Category Archives: Catholic

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...

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...