Category Archives: Catholic

Mar 12 2022

Belonging to God

Click here for daily readings I have really been struggling with one person in particular lately. Some of the struggles have come about due to emails. Why does so and so have to be so direct, sarcastic, rude, etc.? When s...

Mar 11 2022

Stay Close to Christ

Click here for daily reading As with Lent itself, our readings today are sobering. We might not recognize it at first, focusing instead on the message of hope: “If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he comm...

Mar 10 2022

I Have No Help But You

Click here for daily readings “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you.” These words still feel as tangible and heartfelt as they must h...

Mar 09 2022

Be a Ninevite

Click here for daily readings The Jewish people had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a Messiah. They memorized Scripture, kept all of the Mosaic Law, repeated the stories and traditions so that on the day of the...

Mar 08 2022

The Power of God’s Word

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today always makes me think of the power of Sacred Scripture. Words which, though penned by various writers in various times and circumstances, are ultimately authored by Go...

Mar 07 2022

A Very Acceptable Time

Click here for daily readings It is Monday and a very acceptable time to reflect, think and pray. The readings today help to narrow my thought process and provide many lenses to help my focus during Lent 2022. My reflecti...

Mar 06 2022

Overcoming the Five P’s

Click here for daily readings Jesus came to save us by entering into the fullness of the condition of fallen humanity and offering all to the Father. He was like us “in all things but sin” (Hebrews 4:15); he ...

Mar 05 2022

Creation in Chaos

Click here for daily readings We are living in a strange time where the order of creation seems to have reversed itself and those things which we once held dear have somehow become less in our hearts, while the things th...

Mar 04 2022

When Life Gives You Lemons

Click here for daily readings We have all heard the phrase “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But what if life just keeps throwing you lemon after lemon after lemon, so that everything seems to turn ...

Mar 03 2022

Our Crosses and How We Carry Them

Click here for daily readings When I read today’s readings, I am drawn to the reality that how I understand what my cross is and how I carry it will define the lens of how I comprehend these readings. My hope is that Ho...

Mar 02 2022

The Sacrifice of Words

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel, we are told by Jesus of the importance of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as well as the proper way to participate in those sacrifices. When we pray, fast, and give alms, we sh...

Mar 01 2022

Feasting And Fasting

Click here for daily readings It’s Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday/Carnival! That means Lent begins tomorrow! Are you prepared to prepare? Do you have a plan for observing this holy season? Every year, we are...

Feb 28 2022

Heavenly Treasures

Click here for daily readings We are all familiar with today’s Gospel story about the rich young man who is unable to surrender his wealth in order to follow Jesus, and especially Jesus’ perplexing comments ab...

Feb 27 2022

Did You Find The Beam?

Click here for daily readings One of my favorite books in the Old Testament is Sirach. Today we all get a taste with just a few verses. Verse seven of today’s reading says, “Praise no man before he speaks, for it ...

Feb 26 2022

Called To Be A Compelling Sign Of Hope

Click here for daily readings Everyone knows the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” It means that children need an entire community of people providing for them and engaging them constructively for...

Feb 25 2022

Two Become One

Click here for daily readings This summer, God willing, my wife and I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. Reflecting on that makes me feel totally inadequate to discuss the topic of today’s Gospel, divorce....

Feb 24 2022

Salt and Sin as Synonyms

Click here for daily readings When someone says winter to me I think of snow as I’ve lived in the midwest most of my life. Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Michigan collectively average thirty eight inches of snow, ...

Feb 23 2022

Memento Mori – Remember That You Will Die

Click here for daily reading We hear a strange reprimand from St. James today: “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a pr...

Feb 22 2022

Living Witnesses

Click here for daily readings The Catholic world has been rocked in recent years by many scandals committed by those ordained to serve their flock. Creating a sort of no-win scenario, conversations tend to balance betwee...

Feb 21 2022

Fidelity Helps My Unbelief

Click here for daily readings Often my prayer resembles the words spoken by the boy’s father in Mark’s Gospel, who has come to beg the Lord to heal his son, “But if you can do anything, have compassion o...