God’s judgment and the salvation of souls. In the first reading, we hear of Christ’s new covenant with mankind, that we n...

Jan 27 2019

The Mass as Fulfillment of the Scriptures

Click here for daily readings There are many different angles one could go with the rich symbolism in all three of today’s beautiful readings. The first reading is a clear call to the importance of physical actions to be t...

Jan 26 2019

You Are in Good Company

Click here for daily readings Has anyone ever told you that you’re crazy or out of your mind? You are in good company. Today’s gospel is two very short lines. In the second line, Jesus’ family said of him, &ldq...

Jan 25 2019

What Most People Miss About Life’s Journey

Click here for daily readings I need to admit to you that I was thinking about this Gospel commentary on January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. The month of January opens with the wise men making their way to the manger to offer ...

Jan 24 2019

God Wants Us to Suffer, A Pious Heresy

Click here for daily readings When I teach junior high classes about creation I usually draw a large circle on the whiteboard. I tell my class that this represents everything God created and I ask them to shout out the things th...

Jan 23 2019

In the Line of Melchizedek

Click here for daily readings Melchizedek. I admit that I signed up for this day so I could learn more about Melchizedek. It’s a technique I’ve been using since college. It forces me to learn new things and go out of...

Jan 19 2019

Living and Effective

Click here for daily readings As I write, I am in the midst of difficulties on both sides of the family. Granted, I come from a large family and my husband’s family has lived through many trials, but sometimes I want to th...

Jan 18 2019

Paralyzed

Click here for daily readings We are all paralyzed. Not necessarily in the physical sense but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Paralyzed by fear. By tragedy. By anxiety. By overthinking. By addiction. By sin. By Sat...

Jan 17 2019

Following the Rules

Click here for daily readings I am the firstborn of my parents. My mom knew just what she wanted her daughter to be like. I started dance classes when I was three in the hopes that I would become graceful and elegant. I did all ...

Jan 16 2019

Memento Mori

Click here for daily readings It’s one of those thoughts that occur to you when it’s three o’clock in the morning and it feels like you’re the only person in the world who’s awake and everything tha...

Jan 15 2019

Amazed and Astonished by the Power of Christ

Click here for daily readings Two events happen in today’s Gospel: Jesus astonishes the people of Capernaum with his Sabbath teaching, and then Jesus amazes the people by casting out a demon. It was customary in a synagogu...

Jan 14 2019

Drop Your (Safety) Nets

Click here for daily readings On All Saints Day of 2013, I dropped my (safety) nets and followed Jesus. I’ve heard the stories of Jesus calling the apostles and they sound even more strange as an adult. “Are they bra...

Jan 12 2019

He must increase; I must decrease

Click here for daily readings “The truly humble reject all praise for themselves and refer it all to God.” -St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori In today’s readings, we receive a lesson about humility. In 1 John we a...

Jan 11 2019

Touched by the Messiah

Click here for daily readings This Thanksgiving, I was at my grandmother’s house with 12 other members when my family and my little sister arrived and announced that she had pink eye. We were cautioned to make sure we cons...

Jan 10 2019

The Eternal Light of Hope

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we have Jesus reading the Isaiah scroll in the synagogue. He finishes and boldly proclaims that he is the fulfillment of this passage. It is amazing enough that anyone remai...

Jan 09 2019

Satisfaction

Click here for daily readings Whether the soundtrack of your life spins the Rolling Stones’ classic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” or Devo’s more agitated version of the song some 15 years later, o...

Jan 08 2019

It’ in the Air

Click here for daily readings One of my favorite phrases to hear is, “Love is in the air.” The reason I love it so much is because of today’s first reading: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love...