Category Archives: Dcn Dan Schneider

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...

Oct 27 2021

Is The Gate Too Narrow?

Click here for daily readings In Romans 8: 26-30, Saint Paul, reminds us that the Holy Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness. When was the last time we thought of that? Paul has no problem telling us about his weaknesses ov...

Sep 27 2021

The Least Among You

Click here for daily readings Today is my bride and I’s fifty-second anniversary! How is that possible? Because of her, we have raised eight children and I just recently baptized our 30th grandchild. What a joy! Today i...

Aug 26 2021

Who Is Blameless?

Click here for daily readings In today’s letter to the Thessalonians, Paul tells us in the last line “to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our ...

Jul 26 2021

Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of Mary, Friends Who Love You

Click here for daily readings I was thinking today how wonderful it would have been to live next door to Saints Joachim and Anne, listening to each other’s stories, crying and laughing with them. It would have been ...

Jun 26 2021

I Will Come

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear those very familiar words of the Centurion. In the previous Gospel, Jesus had just come down from the mountain. After preaching and teaching, he was healing p...

May 26 2021

Want To Be First?

Click here for daily readings I really wanted to talk about Sirach today. He beseeches the Lord to pour out his grace and blessings upon all his servants. In a way, this is our daily prayer. As you know, his mercy is ever...

Apr 14 2021

Human or Spiritual?

Click here for daily readings I really enjoy Eastertime. It is really brought to life when we read the Acts of the Apostles every day! It also brings to life what they did and what we should be doing. A couple of verses b...

Mar 14 2021

Basketball Evangelization

Click here for daily readings Is anyone old enough to remember the guy that traveled from pro basketball and pro football games around the country for many years with his favorite sign: John 3:16? One thing he did was to ...

Jan 27 2021

Does Jesus Hold Back?

Click here for daily readings What a wonderful way to start the day by remembering Angela Merici. She was a very special lady that lived in the 16th century. She was born in Italy and was orphaned at an early age and was ...

Dec 18 2020

Did You Dream?

Click here for daily readings “The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.” Have you heard that Pope Francis declared this new Liturgical Year to be The Year of Saint Joseph? It’s true. A few month...

Nov 20 2020

Being a Christian Requires Sacrifice

Click here for daily readings According to tradition, John the Evangelist was the only disciple that was not martyred. He died on the island of Patmos, in exile. Perhaps the Lord spared him to write the book of Revelatio...

Oct 21 2020

Let’s Wait…Or Not

Click here for daily readings If you have lived as long as I have and had a few jobs in your life, perhaps you have worked with people that as soon as the boss walked out the door they let their “hair down.” ...

Sep 26 2020

You Are Our Refuge

Click here for daily readings We are certainly living in a quickly changing time. When I was in grade school in the 50’s (gulp), adults talked about great occurrences 5, 10, 20 or 30 years prior. These days, someth...

Aug 26 2020

Has Anything Really Changed?

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings sound like a major slap in the face to those that it may apply to. But, there are times in our lives when that is exactly what we need. In the First Reading, Paul is t...