Category Archives: Catholic

Mar 31 2024

God’s Divine Plan / El Plan Divino de Dios

Click here for daily readings “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every p...

Mar 30 2024

God Does Not Make Mistakes / Dios Nunca se Equivoca

Click here for daily reading Today, Holy Saturday, there are no “readings of the day,” but those of us attending the Easter Vigil will have more than enough Scripture to make up for it. Hearing the readings, w...

Mar 29 2024

Jesus, the Savior of the World / Jesús, el Salvador del Mundo

Click here for daily readings Our hearts sink with sadness as we recall the Death of our Lord on this day. The Church invites us to fast and pray as we seek to unite our hearts with His. We read in today’s Gospel ho...

Mar 28 2024

Washing Other’s Feet / Lavar los Pies a los Demás

Click here for daily readings In today’s reading, Christ takes on the ultimate work of service and radical love for his disciples by washing their feet. We are instructed by Christ to love God with all our heart, so...

Mar 27 2024

Our Betrayal of Jesus / Cuando Traicionamos a Jesús

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we read about the Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. At the Last Supper, Jesus tells the Apostles, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” All excep...

Mar 26 2024

Uncomfortable Questions and Answers / Preguntas y Respuestas Incómodas

Click here for daily readings It’s been said that you shouldn’t ask questions you don’t want an honest answer to. Did you notice in the Gospel how the curiosity of Peter leads to another revelation ...

Mar 25 2024

Hide and Seek: Adult Version / Escondidas: Versión de Adultos

Click here for daily readings As children, most of us enjoyed playing hide and seek. Whether outside among the trees or inside among the furniture or in the dark simply standing in a corner, we felt a surge of adrenaline when th...

Mar 24 2024

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion / Domingo de Ramos de la Pasión del Señor

Click here for daily readings What more can be said about today’s Gospel? We hear the proclamation of this Gospel in several voices, to help us enter into these final days of Jesus’ earthly life. The scheming ...

Mar 23 2024

Are We Like the Pharisees? / ¿Somos Como los Fariseos?

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel of John today, we read how the Pharisees are planning to kill Jesus. Good Friday will soon be upon us, and we will once again witness the horrible beatings, the mockery, and the...

Mar 22 2024

Reflect and Repent / Reflexionar y Arrepentirse

Click here for daily readings On Sunday, Lent will end and Holy Week will begin. I will use this day to reflect on the things I did and failed to do during these last six weeks of preparation for the Passion of Jesus Chri...

Mar 21 2024

Jesus is God / Jesucristo es Dios

Click here for daily readings Today we hear unequivocally that Jesus is one with the Father. For the Pharisees, and indeed all Jews alike, Jesus’ words are blasphemous. How can a mere man standing before us claim th...

Mar 20 2024

Am I Right or Am I Right? / ¿Tengo la Razón o Tengo la Razón?

Click here for daily readings At the time of Jesus’s life, many of the Jews were looking for the Messiah. The Pharisees used the letter of the law to do everything just right, in the hopes that they would be prepare...

Mar 19 2024

Beloved Saint Joseph / Querido San José

Click here for daily readings “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you.” This verse before the Gospel reading at today’s Mass certainly describes St. Joseph, who...

Mar 18 2024

The Divine Teacher / El Divino Maestro

Click here for daily readings “But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.” (John 8:2) This may seem like a pretty s...

Mar 17 2024

The Dynamic of the Grain of Wheat / La Dinámica del Grano de Trigo

Click here for daily readings Have you ever noticed how the Scriptures are filled with people just like ourselves whose lives take unexpected turns and then blossom in ways that can only be described as flourishing in and...

Mar 16 2024

Be the Living Word of God / Ser la Palabra Viva de Dios

Click here for daily readings In todays’ reading we hear about how the Pharisee sent officers out to hear what Jesus had to say and how the officers believed what they heard. In today’s world, we also hear the...

Mar 15 2024

The Mirror of Wisdom / El Espejo de la Sabiduría

Click here for daily readings When reviewing today’s first reading from the book of Wisdom, my mind kept wanting to respond with “just like the Scribes and the Pharisees and all of those who wanted to put Jesu...

Mar 14 2024

Believing God / Creer a Dios

Click here for daily reading As people of faith, we speak about “believing in God,” but we do not often talk about “believing God.” Our readings today highlight the difference. The Israelites in th...

Mar 13 2024

What’s New with God? / ¿Qué Hay de Nuevo con Dios?

Click here for daily readings When was the last time you learned something new about God? For me, it was when my twin boys became toddlers. They were starting to become “big boys” and get more independent. The...

Mar 12 2024

God’s Timing = Our Waiting / El Momento de Dios = La Espera Nuestra

Click here for daily readings It struck me that the man Jesus healed waited for 38 years. That’s a long time to suffer. St. Monica prayed patiently and persistently for many years for her son St. Augustine. We learn...