Category Archives: Catholic

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...

Apr 26 2026

The Lamb, the Shepherd and the Gate / El Cordero, el Pastor y la Puerta

Click here for daily readings Throughout salvation history, the image of Jesus as Shepherd and the people who follow the Lord as the sheep of His flock, has been a revered, iconic way of reflecting on relationship. On this Good Shepherd Sunday, ...

Apr 25 2026

God’s Miracles / Los milagros de Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel speaks of incredible signs and miracles that Jesus’ Apostles will be able to perform, through His power, to bring more hearts to God. Sometimes when I read verses like this I question why such o...

Apr 24 2026

Saul’s Conversion and Ours / La conversión de Saulo y la nuestra

Click here for daily readings How many times have we been like Saul in our lives? Surely many times, experiencing spiritual blindness when things were going well for us and we set our priorities on material things instead of God. As imperfect be...

Apr 23 2026

Taught By God / Enseñados por Dios

Click here for daily readings God is in the business of drawing all to Himself, of embracing all in His infinite healing Love. And, to our surprise, He chooses to need us to help Him accomplish this mission. Jesus wants to dwell within and work ...

Apr 22 2026

Everything Always / Todo siempre

Click here for daily readings One day before today’s Gospel, Jesus fed the multitude with just five barley loaves and two fish. He calmed the sea and walked on water to His disciples. Now, the crowds have followed Him to Capernaum, and there, am...

Apr 21 2026

The Patience of God / La Paciencia de Dios

Click here for daily readings Parenting is the work of repetition, especially in families with multiple children. Something can never be said just once. “What’s for dinner?” is an oft repeated question in my home, as well as “What are we doing today?” My husband and I happen to have 6 kids, so there...

Apr 20 2026

Multiplied Graces: The True Miracle / Las gracias multiplicadas son el verdadero milagro

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we see this moment when the crowd, still buzzing from the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, goes searching for Jesus—not because they want Him, but because they want more of what He can give. I’m not going to lie, this makes me sq...

Apr 19 2026

Diligent Faith / La fe diligente

Click here for daily readings Around this time five years ago, our first granddaughter was baptized. Public gatherings were troublesome in pandemic days. Events that should have brought great rejoicing were muted by the fear of disease. Our pastor offered a private ceremony in which ten masked famil...

Apr 18 2026

Few Yet Powerful Words / Pocas pero poderosas palabras

Click here for daily readings Imagine a child who climbs to the top of a playground structure. He excitedly ascends as high as he can go. He reaches the highest tower and for the first time looks down. His joy quickly melts into fear. The steep slide before him looks to him to be a […]

Apr 17 2026

Trust and Surrender / Confianza y entrega

Click here for daily readings Although my husband and I have been married for forty-six years, I still enjoy hearing some of his childhood stories about growing up in a family of ten children, where everything ran smoothly. Every few weeks, my husband went with Mom to the commissary while his two ol...

Apr 16 2026

Believe It, Live It / Créelo, Vívelo

Click here for daily readings There are many days when I sit with my Bible and I am puzzled. What is God trying to say? Why can’t Paul be clearer? Did Jesus mean that the way I think He did, or in some other way, because this does not make sense to me. But today’s […]

Apr 15 2026

Into the Light / Hacia la luz

Click here for daily readings “For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16) Pretty much everyone knows this Bible verse. Even if you asked someone with no religious affiliation of any kind if they knew any Scripture, they’d probably be able to...

Apr 14 2026

The Wind and the Holy Spirit / El viento y el Espíritu Santo

Click here for daily readings “The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know from where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8). If a Chinese restaurant took the above passage, subtracted […]

Apr 13 2026

The Power of Baptism / El poder del bautismo

Click here for daily readings I always find it interesting in the Gospels that people get very confused about seemingly simple statements. It is easy to look back and wonder how certain people, in today’s case, Nicodemus, can get things so wrong...

Apr 12 2026

A Well of Mercy / Un pozo de misericordia

Click here for daily readings How I wish I could be Thomas at the moment when Jesus says, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side” (John 20:27). Thomas touched Divine Mercy when he touched Christ’s sid...

Apr 11 2026

Go Into the World and Preach! / Ir por todo el mundo a predicar

Click here for daily readings Why is it so hard for us to speak about our Lord? He has given up everything for us. Despite the many miracles and abundant proof that we have, we can be avoidant, passive and lukewarm. I have often told myself that...

Apr 10 2026

It is the Lord! / ¡Es el Señor!

Click here for daily readings Lately one of my children has been calling me out on things quite a bit. “Mommy, you lied.” “Mommy, you used a bad word.” “Mommy, you yelled at me.” And while the lying may have actually been something I said I would do and then forgot, and the bad word […]