Category Archives: Catholic

Dec 21 2020

Blessed are You

Click here for daily readings The Gospel scene today is very familiar. As Mary greets her cousin Elizabeth, the baby she carries jumps in her womb. Elizabeth shares that joyful experience with Mary, crying out blessings ...

Dec 20 2020

Handmaid of the Lord

Click here for daily readings I was recently part of a six-week journal group among mothers of my local parish. During our final session, I can recall two occurrences in particular that stood out to me. The first was tha...

Dec 19 2020

Faith and Reason

Click here for daily readings Today is Nathalie’s birthday so I would be remiss if I didn’t wish her a Happy Birthday up front. And it is fitting because today’s Gospel passage is all about birth. It&rs...

Dec 18 2020

Did You Dream?

Click here for daily readings “The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.” Have you heard that Pope Francis declared this new Liturgical Year to be The Year of Saint Joseph? It’s true. A few month...

Dec 17 2020

Fiber and Flesh, and the O Antiphons

Click here for daily readings Each year the Church presents this genealogy of Jesus, which we can easily skim over when reading because the names do not hold much meaning for us. But this genealogy is significant because...

Dec 16 2020

We Are Children of the Light

Click here for daily readings I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume I’m not the only person pleased to be approaching the end of 2020. It’s been a year filled with pain, with uncertainty, with d...

Dec 15 2020

Worshipping Amid Oppression

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading about the oppressing city struck a chord in my heart. I sometimes feel like we are in a time of oppressing cities. During the lockdown essential businesses were al...

Dec 14 2020

The Crèche and the Cross

Click here for daily readings Just when we were getting settled into our new house and things were starting to settle down, another crisis. After so much work, so many hours, so much invested, and it all came crashing do...

Dec 13 2020

The Coming of the Bridegroom

Click here for daily readings Gaudate Sunday marks the halfway point of the Advent season. With the church and priest decked out in the color rose, the Church makes the shift from the second coming of Christ at the end of...

Dec 12 2020

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Click here for daily readings “Mary, make me love your Son Jesus as the Principle behind all things, not with a fear that paralyzes and discourages, but with a love that knows no limits. ~ Blessed Concepci&oa...

Dec 11 2020

Light of Life

Click here for daily readings It is dark as I leave home for 7:15am Mass. The sun will be setting as I leave work to go back home this evening. Without the aid of my headlights it is hard for me to really see what ...

Dec 10 2020

Listen and Heed His Help

Click here for daily readings “Whoever has ears ought to hear.” What aren’t we hearing, then? So often we miss the memo, miss the message – whether from the Lord or from others in our own life. Why...

Dec 09 2020

Come To Me

Click here for daily readings “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Today’s First Reading is very short—so short it could be easy to dismiss or overlook. This ...

Dec 08 2020

Eve Said No – Mary Said Yes

Click here for daily readings Eve and Mary were similar in a lot of ways. They were both created without sin. They were both daughters of covenants, under which they pledged obedience. They were both visited by a supernat...

Dec 07 2020

The Way of the Redeemed

Click here for daily readings Both readings today could provoke us to ask ourselves the following questions: In what ways am I blind? In what situations am I deaf? How am I lame? In what way is my tongue mute? Isaiah pro...

Dec 06 2020

The Three Comings

Click here for daily readings On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Gospel presents to us the impassioned presence of St. John the Baptist – in the desert alone, dressed in camel’s hair, eating insects and wil...

Dec 05 2020

Advent and Compassion

Click here for daily readings We hear the hope of the Advent season in the readings today. In the Gospel we hear of Christ’s immense compassion for human suffering: “At the sight of the crowds, hi...

Dec 04 2020

Cleansed and Renewed

Click here for daily readings There is an absolutely beautiful scene from the popular TV show, Chosen, that depicts a scene similar to this. A leper is thrown out of society and seen as unclean. Even the apostles are afr...

Dec 03 2020

Strong Foundations

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are all about foundations. A simple matter, really. Foundations are often overlooked in the everyday world. But that does not make them any less important. In the First Readin...

Dec 02 2020

Trusting God Is Guiding Us

Click here for daily readings In my lifetime, there’s never been a year like this year, a year where nearly every single person on the entire planet can say it has been a rough year. Between the pandemic, nat...