Category Archives: Catholic

May 07 2019

Taking the Tough Stuff

Click here for daily readings Martyr (n.): A person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle or cause. This is one of the many definitions I found on dictionary.com. Today’s first ...

May 06 2019

It’s Never Enough

Click here for daily readings Nearly three years ago, I was preparing to go to my first World Youth Day pilgrimage. I was excited but saw it more as a vacation than anything. At that point, I had begun losing faith and was barg...

May 05 2019

Abundance

Click here for daily readings Faith- what’s the first thing that pops into your mind when I say that word. Faith! How about Church? What’s the first thing you think of? How about rules? What comes to mind then? We a...

May 04 2019

Trust in Him

Click here for daily readings Have you ever had the little voice in your head tell you it’s time to change a certain situation, yet you hesitate or are too busy to do anything about it? Then, the next time something simi...

May 03 2019

A Believers Work

Click here for daily readings In Today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is the way, the truth, and the life. It is here that He shares the intimacy between Himself and God the Father. He states multiple times that He and ...

May 02 2019

Witnesses to Glory

Click here for daily readings In today’s readings, we hear what God is calling us to, as Christians. We are called to be witnesses to the Truth, no matter what the cost. I love the season of Easter because we get to read ...

May 01 2019

A Familiar Passage to a Refreshed Tune

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, Scripture readings are so familiar that I can “skim” over them. Hearing them so many times should embed them in our minds and hearts, but the adaptability of the human brain ...

Apr 30 2019

Just Like the First Apostles

Click here for daily readings Every time I read today’s reading from Acts of the Apostles, it fills me with contentment and peace. The early Christians were a united front, a tight team, and they looked after one another....

Apr 29 2019

St. Catherine of Siena: Christ’s Beloved Laborer

Click here for daily readings Today, the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, whose life reflects today’s gospel, where Jesus invites us to find rest in him. St. Catherine serves as a model of...

Apr 28 2019

Faith in His Mercy

Click here for daily readings Today is one of my favorite days in the liturgical calendar, Divine Mercy Sunday, and the readings paint a beautiful picture for how we should receive the mercy of God. These readings are largely b...

Apr 27 2019

You Better Recognize

Click here for daily readings Jesus must have been unrecognizable after he rose from the dead. Two-thousand years later, we find it difficult to recognize him in anything other than on a crucifix. People stood right in front of...

Apr 26 2019

Christ Our Light

Click here for daily readings We are in the Octave of Easter – the eight days following Easter, leading up to the First Sunday of Easter. All week we sing/pray the Gospel Alleluia verse: “This is the day the Lord ha...

Apr 25 2019

In The Moment

Click here for daily readings Christ is risen, alleluia, alleluia! Often times, Catholics and Christians alike forget that Easter is a whole liturgical season spanning 50 days and not just the one solitary Sunday. As we continu...

Apr 24 2019

Finding Jesus in our Neighbor

Click here for daily readings In today’s Scripture readings, we are reminded of the fact that Jesus Christ is alive and working. Our First Reading in the Acts of the Apostles speaks of the Spirit of Christ working through...

Apr 23 2019

Beautifully Absurd

Click here for daily readings My dad is a pretty big Beatles fan. And like most fans who follow a music group closely, he never requests the hits like “Hey Jude” or “Let It Be” because they have been play...

Apr 22 2019

Fearful Yet Overjoyed

Click here for daily readings Think back on a moment of life where everything changed. One of those crystal moments, where you know things will never be the same. Think of that moment when something you had been looking forward ...

Apr 21 2019

Love Revealed and Made Real

Click here for daily readings I have been writing a lot about marriage in my posts recently, partly because I was recently married and the realities and beauties of marriage are fresh in my mind and experience, but also because ...

Apr 20 2019

Joyful Anticipation

Click here for daily readings Tonight is the greatest night of the whole year. The chains of sin and death are broken, the grave is opened. That dark midnight hour is filled with the light of this wonderful reality, Christ is Ri...

Apr 19 2019

Perfect Love

Click here for daily readings “Christ became obedient to the point of death, Even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him And bestowed on him the name which is above every other name.” As a little ...

Apr 18 2019

The Triduum Begins

Click here for daily readings Today we enter into three of the most beautiful days of the liturgical year: the Triduum. During these three days, the regular rhythm of the liturgy – our daily Mass times – are disrupte...