Category Archives: Catholic

Feb 20 2024

Forgive, Yes. Forget, No. / Perdonar, Sí. Olvidar, No.

Click here for daily readings I love this reading! I love this wording of a familiar prayer that I can recite so easily. I love it because this version doesn’t roll so easily off the tongue and as I trip over the wo...

Feb 19 2024

God Crowns His Own Gifts / Dios Corona a sus Propios Dones

Click here for daily readings In our walk with Christ, we can mistakenly think that all we must do in order to be a good Christian is to avoid sin. It reminds me of my son when he was four years old. He asked me what I wo...

Feb 18 2024

Covenant and Commitment / Alianza y Compromiso

Click here for daily readings At first glance it may seem a little odd that the first Sunday of Lent would have a reading about God’s covenant with Noah. We all know the story. God sent a flood to wipe out the earth...

Feb 17 2024

Repentance / El Arrepentimiento

Click here for daily readings It is Saturday, Feb. 17, the fourth day of Lent. We are already one-tenth of the way through the Lenten journey. Let’s face it, the Catholic Church goes all in at the beginning of Lent,...

Feb 16 2024

Being Jesus’ Disciple in Today’s World / Ser Discípulo de Jesús en el Mundo de Hoy

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel includes a passage from Matthew that states “John’s disciples came to him and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not...

Feb 15 2024

Deny Yourself / Negar a Ti Mismo

Click here for daily readings Lent has begun. It’s time to focus on prayer, almsgiving and fasting. My prayer and fasting this year will focus on the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis, ‘Laudate Deum’...

Feb 14 2024

A Silent Proclamation on our Foreheads / Una Proclamación Silenciosa en la Frente

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel sets the tone for the whole season of Lent, a season marked deeply by self-examination and repentance, reflection and reparation, all of which are encapsulated in the rem...

Feb 13 2024

Expect the Miraculous / Esperar los Milagros

Click here for daily reading In our Gospel today, Jesus tells the disciples to “guard against the leaven of the Pharisees.” His statement might seem strange to us, since it was strange to the disciples at the ...

Feb 12 2024

How Friendship Works / La Amistad Funciona de Esta Forma

Click here for daily readings I think we can all appreciate the very human moments that the Gospel authors capture for us. In today’s Gospel, I think we can all hear in our minds Jesus’ sighing, “from th...

Feb 11 2024

Nothing Frightens Jesus Away / Nada le Asusta a Jesús

Click here for daily readings Two words in this Gospel are almost terrifying: Jesus “touched him.” We are so far removed from what leprosy signified in biblical times, that this image of Jesus stretching...

Feb 10 2024

A Study in Contrasts / Un Estudio de los Contrastes

Click here for daily readings The story of Jeroboam and the feeding of the four thousand sets up a contrast which can help us recognize the patterns created by our fallen nature and see how trusting God can change our wor...

Feb 09 2024

Ephphatha! Be Opened! / ¡Effetá! ¡Abre!

Click here for daily readings The saint of the day fits with the theme of today’s readings. The Gospel Acclamation is: “Open our hearts O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.” When I do not open my ...

Feb 08 2024

Embracing Jesus’ Healing Scraps / Aceptar las Migajas Sanadores de Jesús

Click here for daily readings I want to draw our attention to two verses from Mark’s Gospel. The first, “He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.” Consider t...

Feb 07 2024

Purity and Peace / La Pureza y la Paz

Click here for daily readings Today is one of my sibling’s birthdays and it always brings me back to our childhood days all growing up under one roof. There were eight of us, five boys and three girls, and I always felt bl...

Feb 06 2024

Shhh…Enjoy the Silence / Shhh…Disfruta el Silencio

Click here for daily readings Jesus’ words in Mark 7:6-8 are particularly applicable today. We live in a time where the sounds of man are abundant. On any news channel or media outlet we are accosted with what man s...

Feb 05 2024

What’s in an Invitation? / ¿Qué Contiene Una Invitación?

Click here for daily readings If you’ve ever volunteered in a parish, you know that a challenge in ministry is just getting people across the threshold of the church. I frequently encounter generous volunteers, who ...

Feb 04 2024

Everyone is Searching For You / Todos Te Están Buscando

Click here for daily readings Ten years ago, I gave birth to our oldest son who was stillborn, but it feels like yesterday. It happened unexpectedly, without warning. At the time I thought I would never recover. How could...

Feb 03 2024

Busyness, Rest, and Transformation/ Estar Ocupados, el Descanso y la Transformación

Click here for daily readings When I read today’s Gospel, I thought, “I’m sure glad rest is holy.” After a more intense day than normal, I was exhausted. It was an annual event for which I no...

Feb 02 2024

The Power of Death / El Poder de la Muerte

Click here for daily readings That’s a pretty bleak title for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord isn’t it? I think it is important from time to time to think about the power that death has in our world....

Feb 01 2024

What is Your Mission? / ¿Cuál es tu Misión?

Click here for daily readings Jesus gave the Twelve authority and instructions, and then they went out and preached, drove out demons, anointed and cured. I had to stop and consider what I have been doing lately as a foll...