Category Archives: Deanna Bartalini

Oct 19 2021

Vigilant Waiting

Click here for daily readings Do you ever have those days when you wish Jesus would return – now? The world often seems like it is permanently opposite day where right is wrong, up is down and near is far. And in th...

Oct 09 2021

Saying The Right Thing Is Not Enough

Click here for daily readings I’m not going to lie, which is good considering I’m writing a reflection on the word of God! I had to look up these verses in the Sacra Pagina commentary. These verses have long p...

Sep 19 2021

Putting the Gospel into Practice

Click here for daily readings Last. Who wants to be last? When I was in elementary school, I was not very athletic; well, that hasn’t changed much to be honest. At any rate, when it was time for games in the schooly...

Sep 09 2021

Reflect Love and Mercy

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are full of instructions on how to live and love and be rewarded. St. Paul starts by giving us a list of virtues he invites us to “put on” and then cover th...

Aug 17 2021

Give up my stuff?

Click here for daily readings Is Jesus asking us to renounce all our worldly goods? Maybe. Jesus suggests the ideal, give up house and family and land for his name. He certainly would like us to be less attached to them i...

Jul 30 2021

Where Do I lack faith?

Click here for daily readings This is such an interesting Gospel, it begins with Jesus preaching and the people who hear him are astonished, they acknowledge his wisdom. But that mood quickly changes as they realize who J...

Jun 19 2021

Do not worry

Click here for daily readings Three simple words that begin a short list of things Jesus tells us to not worry about – food, drink, clothes. I do not worry about those things, I have more important things to w...

May 19 2021

To know the Truth

Click here for daily readings What is truth? Or maybe the better question is Who is Truth? We know who Truth is – Jesus. Then why is it often difficult to get to the truth of an issue, concern or problem? One reason...

Apr 19 2021

The Work of God

Click here for daily readings “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” John 6:29b I have spent many years working in different professions. I’ve worked in secular professions and i...

Mar 13 2021

Mercy, Love and Knowledge

Click here for daily readings The book of Hosea is a beautiful love story full of mercy, faithfulness and forgiveness. Hosea 6:6 says, “For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than b...

Feb 23 2021

The Perfect Prayer

Click here for daily readings In the First Reading we hear, “So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it&rd...

Jan 15 2021

The One Who Heals

Click here for daily readings If you have spent any time listening to or reading the Gospels, you are aware of the discord between Jesus and the Pharisees. His preaching called into question the status quo and that made t...