Category Archives: David Dashiell

Jan 29 2024

God’s Strange Providence / La Extraña Providencia de Dios

Click here for daily reading In the first reading, David shows profound humility. After his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah, he is experiencing the breakdown of his kingdom and the personal cost of grave sin. David has many ...

Jan 09 2024

One Having Authority / Una Persona de Autoridad

Click here for daily reading “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes” (Mark 1:22). As we begin Ordinary Time, we are also beginning Mark&r...

Dec 29 2023

What Would Jesus Do? / ¿Qué Haría Jesús?

Click here for daily reading “Whoever claims to abide in him ought to walk just as he walked” (1 John 2:6). During the Christmas season, we have an opportunity to reflect on the mystery of the Word Made Flesh,...

Dec 07 2023

God’s Initiative / La Iniciativa de Dios

Click here for daily reading Today’s readings are full of deference to God in a particularly interesting way. “He sets up walls and ramparts to protect us”. “Open up the gates to let in a nation th...

Nov 20 2023

The Treasure of the Faith / El Tesoro de la Fe

Click here for daily reading As we hear today, the story of the Maccabees did not start out as a violent persecution. It started with a new Greek king, Antiochus Epiphanes. Some of the Israelites in the area thought that ...

Nov 14 2023

We Owe Him Everything / Debemos Todo a Dios

Click here for daily reading On the one hand, today’s Gospel does not seem fair. The servant comes in after a long day of plowing or tending sheep, and is tired, hungry, and thirsty. He receives the master’s g...

Oct 29 2023

A Blueprint for Charity / Un Plan para la Caridad

Click here for daily reading *** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. *** As we continue to hear of the difficult questions posed to Jesus, we come to the Great Commandment: “You shall love the Lord,...

Oct 24 2023

The Bill Comes Due Always / La Factura Siempre Vence

Click here for daily reading The hosts of a podcast I listen to (Catching Foxes) are fond of quoting a line from a Marvel movie: “The bill comes due always.” The point is that no matter what you do, there will...

Oct 17 2023

Reclaiming Our Wonder / Recuperando el Asombro

Click here for daily reading In our first reading, St. Paul is elaborating on the core message of the Psalm: “The heavens proclaim the glory of God” (Psalm 19:2a). Even to the Romans, who have been far from Ch...

Sep 16 2023

There, But for the Grace of God, Go I / Por la Gracias de Dios, Allí Voy

Click here for daily reading “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display al...

Sep 11 2023

Redemptive Suffering / Sufrimiento Redentor

Click here for daily reading St. Paul’s words today about “filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ” open up to us a deeper perspective on the Christian life. As Christians, we are followe...

Aug 24 2023

Come and See / Ven y Verás

Click here for daily reading Bartholomew, known as Nathanael in our Gospel, is the apostle we celebrate today. He became a great witness to Christ, eventually suffering martyrdom for Him. As we honor Bartholomew, it&rsquo...

Aug 09 2023

Transcendent Intimacy / Intimidad Profunda

Click here for daily reading God is further beyond us than we can ever imagine. He is infinite, and His power, knowledge, love, and existence are on a level unfathomably different than ours. He has given us everything we ...

Jul 24 2023

God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways / Los Caminos de Dios no Son los Nuestros

Click here for daily reading “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above yo...

Jul 07 2023

Finding Fulfillment in God / Encontrando Realización en Dios

Click here for daily reading Our readings today present us with two scenarios of radical trust in God. In the first, Abraham directed his servant to find a wife for Isaac from among his own people, even though they were l...

Jun 30 2023

The Blessings of Obedience / Las Bendiciones de la Obediencia

Click here for daily reading “See how the Lord blesses those who fear him” (Ps. 128:1). This is the antiphon of our Psalm, and we hear this sentiment expressed frequently throughout Scripture. The focus of our...

Jun 23 2023

A Lonely Glory / La Gloria Solitaria

Click here for daily reading “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys,...

May 20 2023

Content and Charisma / Contenido y Carisma

Click here for daily reading In our First Reading, we encounter Apollos, an eloquent Jewish convert who speaks in the synagogue. He has an interesting situation: Apollos is knowledgeable and well spoken, but he does not k...

May 10 2023

There, But for the Grace of God, Go I / Por la Gracias de Dios, Allí Voy

Click here for daily reading “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display al...

May 01 2023

One Flock, One Shepherd / Un Solo Rebaño, Un Solo Pastor

Click here for daily reading When Peter visited Gentiles and brought them the Gospel and the Holy Spirit, those who were circumcised were indignant: “the circumcised believers confronted him” (Acts 11:2). They...