Category Archives: Catholic

Dec 07 2021

Sheep on Shoulders

Click here for daily readings In today’s parable, Jesus holds up a gentle image of the love of God for each one of us. A love so great that it leaves the 99 who seem to be holding their own in order to go in search...

Dec 06 2021

Christ is Lord

Click here for daily reading The Pharisees react understandably to Jesus in our Gospel. As He is teaching, Jesus sees a man being brought down through the roof on a stretcher, and He immediately forgives his sins. It must...

Dec 05 2021

Acting Human

Click here for daily readings Before we know how to act we must first know who we are. This is a basic philosophical tenet that shaped the thought of great minds such as St. John Paul II. If we look at the world today I ...

Dec 04 2021

What Does It Cost?

Click here for daily readings “Without cost you have received, without cost you are to give” (Mark 10:8b). Gratitude. Humility. Thankful. Sacrifice. Share. Prayer. Authority. Heal. These are all words that com...

Dec 03 2021

Enlighten the Eyes

Click here for daily readings The imagery in today’s readings reflect the joyful promise of what is to come at the end of Advent. The reading from Isaiah tells of the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, no more tyrant...

Dec 02 2021

Doing God’s Will

Click here for daily reading Every now and again, we hear something in Scripture, as in our Gospel today, that reminds us to not just listen, but act. We need to be doers of the Word, not just hearers, as St. James says (...

Dec 01 2021

Long for Advent

Click here for daily readings Ah, the early days of Advent and a new liturgical year. There is so much anticipation in the air of the great upcoming feast, the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. Our Church is brimming with...

Nov 30 2021

Beautiful Feet: They Could Be Yours

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading St. Paul refers to a verse from the great prophet who accompanies us through every Advent: the prophet Isaiah (flourished 8th century B.C., Jerusalem): How...

Nov 29 2021

No Shortage on Jesus This Christmas

Click here for daily readings Yesterday the haunting verses of O Come, O Come Emmanuel were a welcome massage for my heart. Since early October we’ve been warned of supply chain shortages and inflation that threate...

Nov 28 2021

Happy New Year!

Click here for daily readings Happy New Year! Today is the first day of the new Liturgical Year as well as the first Sunday of Advent. Today we begin our watch. Today we begin to prepare for the birth of our Lord. The day...

Nov 27 2021

Are You and I Vigilant?

Click here for daily readings If you are a regular churchgoer, by now you have noticed the readings are rather dark this time of year. By that, I mean Scripture is speaking to us about End Times. The church asks us to meditat...

Nov 26 2021

Jesus’ Word

Click here for daily readings I have been blessed this year to be a part of a wonderful Bible Study at our parish. In the past few weeks, the group I am helping to facilitate looked more closely at the trustworthiness of ...

Nov 25 2021

Thankful in All Things

Click here for daily readings Today many of us will gather together with our loved ones for the first time in nearly two years. So many holidays have passed with us visiting on a screen or through a window, and I’m ...

Nov 24 2021

Prepare for Battle

Click here for daily reading This week we have occasion to think of the end of time. Immediately, Jesus’ words in the Gospels are referring to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70. Think of the phrase...

Nov 23 2021

Praise and Exalt Him

Click here for daily readings In today’s Psalm, we hear the phrase “praise and exalt Him above all forever.” Our lives can get pretty busy. From work, to family, to running a household, to everythi...

Nov 22 2021

Altruism and Two Small Coins

Click here for daily readings The Gospel today has the second account of the widow and her two small coins. I find this quite fitting on the Monday before Thanksgiving. The widow’s offering is the definition of alt...

Nov 21 2021

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King Of The Universe

Click here for daily readings If you give too much attention to the news, to social media, or to the murmurings of the masses, you will find endless reasons to be confused, afraid, even despondent. But if you contemplate...

Nov 20 2021

When the Bad Guys Win

Click here for daily readings As I mentioned in my last reflection, I—and millions of other Christians – have been listening to Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year podcast since January 1st. As it happ...

Nov 19 2021

Hanging on Jesus’ Words

Click here for daily readings The last line of the Gospel, “all the people were hanging on his words’ (Luke 19:48b) strikes me as a very good way to live. Hanging on the words of Jesus. Jesus cleansing the tem...

Nov 18 2021

Shed Some Tears

Click here for daily readings At significant moments in the Gospels, Jesus weeps. He weeps at the sight of his friend Lazarus dead in his tomb. He weeps when praying in the garden the night before his crucifixion. It is ...