Category Archives: Catholic

Jan 31 2024

Jesus Returns Home / Jesús Regresa a Casa

Click here for daily readings When Jesus returned home to Nazareth, His hometown, He could not perform mighty deeds because they lacked Faith. The Lord invites us to follow Him. He doesn’t force healing, inner...

Jan 30 2024

Extremes / Dos Extremos

Click here for daily readings Sometimes life seems to be full of extremes. Either it’s hot or it’s cold. Either it’s too rainy or too dry. Either it’s eerily quiet or it’s annoyingly loud. Having li...

Jan 29 2024

God’s Strange Providence / La Extraña Providencia de Dios

Click here for daily reading In the first reading, David shows profound humility. After his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah, he is experiencing the breakdown of his kingdom and the personal cost of grave sin. David has many ...

Jan 28 2024

Turn Solely to the Lord / Volver a Dios Únicamente

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel states, “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority.” What does “authority” mean? Whether we fee...

Jan 27 2024

Faith / La Fe

Click here for daily readings The text in today’s Gospel triggers many reactions in me. You know the story. Jesus gets in the boat with the apostles. He falls asleep on a cushion in the back of the boat. A violent s...

Jan 26 2024

In Awe of All God Does / Asombrados por Todo lo que Dios Hace

Click here for daily readings I’ll be the first to admit I don’t have a green thumb. My attempts at gardening and planting are very limited. Perhaps for this very reason, I am still in awe when some green thin...

Jan 25 2024

The Conversion of St. Paul / La Conversión de San Pablo

Click here for daily readings Paul had no way of knowing when he awoke on the day he planned to descend on Damascus and take the followers of Jesus captive and put them in prison, that he himself stood on a threshold&hell...

Jan 24 2024

Persistence and Faith / La Persistencia y la Fe

Click here for daily readings I am currently running RCIA at our parish and during one of the very first classes one of our parishioners asked me what happens if they get through the class and they still struggle with som...

Jan 23 2024

Brothers and Sisters of Christ / Hermanos y Hermanas de Cristo

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus told the crowd, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” What does He mean by that? Just as we all belong to our ...

Jan 22 2024

An Eye for an Eye?/ ¿Ojo por ojo?

Click here for daily readings When I read about something in the news that makes me angry, I have an overwhelming feeling to respond to the evil. For about a microsecond, though, I sometimes think of repaying evil with ev...

Jan 21 2024

To Answer the Call / Contestar la Llamada

Click here for daily readings Something very profound is going on in this brief passage about the call of the first apostles. Jesus calls, they follow. It’s a pretty simple cause and effect scenario. Yet, you and I ...

Jan 20 2024

Jesus Heals / Jesús Sana

Click here for daily readings *** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. *** In today’s reading from the Gospel of Mark, crowds of people surrounded Christ and His disciples. They approached Christ bec...

Jan 19 2024

When Evil Rocks Our World / Cuando el Mal nos Saca de Quicio

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading reminds me that the twelve men Jesus chose to be his Apostles were just regular people. In particular, thinking about the character and the fate of Judas helps me...

Jan 18 2024

Jesus Still Heals / Jesús Sigue Sanando

Click here for daily readings I wonder what it would have been like being among the throngs of people trying to get near Jesus. I suspect I’d feel fear and anxiety. If I needed his healing (and who doesn’t?), ...

Jan 17 2024

Emanating Holiness / Irradiar la Santidad

Click here for daily readings Oh, St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items. How many of us have prayed to him for intervention to locate something we just can’t find? Since today is the feast of St. Anthony, it&rsquo...

Jan 16 2024

The Sabbath was Made for Man / El Sábado se Hizo para el Hombre

Click here for daily readings There are 7 days in a week, 24 hours a day, which gives us 168 hours a week. God understands that much of our time is used in caring for our families, our homes, our physical selves. The Lord...

Jan 15 2024

The Utterly Unique Bridegroom / El Novio Absolutamente Único

Click here for daily readings Jesus is utterly new. He teaches something utterly new. He is not to be sewn into an old cloak or poured into an old wineskin. Rather, he completes the old cloak in a surprising way! He requi...

Jan 14 2024

Called By Name / Llamado por Nombre

Click here for daily readings Don’t you enjoy the nostalgia of pleasant memories, such as the beginning of a beautiful friendship? How wonderful it is to relive the moment when Jesus called His first followers. I lo...

Jan 13 2024

God Calls Us by Name / Dios Nos Llama por Nuestro Nombre

Click here for daily readings During the time of Christ’s life, a Jew working as a tax collector was considered nothing less than a traitor, not just to his fellow Jews, but even to God. Willing cooperation with the...

Jan 12 2024

Spiritual Healing / La Sanación Espiritual

Click here for daily readings “Which is easier, to say…“Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and take your mat and walk’?” Christ’s question is meant to be thought...