Category Archives: Dcn Dan Schneider

Jun 27 2023

The Golden Rule / La Regla de Oro

Click here for daily readings Today, Matthew 7 gives us the opportunity to once again think and act on the “golden rule”. I would dare say that a great percentage of you reading this could tell me what the golden ...

May 27 2023

Does Jesus Love Him Best? / ¿Jesús lo Ama Más a Él?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel starts out with one of our favorite people in scripture, Peter. He is one of my heroes. Why? Because if he could make it, I’ve got a good chance to make it also! Appare...

Apr 27 2023

Where Did Phillip Go? / ¿Adónde se Fue Felipe?

Click here for daily readings I chose to comment on today’s First Reading from Acts. Why? Mostly nostalgia. When I started Deacon formation classes in the mid 90’s they named each group after a Deacon from Scriptu...

Mar 27 2023

Joy In the Dirt! / ¡Alegría en el Lodo!

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is one that we have heard often. I would dare say that many of us look at this in many different ways. Some believe that this whole story was a setup to put Jesus in a very u...

Feb 27 2023

Visiting the Imprisoned / Visitando a los Encarcelados

Click here for daily readings If you or I ever wished that Jesus would personally tell us what he wishes for us to do, it is the above reading that makes it very clear. Jesus talks to us about feeding the hungry and thirsty, ...

Jan 27 2023

The Growing Seed / La Semilla Creciente

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is a parable we have heard many times. Jesus uses a teaching style that he wishes us to use. He is speaking to a group of common folk who are mostly uneducated. He is...

Dec 27 2022

Mary Magdalene and Divine Mercy / María Magdalena y la Divina Misericordia

Click here for daily readings Today’s Mass is focused on Saint John the Apostle. However, the opening line of today’s Gospel brings us to Mary Magdalene. I would like to spend a moment or two talking about her. Ac...

Nov 27 2022

Oh Happy Day….Or Not! / Qué Día Tan Feliz, o Capaz No Tan Feliz

Click here for daily readings Oh Happy Day… Oh Happy Day, when Jesus comes, oh when he comes.. You don’t have to be a Scripture expert to see in the last couple weeks’ readings, including today’s, tha...

Oct 27 2022

Where Do You Keep Your Armor? / ¿Dónde Guardas tu Armadura?

Click here for daily readings It is no secret that we live in trying times. How could things like this happen in our world and our country and at such a fast pace? We wake up in the morning hoping that God will snap his finge...

Sep 27 2022

Are You Resolutely Determined?/ ¿Eres Decididamente Resuelto?

Click here for daily readings Did you read today’s Gospel? And if so, have you ever been resolutely determined? Do you know what was waiting for Jesus in Jerusalem? In your heart you do know, it was the cross. Let&rsquo...

Aug 27 2022

Are You Too Weak For God? / ¿Eres Demasiado Débil Para Dios?

Click here for daily readings I really like the words of First Corinthians 1:26-31. I guess it is because I’ve struggled all my life with poor self-esteem. That usually starts young in life after being told that you&rsq...

Jul 27 2022

What is Your Pearl? / ¿Cuál es tu Perla?

Click here for daily readings How far back can you remember what your favorite toy was? I can remember still, sleeping in a crib cuddling with my blankie and holding my little stuffed elephant. For some reason I never had a t...

Jun 27 2022

Walk With Me, Jesus

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel tells us that the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head. There are the words the so-called disciples tells Jesus, “We will follow Him anywhere.” And Jesus ...

May 27 2022

Who is Your Neighbor?

Click here for daily readings The Lord does not allow the big stuff to happen without letting his people know first. I had a bad day yesterday. It seemed like a lot of the darkness in the world was coming in at me at the same...

Apr 27 2022

Fear Is Not From God

Click here for daily readings I can still remember clearly after St. John Paul II became Pope, he said, “Be not afraid”. It has remained with me to this day. In today’s reading from Acts, Jesus tells Paul in...

Mar 27 2022

Are You The Father?

Click here for daily readings We are all familiar with today’s Gospel, The parable of the prodigal son. The Gospel is a little long, but please take the time to read it again, slowly and reflectively, allowing the Lord ...

Feb 27 2022

Did You Find The Beam?

Click here for daily readings One of my favorite books in the Old Testament is Sirach. Today we all get a taste with just a few verses. Verse seven of today’s reading says, “Praise no man before he speaks, for it ...

Jan 27 2022

What’s Your Secret?

Click here for daily readings Today is the memorial of Saint Angela Merici (and my wife’s birthday.) Perhaps you have heard of Saint Angela or know very little about her. One of our daughters that writes a blog he...

Dec 27 2021

Can We Do This?

Click here for daily readings What a great day! It is the feast of John the Evangelist. John’s passion for the Lord is what I call “all in”. He gave his whole self to the Lord Jesus. In the First Reading, Jo...

Nov 27 2021

Are You and I Vigilant?

Click here for daily readings If you are a regular churchgoer, by now you have noticed the readings are rather dark this time of year. By that, I mean Scripture is speaking to us about End Times. The church asks us to meditat...