Category Archives: Catholic

Oct 09 2024

Lord, Teach Me to Pray / Señor, Enséñame a Rezar

Click here for daily readings Lord, teach me to pray. It never occurred to me to ask that of Jesus. I’d assumed that after years of Catholic education and church-going, I should just know how to pray. I could rattle...

Oct 08 2024

Distracted Visits with Jesus / Visitas Distraídas con Jesús

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Martha, busy serving and fretting, loses sight of just who it is she has welcomed into her home. In light of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival, I wish to ex...

Oct 07 2024

Imitate Mary, the Good Samaritan / Imitar a María, la Buena Samaritana

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear the parable of the Good Samaritan. The scholar questioning Jesus wishes to clarify who his neighbor is, no doubt to exclude some people he sees as unworthy. J...

Oct 06 2024

Listening and Loving / Escuchar y Amar

Click here for daily readings Jesus insists that the little children can come to Him. He is available to them just as much as He is to the adults, much to the shock of the adults surrounding Him. Jesus then asks those sho...

Oct 05 2024

I Have Given You Power / Les He Dado Poder

Click here for daily readings The Lord is always inviting, always giving, always guiding. He invites us into His Mission, He gives us all we need to fulfill our part of it, and He is always guiding us in the surprising pa...

Oct 04 2024

St. Francis’ Mission is Ours Too / La Misión de San Francisco También es la Nuestra

Click here for daily readings On this day, we recall the great St. Francis of Assisi, an extraordinary Saint who lived his faith in such a way that he helps restore it in others. He founded the Franciscan order based on v...

Oct 03 2024

Do You Trust Him? / ¿Confías en Dios?

Click here for daily reading It might help to briefly summarize the Book of Job, since the book is so condensed in the readings we hear this week. After Job is afflicted, losing everything and everyone he loves most, losi...

Oct 02 2024

Childlike Trust / La Confianza Como los Niños

Click here for daily readings Now that I have two little boys I am often thinking about all the times in Scripture that children are depicted as the height of sanctity. On one hand, this doesn’t make a whole lot of ...

Oct 01 2024

Feeling Unwelcome / Sentirse No Bienvenido

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like you are not welcome? You are not alone in that feeling. Jesus was not welcome in many places. And often, when he went to places where he was welcome, the people who did ...

Sep 30 2024

Reflect and Pray / Reflexionar y Rezar

Click here for daily readings The last line in each of today’s readings really caught my attention. The first reading from Job says, “In all this Job did not sin, nor did he say anything disrespectful of God...

Sep 29 2024

Casting Off Sin / Deshacernos del Pecado

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we read that Christ said to His followers: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe [in me] to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone ...

Sep 28 2024

Meat and Potatoes / Comida Fuerte

Click here for daily readings I love getting the slightly controversial passages in Scripture that could have several different meanings. It is fun because I get to research what others who are much smarter than I have sa...

Sep 27 2024

Who Do You Say He Is? / ¿Quién dices que es Jesús?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks who people say he is. Some people think he is Elijah or another prophet. But then Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter t...

Sep 26 2024

God’s Individual Love / El Amor Individual de Dios

Click here for daily readings As the mother of multiple children, I have the distinct privilege of seeing just how unique each of them are. One could argue the hind leg off a horse, the other doesn’t ever want to grow up, ...

Sep 25 2024

The Lord Always Provides / El Señor Siempre Provee

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. ** I love the Gospel passages when Jesus summons the Twelve Apostles, gives them their mission and sends them forth. Maybe it’s b...

Sep 24 2024

Who Are Jesus’ Mother And Brothers? / ¿Quiénes son la Madre y los Hermanos de Jesús?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is one used by most non-Catholics to prove that the Blessed Virgin Mary was not a virgin, let alone a perpetual virgin. I’m sure some of you have heard a different tran...

Sep 23 2024

This Little Light of Mine / Esta Lucecita Mía

Click here for daily readings Most of us have sung the children’s song about “this little light of mine” and letting it shine. But what does this really require us to do? Jesus tells us that a lighted la...

Sep 22 2024

Increased Faith / Aumentar la Fe

Click here for daily readings It’s a funny thing trying to play God isn’t it? We all do it frequently and no matter how many times it goes poorly for us, we still think we have more power and authority than we...

Sep 21 2024

Risking Everything to Follow Jesus / Arriesgando Todo para Seguir a Jesús

Click here for daily readings Matthew was a finance guy. Not only did he extort money from his neighbors while collecting taxes, he also wrapped his whole life around the security money can bring. How many advertisements ...

Sep 20 2024

Accompanying Jesus / Acompañando a Jesús

Click here for daily readings We hear in today’s Gospel, “Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve a...