Category Archives: Catholic

Jun 07 2023

To You I Lift Everything / A Ti Lo Levanto Todo

Click here for daily readings Do you ever have a song, phrase, hymn or Psalm get stuck in your mind? Not in an annoying, “I can’t get it out of my mind” way, but in a “caught humming it under your ...

Jun 06 2023

Tomar por Hecho al Señor / Taking the Lord for Granted

Click here for daily readings It’s so easy to take for granted what and who we have in our lives. In today’s First Reading, we read of Tobit, a generous man who sticks to the Law of the Lord, even burying the p...

Jun 05 2023

Stand Up For Your Faith / Defiende Tu Fe

Click here for daily readings Part of my job at my parish is forming and preparing the eighth grade students for the Sacrament of Confirmation. I enjoy the preparation program that we use and I often find myself learning right a...

Jun 04 2023

That All May be Saved / Que Todos Sean Salvos

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we read perhaps the most quoted verse of Scripture, that “God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish...

Jun 03 2023

Wisdom and Conversation / La Sabiduría y La Conversación

Click here for daily readings “I sought wisdom openly in my prayer, I prayed for her before the temple…” Conversation often seems like a lost art. In order to engage in true dialogue, we have to be will...

Jun 02 2023

The Flying Novena / La Novena Volada

Click here for daily readings I suspect that if St. Mother Teresa commanded a mountain to be taken up and cast in the sea, the mountain would waste no time to get going. Such was the faith of this amazing woman. I l...

Jun 01 2023

Turn That Frown Upside Down / En Lugar de Poner Mala Cara, Sonreir

Click here for daily readings Sometimes your tongue just gets away from you, doesn’t it? I know mine does. I just feel the “need” to complain about that one little thing and before I know it, I’m ranting ...

May 31 2023

Mary and Elizabeth / María e Isabel

Click here for daily readings We read in today’s Scripture, “Blessed are you who believed that the Lord would fulfill what was spoken to you.” The Blessed Mother responded to the invitation by God to be ...

May 30 2023

Oriented to God in a Disoriented World / Orientado Hacia Dios en Este Mundo Desorientado

Click here for daily readings Our society is constantly pushing for each individual to define happiness, love, and success for themselves, often without regard for the effect on their neighbor. What we find at the extreme...

May 29 2023

His Friends / Sus Amigos

Click here for daily readings Godspell, the musical from 1973, is an assault to one’s eyes with its rainbow-haired Jesus and 70’s nonconformist vibe. It marries two different ways of looking at the world: the ...

May 28 2023

Pentecost and Captain America / Pentecostés y el Capitán América

Click here for daily readings In the movie, Captain America, Steve is a young man of strong character who wants to work for justice in the world, in spite of his evident lack of bulk and brawn. Steve has everything going ...

May 27 2023

Does Jesus Love Him Best? / ¿Jesús lo Ama Más a Él?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel starts out with one of our favorite people in scripture, Peter. He is one of my heroes. Why? Because if he could make it, I’ve got a good chance to make it also! Appare...

May 26 2023

A Tale of Three Evangelists / La Historia de Tres Evangelistas

Click here for daily readings I always enjoy the readings from the Acts of the Apostles that we hear during the Easter season. While the Epistles are full of wisdom, they can be difficult to understand or subject to inter...

May 25 2023

God Loves Me, We Can Each Say It / Dios Me Ama, Todos Lo Podemos Decir

Click here for daily readings God loves you. But I don’t feel God’s love. God loves you. But how could God love me when I’ve messed up? God loves you. But how can I know God loves me? Really know for cer...

May 24 2023

Truth and Joy / Verdad y Alegría

Click here for daily readings Whenever Jesus lifts his eyes to heaven to address his Father, we are allowed a glimpse into the deep desires of his Heart, burning and motivated by love alone, love for the Father and love ...

May 23 2023

The Perfect Evangelist / El Evangelista Perfecto

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel today there is a beautiful conversation between Jesus Christ and God the Father. Jesus is the perfect evangelist, stating that he has revealed the name of God to all people. It ...

May 22 2023

Peace in Me / La Paz en Cristo

Click here for daily readings “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world” (Jn 16:29-33) are among the last words ...

May 21 2023

The Great Commission / La Gran Comisión

Click here for daily readings “He would be everywhere, whenever his friends gathered to pray. He would continue to act through them just as he promised: forgiving sins, sharing mercy, bringing young and old into the...

May 20 2023

Content and Charisma / Contenido y Carisma

Click here for daily reading In our First Reading, we encounter Apollos, an eloquent Jewish convert who speaks in the synagogue. He has an interesting situation: Apollos is knowledgeable and well spoken, but he does not k...

May 19 2023

Joy That Cannot Be Taken / La Alegría Que No se te Puede Quitar

Click here for daily readings In the First Reading from Acts Jesus tells Paul not to be afraid to speak and that Jesus is with him. Jesus promises us more in the verses from John’s Gospel. Our grief and mourning wil...