Category Archives: David Dashiell

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...

Apr 21 2023

Trusting in God’s Direction / Confiando en la Orientación de Dios

Click here for daily reading When the disciples are tasked with feeding five thousand men across from the Sea of Galilee, they are understandably dumbfounded: How can they feed so large a crowd with no food of their own, ...

Apr 02 2023

The Messiah / El Mesías

Click here for daily reading Holy Week is a dramatic week. Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and from that point forward every action is oriented toward His sacrifice on the Cross. Up to this point, He had been leading up to ...

Mar 31 2023

Shrewd as Serpents, Simple as Doves / Astutos Como Serpientes, Sencillos Como Palomas

Click here for daily reading “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves” (Matt. 10:16). As we approach Holy Week, we follow Jesus into His most in...

Mar 16 2023

Shine Before Others / Haz Brillar Tu Luz

Click here for daily reading “This is the nation that does not listen to the voice of the Lord, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech” (Jer. 7...

Feb 20 2023

We of Little Faith / Gente Incrédula

Click here for daily reading Today, we get to see a great display of our Lord’s emotion. Jesus is exasperated at the crowd: “O faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you?&rdq...

Feb 11 2023

Our Refuge and Our Strength / Nuestro Refugio y Nuestra Fortaleza

Click here for daily reading Having eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and hidden from God, Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden of Eden. As the Catechism tells us, “Man, tempted by the devil, ...

Jan 26 2023

Stir into Flame the Gift of God / Reavivar el Don de Dios

Click here for daily reading Today we celebrate the feast of two of our first bishops, Sts. Timothy and Titus, friends and mentees of St. Paul. Depending on the option of the priest, you will hear a reading about one or t...

Jan 02 2023

Remain in Him / Permanecer en Él

Click here for daily reading In this new year, we are reading through the First Letter of St. John and the Gospel according to St. John. The evangelist was known for being particularly close to Jesus, for being a mystic. ...

Dec 26 2022

The Faith of the Martyrs / La Fe de los Mártires

Click here for daily reading Entering the Christmas season proper, we are given time to celebrate the feasts of some great saints and to reflect on the joy of God in the flesh. Today’s saint, Stephen, is an excellen...

Dec 14 2022

Humble Expectation / Expectativa Humilde

Click here for daily reading “Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above… Let the earth open and salvation bud forth” (Isa 45:8). This line from Isaiah, used in both our First Reading and our P...

Nov 07 2022

Truly Called to Holiness / Verdaderamente Llamados a la Santidad

Click here for daily reading Many of us have probably heard about the universal call to holiness, present throughout the Church’s history and prominently proclaimed by the Second Vatican Council. Our readings remind...

Nov 02 2022

Passing through Fire / Pasando por el Fuego

Click here for daily reading All Souls’ Day is a wonderful opportunity to pray for the dead, uniting our personal intentions to the prayers of the Mass. The month of November also gives us the opportunity for indulg...

Oct 28 2022

Turn to the Lord / Volver al Señor

Click here for daily reading On this feast of two apostles, Sts. Simon and Jude, we’re reminded of how Jesus chose the Twelve. “Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God&rd...