Category Archives: Catholic

Oct 08 2021

Hearts United In Christ

Click here for daily readings “And blasphemy, the sin against the Holy Spirit, is the one unforgivable sin…because it comes from closing the heart to God’s mercy which acts in Jesus.” -Pope Franci...

Oct 07 2021

Tips on the Rosary

Click here for daily reading “You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God, and what do we profit by keeping his command, and going about in penitential dress in awe of the LORD of hosts?’” (Mal 3:14). ...

Oct 06 2021

Words Can Destroy

Click here for daily readings Having worked in and out of the Church for most of my life, I can confidently say that parish and diocese offices are a strange mixing pot of some of the holiest and dangerous conversations....

Oct 05 2021

Cuteness & Conversion

Click here for daily readings And just like that, 8 weeks have gone by and I am back to work. My scheduled C-section went off without a hitch, my baby girl is healthy and I am getting back into the swing of things slowly ...

Oct 04 2021

Conversions of Heart

Click here for daily readings Todays’ readings are so fitting for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Scriptures are wonderful lessons addressing the conversion of the heart. The First Reading has Jonah not wa...

Oct 03 2021

God’s Perspective

Click here for daily readings Poor Jesus. Honestly, sometimes when reading Gospel passages like this one can’t you just feel His sigh before He answers? Jesus is God and possesses patience beyond our understanding,...

Oct 02 2021

Angel of God

Click here for daily readings It would be easy to go the humility route with the Gospel today, as it is the classic verse about childlike faith. But I want to take a slightly different direction by honing in on the last ...

Oct 01 2021

Therese The Strong Cactus

Click here for daily readings The starkness of today’s readings is in sharp contrast to the saint we celebrate today. Against the readings of Babylonian captivity and the Psalmist’s lament over the defiling o...

Sep 30 2021

Zeal for the Lord

Click here for daily reading Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church, was a towering figure in the Church’s history, and we can learn some interesting things from the way he served the Lord. The First Reading from his sp...

Sep 29 2021

The Holy Archangels

Click here for daily reading Today, we celebrate the feast of the archangels, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. We don’t use many occasions to speak about the angels, but they are all over Scripture. From our readings,...

Sep 28 2021

Living Righteously

Click here for daily readings In today’s reading from 1 Peter for the memorial of St. Wenceslaus, we hear about righteousness and suffering. “Righteous” is a tricky word. It’s associated with surfe...

Sep 27 2021

The Least Among You

Click here for daily readings Today is my bride and I’s fifty-second anniversary! How is that possible? Because of her, we have raised eight children and I just recently baptized our 30th grandchild. What a joy! Today i...

Sep 26 2021

Green Little Monster

Click here for daily readings Today we read of jealousy and lifting others up in Christ. In the First Reading, the 70 elders begin to prophesy and it was amazing! But when the two elders that WEREN’T there begin to ...

Sep 25 2021

Guarded by the Shepherd

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm is, “The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.” To more completely recognize the beauty, reassurance, and power of this promise, it m...

Sep 24 2021

God Fights for Us

Click here for daily readings The Responsorial Psalm for today talks about hope in the Lord. It implores: “Do me justice, O God, and fight my fight against a faithless people.” It seems our world today is full...

Sep 23 2021

Consider Your Ways

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of St. Pius of Pietrelcina better known as Padre Pio. The First Reading from Haggai today is quite fitting as Padre Pio was known for the gift of inspired listening while i...

Sep 22 2021

The Lord Provides

Click here for daily readings I love the Gospel passages when Jesus summons the Twelve apostles, gives them their mission and sends them forth. Maybe it’s because I work for the Church and can easily see myself in their ...

Sep 21 2021

Get Up

Click here for daily readings Getting up can be difficult – getting up in the morning, getting up from the couch, getting up to help someone. I like sitting down myself. Getting up is a big change; a change of post...

Sep 20 2021

Let Your Light Shine!

Click here for daily readings Like literally millions of other Christians, I have been listening to Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year podcast regularly since January 1, 2021. Recently we spent weeks on the Exile...

Sep 19 2021

Putting the Gospel into Practice

Click here for daily readings Last. Who wants to be last? When I was in elementary school, I was not very athletic; well, that hasn’t changed much to be honest. At any rate, when it was time for games in the schooly...