Category Archives: Christine Hanus

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...

Nov 12 2022

We Can’t Out-Give God / No Podemos Dar Más Que Dios

Click here for daily readings My son was a college student at Ave Maria University. He benefited from a generous scholarship, but was otherwise footing his own bill. Though he participated in the work study program on cam...

Oct 12 2022

Stay Busy Doing Good / Mantente Ocupado Haciendo el Bien

Click here for daily readings What strikes me most in today’s reading from the book of Galatians, as well as from the Gospel reading, is the variety of ways we can be displeasing to God while hurting ourselves and o...

Sep 12 2022

The Mass / La Misa

Click here for daily readings When I made a conscious decision to follow Christ, I was young. As a Catholic and as a teenager, I didn’t understand the value of the Mass which I attended every Sunday. I loved God, I ...

Aug 13 2022

Bringing Our Children to Christ / Llevando a Nuestros Hijos a Cristo

Click here for daily readings Wow. As I was reflecting on the gospel reading for today, it struck me how phenomenal it must have been for the parents in Jesus’ time to be able to bring their children to Christ &ldqu...

Jul 12 2022

Faithfulness, Repentance, and Salvation / Fidelidad, Arrepentimiento y Salvación

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today can be a little confusing for those of us who haven’t been reading the book of Isaiah in context. Isaiah is a prophet of God who is constantly calling God’...

Jun 12 2022

Three Persons in One God

Click here for daily readings Today is Trinity Sunday. The First and Second Reading, as well as the Gospel, all speak to the reality of the Trinity. The First Reading foreshadows what we will come to understand more deepl...

Jun 04 2022

Gazing on the Face of the Lord

Click here for daily readings When my daughter was little, she had a soft, pink and white baby blanket which we called “Mimi.” I wondered where this term for her blanket had originated and thought perhaps it c...

May 12 2022

Becoming Part of The Story

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, St. Paul recounts a short history of God’s chosen people. St. Paul knew that telling this story to the Jewish people in the synagogue would help them to ...

May 04 2022

Finding the Fullness of Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is from the beginning of Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse. As we will see in the Gospel readings over the next few days, Jesus makes it more and more explicit...

Apr 12 2022

God’s Plan for You

Click here for daily readings As I sit down to write this reflection, my daughter-in-law is in labor! Like the servant in the passage from today’s First Reading, our grandson is known by God, even in the womb of his...

Apr 02 2022

Lent is a Time for Learning

Click here for daily readings The division that Christ brought into the Jewish community of his time is sometimes startling, especially because Jesus’ teachings exhort us to be peacemakers, meek and humble of heart....

Mar 28 2022

Jesus, I trust in you!

Click here for daily readings I have always found it challenging to “stay positive” while simultaneously acknowledging the harsh realities of life. I want to be a person of hope and joy, but I also realize tha...

Mar 08 2022

The Power of God’s Word

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today always makes me think of the power of Sacred Scripture. Words which, though penned by various writers in various times and circumstances, are ultimately authored by Go...

Feb 05 2022

Jesus, Our Teacher

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm is taken from Psalm 119 which repeatedly mentions the commands of God, the statutes of God, the Word of God. So often we want to have God in our lives, but we...

Jan 10 2022

God is God

Click here for daily readings The Responsorial Psalm at Mass today reminds us that “a sacrifice of praise” is integral to the worship of God. In Psalm 116, the speaker is praising God particularly becaus...

Nov 11 2021

Stay on Target

Click here for daily readings In the first Star Wars movie made, “A New Hope,” the rebel forces (the good guys) are trying to destroy the formidable Death Star. On a mission to fire a shot into its only signif...

Nov 04 2021

Looking Down On Others

Click here for daily readings It is hard not to “look down on” other people when they disagree with us. This is especially true when our opinions are well supported by facts and expert opinions. Those who hol...

Sep 16 2021

Let Us Adore Him, Christ the Lord

Click here for daily readings The Gospel reading today is powerful and touching. A sinful woman, recognizing her sinfulness, ministers to Jesus by washing his feet with her tears, drying them with her hair, anointing the...

Sep 12 2021

Convicted

Click here for daily readings “If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” I have often considered this question since I first heard it many years ago. Some...