Category Archives: David Dashiell

Nov 21 2024

A Kingdom of Priests / Un Reino de Sacerdotes

Click here for daily reading The Psalm today says that “the Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God” (see Rev. 5:10). This is an easily glossed over but significant phrase. Jesus, the Lamb, has ...

Nov 11 2024

He Whose Hands Are Sinless / El de Manos Puras

Click here for daily reading “Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain” (Ps. 24:3–4). Ou...

Oct 26 2024

God’s Justice / La Justicia de Dios

Click here for daily reading If I were in the crowd listening to Jesus’ words today, I would be afraid. “Those eighteen people who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them – do you think they we...

Oct 03 2024

Do You Trust Him? / ¿Confías en Dios?

Click here for daily reading It might help to briefly summarize the Book of Job, since the book is so condensed in the readings we hear this week. After Job is afflicted, losing everything and everyone he loves most, losi...

Sep 07 2024

Christ, in Human Weakness / Cristo, en su Debilidad Humana

Click here for daily reading St. Paul admonishes the Corinthians in our first reading, criticizing their distinctions, boasting, and wealth. This is not the life of a disciple of Christ, or at least not the life of an apo...

Sep 02 2024

The Power and Wisdom of God / El Poder y la Sabiduría de Dios

Click here for daily reading “When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. . . . my message and my proclamation were not with persuas...

Aug 30 2024

One Step Ahead / Un Paso Adelante

Click here for daily reading “Stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour” (Matt. 25:13). Our Gospel reading ends with these words, a stark reminder that we should be ready for the Second Coming, or ...

Aug 03 2024

Responding to Bad News / Cómo Responder a las Malas Noticias

Click here for daily reading Both Jeremiah and St. John the Baptist brought unsettling news to their listeners. Jeremiah was sent by God to tell the people to repent of the evil they had done. The people almost put Jeremi...

Jul 15 2024

Love in Heart and Deed / Amar de Corazón y de Obra

Click here for daily reading Jesus explains what is meant by “learn to do good” (Is 1:16) in the Gospel, saying, “Whoever loves father or mother . . . . son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; ...

Jul 02 2024

Prepare to Meet Your God / Prepárate, Israel, a Comparecer Ante tu Dios

Click here for daily reading Today’s first reading is a bit frightening. It begins with consolation, but quickly turns to rebuke: “You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; therefore I...

Jun 12 2024

God is Real, and His Way is the Only Way / Dios es Verdadero y Su Camino es el Único Camino

Click here for daily reading It’s not every day that we get to hear the account of the contest between Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal. Elijah needed to show the people of Israel that the God of Abraham, Isaac, ...

Jun 09 2024

Hope at the End of the Struggle / Esperanza al Final de la Batalla

Click here for daily reading “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receiv...

May 09 2024

Those Who Believe / Aquellos Que Creen

Click here for daily reading Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension in many dioceses. Others transfer it to this coming Sunday, but I will focus on the readings for the Solemnity in this reflection. Jesus’ Ascensio...

May 02 2024

Love and Morality / Amor y Moralidad

Click here for daily reading In today’s first reading from Acts 15, Peter and James stress the importance of God extending His covenant to the Gentiles. Rather than placing undue burden on the Gentiles by imposing o...

Apr 21 2024

Different Expressions of Faith and Worship / Diferentes Expresiones de Fe y Adoración

Click here for daily reading God’s vision to St. Peter centers on the command to eat animals that Jewish law did not permit them to eat. Peter understandably recoils when God tells him to slaughter the animals and e...

Apr 15 2024

Letting Go / Dejando los Apegos

Click here for daily reading Our readings today describe the Jews’ encounter with St. Stephen and Jesus’ Bread of Life Discourse, in which He invited the crowds to eat His flesh and drink His blood. It is the ...

Mar 30 2024

God Does Not Make Mistakes / Dios Nunca se Equivoca

Click here for daily reading Today, Holy Saturday, there are no “readings of the day,” but those of us attending the Easter Vigil will have more than enough Scripture to make up for it. Hearing the readings, w...

Mar 14 2024

Believing God / Creer a Dios

Click here for daily reading As people of faith, we speak about “believing in God,” but we do not often talk about “believing God.” Our readings today highlight the difference. The Israelites in th...

Feb 26 2024

Undeserved Mercy / La Misericordia Inmerecida

Click here for daily reading During Lent, we have many occasions to express contrition, sorrow for our sins. Alongside this contrition are frequent reminders of the great mercy of God. In our first reading, Daniel goes th...

Feb 13 2024

Expect the Miraculous / Esperar los Milagros

Click here for daily reading In our Gospel today, Jesus tells the disciples to “guard against the leaven of the Pharisees.” His statement might seem strange to us, since it was strange to the disciples at the ...