Category Archives: Catholic

Jun 05 2022

Mission

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost – the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in the Upper Room and the day in which the Church was started. In the Upper Room, C...

Jun 04 2022

Gazing on the Face of the Lord

Click here for daily readings When my daughter was little, she had a soft, pink and white baby blanket which we called “Mimi.” I wondered where this term for her blanket had originated and thought perhaps it c...

Jun 03 2022

Food and Community

Click here for daily readings I love how Jesus was always eating. Many of the Gospel stories revolve around Jesus and his disciples sharing a meal together. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. Today’s Gospel s...

Jun 02 2022

Hope

Click here for daily readings The reading today from Acts has Paul saying he is “on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.” This leads to heated disputes between the Sadducees and the Pharisees becaus...

Jun 01 2022

One-ing and Joy

Click here for daily readings Prayer is an opening – and therefore a kind of revelation – of the heart. So in today’s Gospel, as we hear Jesus pray to the Father, we glimpse the sentiments of his holy He...

May 31 2022

Mary’s Joy

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Visitation refers to Mary going to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, while carrying in her heart the good news of the...

May 30 2022

Promises

Click here for daily readings I found myself pondering the promises Jesus makes to His disciples as I reflected on the readings for today. Jesus promised that after three days the Son of Man would rise again. And it happe...

May 29 2022

No Passive Bystanders in God’s Kingdom

Click here for daily readings I remember as a child thinking that following Christ would have been so much easier if I had been alive when he walked the earth. There would be no need for faith—I would see him in th...

May 28 2022

On Speaking Boldly and Correcting Quietly

Click here for daily readings As a cradle Catholic with 16 years of Catholic school, I estimate that I attended Mass close to 7,000 times. And yet occasionally one of the day’s readings surprises me. “I’...

May 27 2022

Who is Your Neighbor?

Click here for daily readings The Lord does not allow the big stuff to happen without letting his people know first. I had a bad day yesterday. It seemed like a lot of the darkness in the world was coming in at me at the same...

May 26 2022

Now Heaven Is Present On The Earth

Click here for daily readings The Solemnity of the Ascension can be eclipsed for most of us by the Resurrection, Good Friday, and Christmas. For me, the Ascension is a liturgical feast that draws me inward and upward. Pop...

May 25 2022

Making the Unbearable Bearable

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel Christ tells His disciples, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now”. Jesus knows the hearts of His disciples; He knows they love Him. Bu...

May 24 2022

The Gift of the Spirit

Click here for daily readings What has Jesus left his disciples? He has not written a book, or established a political entity, or given the Jews control over the earth, or crushed the Romans (as so many believed and hoped...

May 23 2022

Paying Attention

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, we hear of Paul and Silas in their missionary travels, coming to the city of Phillipi. There they meet up with Lydia, a woman who sells purple cloth. Pur...

May 22 2022

You Have Been Called With A Purpose

Click here for daily readings The transition crisis from before the passion to the foundation wall of the holy city Jerusalem. Here at the end of the beautiful month of May and near the end of the Easter Season, the diffi...

May 21 2022

Simple Ways to Share the Good News

Click here for daily readings St. Paul had a vision, “A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we sought passage...

May 20 2022

Love One Another

Click here for daily readings The last line of today’s Gospel is a command: love one another. Due to that love, my heart is again breaking because of a weekend filled with shooting sprees in the USA. I am weeping be...

May 19 2022

Got Joy?

Click here for daily readings “Are you happy?”, asks Henry, repeatedly, until he receives an affirmative answer from whoever he sees near him. Henry is four. Who knows where Henry first heard this question or ...

May 18 2022

Remaining in Him

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like there is a general state of discontent in your household? One kid is complaining about every little thing, the other doesn’t want to do his school work, the ...

May 17 2022

World Peace

Click here for daily readings The acquisition of peace, from a secular framework, is a tricky topic. So many roads appear to lead to peace based on the sayings: “If you want peace, prepare for war.” “If ...