Category Archives: Catholic

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...

Jan 07 2019

Trust and a Test

Click here for daily readings Usually, when I go through the daily readings, I am drawn immediately to the Gospel. Not today, however. Today, my eyes go to the first reading from the first letter of John for a couple of reasons....

Jan 05 2019

What Gift Do You Bring?

Click here for daily readings Our readings today convey several interesting topics. Collectively, they touch on something that struck me from Matt’s reflection on Wednesday (January 2); “We encounter each person righ...

Jan 04 2019

Relationship and Trust

Click here for daily readings Do you ever wish that evangelization would be as easy as just stating that Jesus is the Lamb of God? This is what we see in today’s Gospel, a statement that is beautiful in its simplicity...

Jan 03 2019

Walking the Talk

Click here for daily readings This is my note to myself at the beginning of 1 John. John is making a point. The community that John is writing to is under attack from false teachers. There were those who denied Jesus was the Chr...

Jan 02 2019

Bigfoot, the Boogieman, and the Antichrist

Click here for daily readings When I heard a passionate televangelist use the word “antichrist”, my first thought was: “Whoa, calm down, bro. You’re a little too angry for an invisible boogieman.&rdq...

Dec 29 2018

Do You Even Love, Bro?

Click here for daily readings My younger brother is easily 20 lbs. heavier than I am. Pure muscle. His gym is considering changing his billing from a monthly membership to a living-space rent. By his physique, his time dedicatio...

Dec 28 2018

In Christ, All Will Be Well

Click here for daily readings A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more. One could have mixed feelings on today’s Fea...

Dec 27 2018

Jesus is Alive

Click here for daily readings “For the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it…we proclaim now to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; for our fellowship is with the Father and with his...

Dec 26 2018

St. Stephen’s Martyrdom

Click here for daily readings After celebrating the glorious day of Christ’s birth, the liturgical calendar remembers Saint Stephen, one of the first converts to the Catholic faith and first of many to give their lives in ...

Dec 25 2018

The Unprecedented God

Click here for daily readings My oldest son, Simon, turned six earlier this month. I remember the afternoon we were getting ready to take him home from the hospital. I stood there holding him, absolutely terrified that the nurse...

Dec 24 2018

Preparation

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been to a concert of your favorite band? You stand in a mass of people waiting for the band to come out. Everyone just wants to get to the front, to be closer. Some are chanting the b...

Dec 23 2018

The Joy of Simplicity

Click here for daily readings They say that little babies sense a lot in the womb. Studies have even been done to try to determine just how much babies are aware of and at what age they start to hear sound and feel movement...

Dec 21 2018

Arise My Beloved

Click here for daily readings For my young friends, the personal and living God is unknown, someone else’s friend they hear about from time to time from some especially religious person, but someone with whom they have had...

Dec 20 2018

The Unsung Hero of Advent

Click here for daily readings My eyes lit up when I saw today’s Gospel reading: the Annunciation. I could talk about Mary forever. For the sake of your attention span (and mine as I sit here and write), I won’t. Or, ...

Dec 19 2018

Miraculous Through the Ordinary

Click here for daily readings When we receive our writing assignments, we “sign up” by putting our names by the dates for which we want to reflect and respond to the readings. I’d love to be able to say that I ...

Dec 18 2018

Worth the Wait

Click here for daily readings Sometimes being a good person means not saying anything at all. As counterintuitive as this sounds, there are certain scenarios where silence is the loudest response. When something good happens to ...

Dec 17 2018

Jesus, The Fulfillment of the Old

Click here for daily readings Good morning, and praise the Lord for another day. As you sit down, pour a cup of coffee, and get ready to reflect on today’s readings, I am pleased to present to you the beginning of the Gosp...

Dec 15 2018

Our Humble Hidden God

Click here for daily readings Let’s put the conversation in today’s Gospel in context to understand it: “they were coming down from the mountain” where the Transfiguration had just occurred. Peter, James,...