Category Archives: Dakota Pesce

Nov 23 2020

Some Gave All

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear of a poor widow who gives everything she has – two small coins – to the treasury. Although wealthy people gave more than two coins, Jesus says tha...

Nov 06 2020

Stand Firm in the Lord

Click here for daily readings “As the world turns, the Cross stands firm.” -St. Bruno- At the time I am writing this, we do not have definitive results from the Presidential Election. By th...

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 08 2020

Total Abandonment To The Will of God

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that we should pray with faith and persistence. When we pray faithfully and persistently, we admit how much we need God in our lives. Oftentimes we th...

Sep 09 2020

Rejoice!

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading we hear the Beatitudes. Christ tells us, “Blessed are you who are poor…who are now hungry…who are now weeping…when people hate you,...

Sep 02 2020

We Belong To Him

Click here for daily readings “I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth.” In today&...

Aug 15 2020

It Is Fitting

Click here for daily readings “It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity intact in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she, who had carried ...

Aug 06 2020

Lord, It Is Good That We Are Here

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. People often ask for signs in moments of despair or hopelessness. No greater sign can be given than the Transfiguration. In or...

Jul 24 2020

God’s Proposal

Click here for daily readings Store up in your minds the Lord’s words, which you receive through your ears, for the Word of the Lord is the nourishment of the mind. Be careful that the seed received through your ears rem...

Jul 19 2020

The Vineyard of Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel message is one that I struggle with quite often. I find myself saying, “I got here first” or “I’ve been waiting longer”. Sometimes I ask myself, &...

Feb 19 2020

Walking Toward Heaven with Christ

Click here for daily readings The Responsorial Psalm for today is, “Who shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord?” Isn’t that a question we ask ourselves pretty regularly? Maybe it’s weird, but I often th...

Feb 18 2020

Joy in Christ’s Presence

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks His disciples, “Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?” Christ is pointin...

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...

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 04 2019

The Fulfillment of our Desire

Click here for daily readings “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta Throughout today’s readings, we hear of Christ’s ability to f...

Nov 25 2019

I Gave You All

Click here for daily readings When speaking about this Gospel, Pope Francis said, “Faced with the needs of others, we are called to deprive ourselves of essential things, not only the superfluous; we are called to give the...

Nov 13 2019

In All Circumstances, Give Thanks

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Luke recounts the story of the healing of the lepers. At this time, lepers were one of the most marginalized and isolated groups. In order to avoid spreading leprosy, which ...

Oct 29 2019

Our Present Hope

Click here for daily readings One of my co-workers, who I admire, gave a talk at our school the other day. He talked about endurance and told us the definition of endurance: to suffer patiently. I’d never thought of endura...