Category Archives: Christmas 2019

Jan 08 2021

Love is the Victor

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today begins, ‘the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God, is indeed, victor over the world, through the Spirit, water and Blood of Christ.’ The Catech...

Jan 11 2020

Heard and Answered

Click here for daily readings Confidence was the first word that jumped out at me in today’s first reading. However, I found myself lacking in confidence as I struggled to come up with an engaging introduction to this blog...

Jan 10 2020

We Are All Lepers

Click here for daily readings Have you ever experienced a physical issue that you wanted to conceal or minimize? A swollen eye? A skin rash? Even a blackened fingernail might keep our hands in our pockets. You know your own hand...

Jan 09 2020

The Glory of Heaven

Click here for daily readings “Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward of faith is to see what you believe.” -St. Augustine of Hippo Today’s readings are glorious! They share with us the good ne...

Jan 08 2020

God is with Us

Click here for daily readings The reading from the first letter of John speaks of God’s love for us; as we are loved by God, so must we love one another. The love of God is brought to perfection through us because He is wi...

Jan 07 2020

Out of Love

Click here for daily readings Love is complicated — end of story. Okay, not really end of story. But love IS complicated – that statement shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s complicated enough that I we...

Jan 06 2020

Light in the Darkness

Click here for daily readings It’s easy to see the darkness in our world today; it is pretty apparent with one click to turn on the news. I’ve heard many people say they don’t watch the news because it’s ...

Jan 06 2020

Light in the Darkness

Click here for daily readings It’s easy to see the darkness in our world today; it is pretty apparent with one click to turn on the news. I’ve heard many people say they don’t watch the news because it’s ...

Jan 05 2020

Journeys and Gifts

Click here for daily readings “They saw the child with Mary, his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts…” There are many aspects of this w...

Jan 04 2020

Taking Risks

Click here for daily readings “Faith lifts the soul, Hope supports it, Experience says it must and Love says…let it be!” – Elizabeth Ann Seton Elizabeth Ann Seton is the saint that we remember today...

Jan 03 2020

Intimate Communion

Click here for daily readings Recently, I was at a Marriages of Grace Cana Night, a nonprofit organization in my diocese that hosts a talk for married couples. There were couples of all ages, newlyweds, and those who have been t...

Jan 02 2020

Pointing the Way

Click here for daily readings “John answered them, I baptize with water, but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.” Each of the...

Jan 01 2020

A Blessed New Year

Click here for daily readings Nathalie and I have decided to do “Whole 30” to start the year. I made it clear that this meant I would be eating cheese whiz at some point today to celebrate that which I am losing, del...

Dec 31 2019

From Creation to Birth

Click here for daily readings Christ is born! Glorify Him! “It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.” -St. Teresa of Calcutta- What a joy it is to reflect on these readings during the Octave of...

Dec 30 2019

A Family of Faithfulness

Click here for daily readings On the Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas, we are still – liturgically – celebrating Christmas Day! We sing the Gloria at each Mass during these eight days, and the prayers for the...

Dec 29 2019

O Angel of God

Click here for daily readings “O Angel of God, my guardian, dear.” I think most of us probably learned this prayer as we were kids. I can remember praying this all together, sitting around the fire at night...

Dec 28 2019

The Thorn Among the Roses

Click here for daily readings It hasn’t been a very good year, has it? No matter what one believes politically, there is no Catholic who can feel good about children separated from their parents, put into cages, dying of n...

Dec 27 2019

Complete Joy

Click here for daily readings “We are writing this so our joy may be complete.” 1Jn 1:4 My youngest surprised me with her attendance at a family Christmas gathering last weekend. My joy was complete when she walked t...

Dec 26 2019

Tough Conversations

Click here for daily readings “Jesus said, ‘I am the Truth,’ and it is your duty and mine to speak the truth. Then it is up to the person who hears it whether to accept or reject it.” -St. Teresa of Calcu...

Dec 25 2019

The Word Became Flesh

Click here for daily readings Theology sometimes gets a bad wrap for being impractical or abstract. Well, today, theology becomes the most practical thing in the world. This is what we celebrate during Christmas, is that the stu...