Category Archives: Catholic

Nov 03 2020

The Price of Humility

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading is one of my all-time favorites. I grew up going to Youth 2000 retreats with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs) in the Bronx. I will never forget the fir...

Nov 02 2020

Mourning and Rejoicing

Click here for daily readings As I slid into the pew and knelt down to prepare my heart for Mass, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Glancing over to the sill of the stained glass window, I noticed several pict...

Nov 01 2020

A November Resolution

Click here for daily readings “For me to be a saint means to be myself” (Thomas Merton). For as long as I can remember, I have always had a “Saint buddy.” Someone who’s help I would call upo...

Oct 31 2020

Remember Your Death

Click here for daily readings I have been hearing from a lot of people lately that they hope the second coming is soon because things are a mess right now. We hear cries of division, political unrest, and much more....

Oct 30 2020

The Community of My Heart

Click here for daily readings “…I hold you in my heart, you who are all partners with me in grace…how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love ma...

Oct 29 2020

Grow Strong in the Lord

Click here for daily readings Finally, grow strong in the Lord, with the strength of his power. According to tradition, the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians while he was in prison in Rome (around ...

Oct 28 2020

A Holy Temple in the Lord

Click here for daily readings The union between Christ and the Church is, in the words of the Apostle Paul, “a great mystery” (Eph. 5:32). For that reason, he and the other New Testament writers used a number...

Oct 27 2020

Doing a Lot with Just a Little

Click here for daily readings Have you ever Google searched a mustard seed? Or have you ever seen one in person? Those things are pretty dang tiny (and even that might be an understatement). That’s why I’ve al...

Oct 26 2020

The Compassion of Christ

Click here for daily readings “Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.” In the first reading we hear Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesians to ...

Oct 25 2020

A Blueprint for Charity

Click here for daily readings As we continue to hear of the difficult questions posed to Jesus, we come to the Great Commandment: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with...

Oct 24 2020

Will You Be Found Ready When the Time for Reaping Comes?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus issues a frightening warning to all those gathered around Him. He foretells eternal damnation for those who will not repent. Blood will be spilled. Souls will b...

Oct 23 2020

Signs of the Times

Click here for daily readings Jesus points to the fact that his listeners (and his detractors) could certainly interpret indications of oncoming weather – clouds mean rain, wind from the south means heat – an...

Oct 22 2020

If You Set the World Ablaze, You’re Going to Tick People Off

Click here for daily readings “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” – Jesus Most people would not smack books out the hands of a crip...

Oct 21 2020

Let’s Wait…Or Not

Click here for daily readings If you have lived as long as I have and had a few jobs in your life, perhaps you have worked with people that as soon as the boss walked out the door they let their “hair down.” ...

Oct 20 2020

God’s In-Pouring love

Click here for daily readings “Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.” Weddings are wonderful events, celebrations whe...

Oct 19 2020

Sharing Vs. Selfishness

Click here for daily readings “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Luke 12:15 If only we could seek to live out these very word...

Oct 18 2020

Changing Seasons, Changing Hearts

Click here for daily readings This time of year always has me reflecting on change. I watch in awe as day after day the trees turn into a brilliant array of colors, then fall one by one as the brisk winds carry them away...

Oct 17 2020

The Peace of Christ

Click here for daily readings “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb 10:31). We might think something like this when we hear today’s Gospel passage, which promises condemna...

Oct 16 2020

How Everything Changes

Click here for daily readings I used to sleep well. So well, in fact, that I could enjoy an espresso after dinner and still nod off the moment I went to bed. I loved the rest; I loved the dreams. Going to sleep at night ...

Oct 15 2020

What The Saints Can Teach Us

Click here for daily readings We made a lot of changes in our family this past year due to “you know what”. As the playgrounds, the library, the bouncy houses and the schools closed, we sought alternate ways ...