Category Archives: Catholic

May 31 2021

Blessed are you who believe!

Click here for daily readings Promises! Elizabeth said to Mary, “Blessed are you for believing that what was promised to you would be fulfilled.” Those words could be repeated to Mary at the foot of the cross...

May 30 2021

Embracing the Great Commission

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus can be found giving His final instructions to the apostles before His Ascension. This is their great commissioning. Jesus has prepared them to continue His miss...

May 29 2021

Swimming Upstream

Click here for daily readings I think it’s interesting that as a practicing Catholic I am counter-cultural. It’s not a label I expected to be slapped to my shoulders. In today’s Responsorial Psalm I&rsqu...

May 28 2021

The Lord Delights in His People

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are rich in imagery: ancestors, godly men, virtues, the Lord delighting in his people, bearing fruit, the withered fig tree, the temple area comotion, faith in God, pra...

May 27 2021

Eye on the Prize

Click here for daily readings The story of Bartimaeus is echoed in both Matthew and Luke’s Gospel. This image of Jesus healing a blind man (or in Matthew’s case two blind men) is of critical importance for th...

May 26 2021

Want To Be First?

Click here for daily readings I really wanted to talk about Sirach today. He beseeches the Lord to pour out his grace and blessings upon all his servants. In a way, this is our daily prayer. As you know, his mercy is ever...

May 25 2021

What Will I Leave Behind to Follow Christ

Click here for daily readings I have a lot of crazy things to bemoan. Most were embarrassing or even downright stupid: such as smoking, swearing, skipping school, driving too fast, bullying the poor boy that sat in front ...

May 24 2021

Mother of the Church

Click here for daily reading Today we celebrate the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. Our Lady, as the woman through whom the Lord came into the world, sits as Queen of the Church, continuing to mediate His graces. ...

May 23 2021

Come Holy Spirit

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, in Acts 2, the people unite to celebrate the Lord together, through the formation of the church. This is the reversal of the Tower of Babel- whereas earlier t...

May 22 2021

We Follow Him

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel John recounts Jesus’ admonishment of Peter for being concerned with the disposition of others rather than his own disposition. How often do we find ourselves in ...

May 21 2021

Sheep Being Fed

Click here for daily readings “Simon, son of John, do you love me? … Feed my sheep.” Today’s Gospel has had an impact on my life for many years now … at least 13, if my memory serves me co...

May 20 2021

Love Is Gathering and Rescuing Us

Click here for daily readings “You, Father, are in me and I in you… I in them and you in me… that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them…” Today’s Gospel can ...

May 19 2021

To know the Truth

Click here for daily readings What is truth? Or maybe the better question is Who is Truth? We know who Truth is – Jesus. Then why is it often difficult to get to the truth of an issue, concern or problem? One reason...

May 18 2021

Bear Witness

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, Paul gives a farewell address to some disciples in Miletus. He says to them: “I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came...

May 17 2021

Waiting In Power

Click here for daily readings For me, today’s readings are all about anticipation. Liturgically, we just celebrated the Ascension of the Lord. After Easter, many disciples were seeing Jesus, gathering back to...

May 16 2021

Starting Something New

Click here for daily readings Some years ago I became the legal guardian of an elderly woman who was showing early signs of dementia. We had known each other for some time, liked each other, and she had no family, so it ...

May 15 2021

God as Father and King

Click here for daily readings “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” This passage was far from my mind as I watched my six-year-old son get up on all fours in the ...

May 14 2021

Remain in My Love

Click here for daily readings The word ‘love’ appears nine times in today’s Gospel alone. Why? Because love is what this Gospel is all about. Remain in my love. Jesus particularly stresses this as he spea...

May 13 2021

Our Mission Statement

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we are given a mission to go into the world and proclaim the Gospel to every living creature (Mark 16:15-16). This is not a mission of preservation. This is not a mis...

May 12 2021

Life in Him

Click here for daily readings The readings today remind us that our focus needs to be on God. The First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul tells us “…in him we live and move and have our being&rd...