Category Archives: Catholic

May 16 2026

Be Heard / Ser escuchados

Click here for daily readings Some of the best conversations happen while we’re sitting around the table after a meal. That’s the case in today’s Gospel. Jesus and His disciples have finished the Last Supper. Soon they will go with Him as He heads out to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, and Jesus k...

May 15 2026

Grief Into Joy / Del dolor a la alegría

Click here for daily readings “[Y]ou will weep…but your grief will become joy…and no one will take your joy away from you.” Bold words from our Lord in this solemn assurance to His Apostles. This is only a fraction of His transformative words at the end of the Last Supper. In this passage alone, He ...

May 14 2026

Second Choice? / ¿Una segunda opción?

Click here for daily readings Jesus has chosen and called the twelve Apostles, shared all that He received from the Father, and left them instructions on how to continue to live faithfully in Him: to keep His commandment of self-giving love. They could not comprehend everything at once, and we see o...

May 13 2026

Our Lady of Fatima / Nuestra Señora de Fátima

Click here for daily readings Growing up in the 80s, I heard the phrase “Your Momma Wears Combat Boots” a lot. I didn’t quite understand what it meant, but I knew if a sentence started with “your momma,” it was going to be an insult. Stand-up comics leaned into it: your momma is so ugly… […]

May 12 2026

Be My Advocate / Sé mi Abogado

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples he must go so the Holy Spirit will be sent. The word for the Holy Spirit in the NABRE version of the Bible is “Advocate.” Other names given to the Holy Spirit include Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Paraclete, and Consoler. Ma...

May 11 2026

Christian Hospitality / Hospitalidad cristiana

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading we hear the story of a rich woman named Lydia who hears the word of God and is not only changed by it, but immediately offers hospitality to the disciples. Hospitality, care for neighbors, and charity are all important principles of the Gospel m...

May 10 2026

I Will Not Leave You Orphans / No los dejaré huérfanos

Click here for daily readings As Jesus prepares his closest friends for the profound grief of his Passion and Death, He gives them a great promise and the way to abide in that promise. They could not have known precisely what He meant, or what that would look like, but they held onto His words […]

May 09 2026

The Greater Good / El bien mayor

Click here for daily readings “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first” (John 15:18). I like to be liked. More to it, I know how to be liked. Agree, flatter, charm, rinse and repeat. But that’s not the Gospel – Jesus is prepping us to be hated. Eek. Not […]

May 08 2026

The Tricky Bit of Love / La parte complicada del amor

Click here for daily readings “This is my command,” Jesus says (not my suggestion), “love one another as I love you.” Clearly, this is a non-negotiable. How do we prepare ourselves to love so fully? We lean into the love God has for us. Jesus roots this call to love in relationship, reminding us tha...

May 07 2026

Complete Joy / Alegría plena

Click here for daily readings Complete joy sounds like a wonderful place to be. It brings to mind floating in the clear temperate waters of the Caribbean, on vacation with not a care in the world. It is the moment that your favorite team wins the World Series or the Super Bowl. It is the […]

May 06 2026

Remaining Connected to the True Vine / Permanecer unidos a la Vid Verdadera

Click here for daily readings Two children sat on the floor with me in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium as I read the same words we hear in today’s Gospel, “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me […]

May 05 2026

Peace Amid Persecution / La paz en medio de la persecución

Click here for daily readings The readings from the Acts of the Apostles during the Easter season never cease to amaze me. Today’s first reading is no exception. Paul had just been stoned by a crowd of people and was dragged out of the city. They thought he was dead, but “when the disciples gathered...

May 04 2026

Three in One / Tres en uno

Click here for daily readings Two thousand years into Christianity, the Holy Trinity remains a challenging mystery. Imagine how challenging it must have been for the disciples hearing it directly from Jesus in today’s Gospel: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we w...

May 03 2026

A Reflection of the Father / Un reflejo del Padre

Click here for daily readings Do you remember that famous line in Genesis (1:27): “In His image he created them”? This means that we are a direct reflection of the face of Christ. We receive Him even more closely in the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation. Jesus gave us a direct ...

May 02 2026

Divine Indwelling / La morada divina

Click here for daily reading Here in John’s Gospel as at other times, Jesus baffles His Apostles. He says that if we know Him, we will also know His Father, and that “whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Jesus dwells in the Father, and the Father dwells in Him. We know […]

May 01 2026

Have Faith in Me / Crean en mí

Click here for daily readings It can feel disconcerting to be left behind. Made for relationship and communion, the desire to accompany one another is natural. Any sudden severing of togetherness disorients the mind and confuses the heart. In today’s brief Gospel excerpt, we encounter the Apostles f...

Apr 30 2026

Alleluia is Our Song / Aleluya es nuestro cántico

Click here for daily readings Today’s first reading reminded me of St. John Paul II’s famous quote: “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!” What brought this to mind is the fact that the disciples were encouraged to proclaim the Good News: “After the reading of the the law and the prophe...

Apr 29 2026

Worship, Pray, Fast, Act / Adorar, orar, ayunar, actuar

Click here for daily readings In our first reading today from Acts we hear how clearly the Holy Spirit speaks, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them” (Acts 13:2). And we may wonder if this still happens tod...

Apr 28 2026

The Loving Shepherd / El pastor amoroso

Click here for daily readings I am enamored with the image of Jesus as our Shepherd and we as His sheep. I have a picture on my phone of a dirty little lamb standing in the mud with Jesus running toward it. It’s easy to see myself as that lamb. ...

Apr 27 2026

Who’s in Charge? / ¿Quién es el encargado?

Click here for daily readings I was a boss for most of my 40+ years in the workforce. It’s been about 10 years now since I retired. Looking back on that time, I managed three small corporations involved in distribution. I worked with several e...