Category Archives: Christine Hanus

Oct 29 2024

Marriage is Difficult and Beautiful / El Matrimonio es Difícil y Hermoso

Click here for daily readings The first reading at Mass today discusses the role of men and women in a Christian marriage. So beautiful! So demanding (in a good way)! A few of the words used by St. Paul to the Ephes...

Aug 29 2024

The Best Food for Children / El Mejor Alimento para los Niños

Click here for daily readings When my oldest son was four years old, he was playing one day in our tiny fenced-in yard. I had the front door open and was keeping an eye on him when a service man pulled up in a van and app...

Jun 19 2024

Strictly Anonymous / Estrictamente Anónimo

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus emphasizes to the Jewish people the value of not “putting on a show” when it comes to religious practices and good works. Though we know fro...

May 19 2024

The Power of Pentecost / El Poder de Pentecostés

Click here for daily readings Today’s first reading recounts the great event of Pentecost. Pentecost is often called the birthday of the Church. What does that mean? Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus...

Apr 18 2024

The Physical World Matters / El Mundo Físico También es Importante

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, we see how the physical realities of this world mean something to Jesus. He tells us that we must eat his body and drink his blood to have eternal life. At the La...

Mar 19 2024

Beloved Saint Joseph / Querido San José

Click here for daily readings “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you.” This verse before the Gospel reading at today’s Mass certainly describes St. Joseph, who...

Feb 19 2024

God Crowns His Own Gifts / Dios Corona a sus Propios Dones

Click here for daily readings In our walk with Christ, we can mistakenly think that all we must do in order to be a good Christian is to avoid sin. It reminds me of my son when he was four years old. He asked me what I wo...

Jan 19 2024

When Evil Rocks Our World / Cuando el Mal nos Saca de Quicio

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading reminds me that the twelve men Jesus chose to be his Apostles were just regular people. In particular, thinking about the character and the fate of Judas helps me...

Dec 20 2023

A Garden of Love / Un Jardín de Amor

Click here for daily readings When the Blessed Mother says her historic, momentous, earth-shattering “yes” to God in today’s gospel reading, she probably had little idea that she would become the spiritu...

Nov 19 2023

Earnest and Energetic Effort / El Esfuerzo Ferviente y Enérgico

Click here for daily readings When I look at today’s reading, I think of the word “diligence.” Diligence is defined as a “steady, earnest, and energetic effort.” I don’t know about you,...

Oct 19 2023

True Religion / La Verdadera Religión

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, Jesus, while at dinner in the home of a Pharisee, openly rebukes his host and others who are like him. In fact, the excerpt is only a portion of a lengthier chast...

Sep 19 2023

A Package Deal / Un Conjunto Necesario

Click here for daily readings Recently, a young Catholic woman who works in a local restaurant shared with me how off-putting it is when other “devout” Catholics come into her place of employment and behave ru...

Aug 20 2023

“Let it be Done for You as You Wish” / “Que se Cumpla lo que Deseas”

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus was not deaf to the pleas of the Canaanite woman, but he did not respond to her right away. When he did respond, he appeared to be insulting her. Why? T...

Jul 19 2023

The Burning Bush / La Zarza Ardiente

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading from the book of Genesis reminds me of my father-in-law who died from cancer nine years ago. During the twenty years prior to Dad’s death, he and his w...

Jun 19 2023

That’s How the Gospel Works / Así Funciona el Evangelio

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, St. Paul is exhorting and encouraging the Corinthians in a way that makes me want to jump on a horse and ride into battle! But the battle to which Christ...

May 28 2023

Pentecost and Captain America / Pentecostés y el Capitán América

Click here for daily readings In the movie, Captain America, Steve is a young man of strong character who wants to work for justice in the world, in spite of his evident lack of bulk and brawn. Steve has everything going ...

Apr 19 2023

How Else Will They Know? / ¿De Qué Otra Forma Van a Saber?

Click here for daily readings Have you ever given your Christian testimony? Unless asked to speak at a Bible study or invited as a guest into a religious education class, many Catholics don’t share their perso...

Mar 17 2023

In Love with the Lord / Enamorados de Nuestro Señor

Click here for daily readings My husband and I had an arranged marriage. Kind of. In the course of my life-long faith in Christ, there have only been a couple of times I “heard” Him speak clearly to me. The mo...

Feb 19 2023

Be Holy, as God is Holy / Ser Santos, Como Dios es Santo

Click here for daily readings When my son was a teenager, he had a sweatshirt that said, “Get holy or die tryin.'” On the back of the sweatshirt, it listed over 40 people, from St. Paul to St. Joan of Arc to B...

Jan 19 2023

The Relevance of the Mass / La Relevancia de la Misa

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today reminds us that in the New Covenant, we have a high priest, “who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister of the s...