Category Archives: Catholic

Apr 26 2022

Catch the Wind

Click here for daily readings Didn’t we just celebrate Easter nine days ago? In fact, our eight-day celebration of Easter just came to a close on Divine Mercy Sunday. How is it that the daily Gospels have returned t...

Apr 25 2022

Launching Disciples

Click here for daily readings There comes a time in every parent’s journey where they have to step aside and let their children come into their own as persons. My mother-in-law calls this process “launching.&r...

Apr 24 2022

Mercy Across the Ages

Click here for daily readings “And fear nothing, dear soul, whoever you are; the greater the sinner, the greater his right to Your mercy, O Lord.” This quote from St. Faustina Kowalska is one of my absolute favorit...

Apr 23 2022

Be Bold, Speak Truth

Click here for daily readings Happy Easter! I love how we celebrate during the Octave and continue on to Pentecost. In both Acts and Mark’s Gospel passage for today we find belief and unbelief. Mark tells us that Je...

Apr 22 2022

Easter People

Click here for daily readings He is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! How powerful is today’s First Reading from Acts of the Apostles! We hear that Peter and John are arrested for doing good and miraculous works in the nam...

Apr 21 2022

An Untroubled Heart

Click here for daily readings Jesus stands amid the Apostles, offers his peace, and then further offers words of comfort with a proclamation to not let our hearts be troubled. Although not always the simplest task, God ne...

Apr 20 2022

Rejoice

Click here for daily readings The Octave of Easter is full of redemptive resurrection joy. Each day is a celebration of Easter and the joy it brings to believers. The readings today bring forth two stories of rejoic...

Apr 19 2022

This Changes Everything

Click here for daily readings While the phrase, “This changes everything” could be seen as overused or an over exaggeration, in today’s Gospel no phrase could be more apt. However, in the strange and mys...

Apr 18 2022

Fearful Yet Overjoyed

Click here for daily readings Think back on a moment of life where everything changed. One of those crystal moments, where you know things will never be the same. Think of that moment when something you had been looking forward ...

Apr 17 2022

All About Us

Click here for daily readings It is fairly common for us to hear in popular culture and public conservations someone being told, “It’s not all about you” when they are perceived as being selfish, self-ce...

Apr 16 2022

The Liturgy of the Magnificent Easter Vigil

Click here for daily readings Holy Saturday… A day of quiet and calm. A day of intimacy and hope. A day when all creation sighed in exhaustion after witnessing the sorrowful and tragic events of Calvary the day bef...

Apr 15 2022

Behold The Wood Of The Cross

Click here for daily readings Lent has come to an end; it ends when the Mass on Holy Thursday begins and we enter into these three holy days (“Triduum”), which are the summit of the Liturgical Year, unfolding...

Apr 14 2022

What Makes You Think That You’re So Special?

Click here for daily readings I have the good fortune to work in an office that is on the same grounds as a Catholic retreat center. Because of this, I often come into contact with a lot of great Christ-centered wisdom. This pas...

Apr 13 2022

Be Better

Click here for daily readings We are in the middle of Holy Week, people! Less than a week until Easter! Less than a week until we commemorate the greatest gift of all! Is your soul refreshed? Are your hopes and desires getting y...

Apr 12 2022

God’s Plan for You

Click here for daily readings As I sit down to write this reflection, my daughter-in-law is in labor! Like the servant in the passage from today’s First Reading, our grandson is known by God, even in the womb of his...

Apr 11 2022

A Word on Vocation

Click here for daily readings The word vocation comes with a lot of baggage. It tends to bring to my mind old posters of seminarians, half of whom have dropped out by now but the poster remains, or conjures up ideas of...

Apr 10 2022

Christ Is Truly Present

Click here for daily readings Today is Palm Sunday. In the Gospel, we read about the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist. At the table, Christ took the bread, raised it, and said to His Apostles: “This ...

Apr 09 2022

God is Good, All the Time!

Click here for daily readings I’m sure your mother told you many times as you were growing up: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” I have even found myself reminding...

Apr 08 2022

Everlasting Life

Click here for daily readings The readings for this last Friday of Lent really cause me to pause and take a good honest look at my thoughts, words and deeds. The First Reading speaks of terror on every side and vengeanc...

Apr 07 2022

Glorifying

Click here for daily readings In response to those who skeptically ask him who he thinks he is, Jesus talks about glory. He tells them that he does not glorify himself, but it is, in fact, his Father who glorifies him. W...