Category Archives: David Dashiell

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...

Oct 13 2022

God’s Plan / El Plan de Dios

Click here for daily reading The introduction to St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians is a mouthful for lectors and an earful for listeners, but it is profound in its depth. Instead of glossing over it, as we tend to ...

Sep 28 2022

God Knows Best / Dios Sabe Mejor

Click here for daily reading This week, we are making a brief run through the Book of Job. The excerpts that we receive at Mass may seem a bit confusing out of context. It’s helpful to get the context of the other c...

Aug 12 2022

Marriage in God’s Eyes / El Matrimonio en los Ojos de Dios

Click here for daily reading If these readings tell us anything, it’s that God takes marriage very seriously. He espouses Israel to Himself, and intends to keep His end of the covenant even when she has broken hers....

Aug 05 2022

God’s Wrath / La Ira de Dios

Click here for daily reading This probably isn’t the sort of Psalm we expected to hear: “It is I who deal death and give life.” It is not often that our readings cause us to reflect on the vengeance of G...

Jul 21 2022

Devotion / La Devoción

Click here for daily reading “I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, Following me in the desert, in a land unsown” (Jer. 2:2). As our readings begin, the Lord reminisces about the ...

Jul 08 2022

God Alone / Solo Dios

Click here for daily reading Our readings begin with a clear reminder of God’s all-encompassing providence: “Because of me you bear fruit!” (Hos. 14:9). We hear this theme echoed throughout Scripture, es...

Mar 19 2022

Glorious St. Joseph

Click here for daily reading As we focus on Joseph, it might be good to dispel some rumors about him, helping us to see him for the glorious saint that he is. The following words rely heavily on Mike Aquilina’s St. ...

Mar 11 2022

Stay Close to Christ

Click here for daily reading As with Lent itself, our readings today are sobering. We might not recognize it at first, focusing instead on the message of hope: “If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he comm...

Feb 23 2022

Memento Mori – Remember That You Will Die

Click here for daily reading We hear a strange reprimand from St. James today: “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a pr...

Jan 24 2022

Blasphemy Against the Spirit?

Click here for daily reading Our Gospel gives us an opportunity to address one of the more confusing passages in Scripture: “‘Amen, I say to you, all sins and blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven the...

Dec 06 2021

Christ is Lord

Click here for daily reading The Pharisees react understandably to Jesus in our Gospel. As He is teaching, Jesus sees a man being brought down through the roof on a stretcher, and He immediately forgives his sins. It must...