Category Archives: Catholic

Apr 09 2026

Resting in the Peace of Christ / Descansando en la paz de Cristo

Click here for daily readings As I settle into a pew to spend time in adoration, my worry and anxieties for the day riddle my body with tension, and my mind is clouded and busy. When my eyes settle on Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament on the altar, I take a deep breath. My pulse […]

Apr 08 2026

Walking with Jesus / Caminando con Jesús

Click here for daily readings Let’s not only contemplate the original travelers in today’s Gospel walking along the Road to Emmaus, but let us go one step further and see ourselves walking along this road. First, begin considering the two weary disciples, hearts heavy with disappointment, their hope...

Apr 07 2026

Sent by Jesus / Enviado por Jesús

Click here for daily readings When the disciples came to inspect the tomb, they did not find Jesus’ body there, and they went away. They were full of action, running to the tomb, finding nothing, then leaving. But Mary of Magdala remained behind, weeping. She was still, crying, bending over into the...

Apr 06 2026

Crossing the Bridge / Cruzar el puente

Click here for daily readings Driving up Iron Bridge Road for the first time, I was terrified. This road in my New Jersey neighborhood shoots straight up the mountain, cresting at a one-lane bridge. I call it Scary Bridge because you cannot see the other side while crossing…you only hope you’ll make...

Apr 05 2026

Run to Him / Corra hacia Él

Click here for daily readings Today’s passage begins with “On the first day of the week…” In Jesus’ time, the Jewish calendar considered the Sabbath (Saturday) as the last day of the week. This was based on the Old Testament understanding of creation, when God rested on the seventh day and blessed i...

Apr 04 2026

Easter: An Encounter that Changes Our Lives / La Pascua: Un encuentro que cambia nuestras vidas

Click here for daily readings Mary Magdalene and the other Mary quietly set out to the place of their sorrow, where their Lord was laid in a tomb. What were the thoughts that swirled around in their hearts during the early hours after the Sabbat...

Apr 03 2026

Good Friday / Viernes Santo

Click here for daily readings As we hear the Passion narrative read, it may be hard for us to enter into it because it is so familiar. The scourging is familiar. The crown of thorns is familiar. The mocking is familiar. The crucifix is familiar. The spear is familiar. Because of this familiarity, we...

Apr 02 2026

A Gift Received / Un don recibido

Click here for daily reading Today, Holy Thursday, we celebrate the Institution of the Eucharist, and we hear of the washing of the feet. The Eucharist is an unfathomable gift, God in the flesh, His Body and Blood, acting in us for our holiness and salvation. The washing of the feet was another gift...

Apr 01 2026

Ears to Hear / Oídos para escuchar

Click here for daily readings “Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back” (Isaiah 50:4-5). Isaiah’s suffering servant from today’s first reading captures three key points for our consideration. First, discipleship is a day to day commitment...

Mar 31 2026

It Was Night / Era de noche

Click here for daily readings It is Tuesday of Holy Week. We are nearing the holiest days of the year, the Triduum, and after hearing the Gospel of the Passion last Sunday, our hearts should be aching with anticipation of the events we are calle...

Mar 30 2026

Let Her Keep This / Deja que guarde esto

Click here for daily readings After Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, He returns to Bethany and dines with Lazarus and his sisters. Mary lavishes Jesus’ feet with costly aromatic nard. Around them, crowds press in to gawk at the miracle worker and see for themselves the man who, rumor has it, sta...

Mar 29 2026

A Week to Feel His Profound Love / Una semana para sentir su profundo amor

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading reveals the depths of divine love through Jesus’ suffering and sacrifice. This passage is enormously long! As we stand to listen to the Gospel proclaimed during Mass, you may feel your knees b...

Mar 28 2026

Our God is Great! / ¡Nuestro Dios es grande!

Click here for daily readings Tomorrow, we begin the holiest week of the year. But before we begin to focus on Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection, we read in Ezekiel and Jeremiah what God will do for us. He will unify us, give us land, deliv...

Mar 27 2026

The Importance of Details / La importancia de los detalles

Click here for daily readings Have you ever stopped to think about how important details are? How countless white and yellow lines painted on roads keep millions of people safe day in and day out. How the exact amount of ingredients, down to a quarter of a teaspoon can make or break a delicious reci...

Mar 26 2026

Nothing and Everything / Nada y todo

Click here for daily readings “I am making you the father of a host of nations.” “I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying.” “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father w...

Mar 25 2026

“I Am the Handmaid of the Lord” / “Yo soy la esclava del Señor”

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is the pivot point in all of human history, all of salvation history, all of eternity. Everything hinges on this moment when an angel brings a stupendous message to a young virgin in Galilee. Everything has been leading up to this moment, all of history ...

Mar 24 2026

Because I Said So / Porque te lo he dicho

Click here for daily readings “Because I said so.” Kids are flummoxed by this response. So much so that many of us, having heard it as children, swore that we would never say it to our own kids. Then, life humbles us, and there we are: Why no fo...

Mar 23 2026

“Neither do I condemn you” / “Yo tampoco te condeno”

Click here for daily readings Jesus did not condemn her. The Pharisees wanted her stoned. They were requesting her death for this sin and I suspect would have been okay with throwing some of those stones if given the chance. How often do we want to throw stones? So often. It’s really easy to see […...

Mar 22 2026

Jesus’ Timing / El momento de Jesús

Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, so He waited. This is such a difficult passage to swallow. Like Martha who cries to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,” we, too, cry out to Jesus when the answers we seek are long in coming. I found the disciples’ reaction […]

Mar 21 2026

Full Hearts / Corazones llenos

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel presents us with three groups of people: The crowd, the Pharisees and the guards. The crowd was on fire with Jesus’ teaching. Their hearts were full. Then pride gets in the way. They stop thinking about how they felt and an argument breaks out. The guards...