Category Archives: Easter

May 07 2026

Complete Joy / Alegría plena

Click here for daily readings Complete joy sounds like a wonderful place to be. It brings to mind floating in the clear temperate waters of the Caribbean, on vacation with not a care in the world. It is the moment that your favorite team wins the World Series or the Super Bowl. It is the […]

May 06 2026

Remaining Connected to the True Vine / Permanecer unidos a la Vid Verdadera

Click here for daily readings Two children sat on the floor with me in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium as I read the same words we hear in today’s Gospel, “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me […]

May 05 2026

Peace Amid Persecution / La paz en medio de la persecución

Click here for daily readings The readings from the Acts of the Apostles during the Easter season never cease to amaze me. Today’s first reading is no exception. Paul had just been stoned by a crowd of people and was dragged out of the city. They thought he was dead, but “when the disciples gathered...

May 04 2026

Three in One / Tres en uno

Click here for daily readings Two thousand years into Christianity, the Holy Trinity remains a challenging mystery. Imagine how challenging it must have been for the disciples hearing it directly from Jesus in today’s Gospel: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we w...

May 03 2026

A Reflection of the Father / Un reflejo del Padre

Click here for daily readings Do you remember that famous line in Genesis (1:27): “In His image he created them”? This means that we are a direct reflection of the face of Christ. We receive Him even more closely in the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation. Jesus gave us a direct ...

May 02 2026

Divine Indwelling / La morada divina

Click here for daily reading Here in John’s Gospel as at other times, Jesus baffles His Apostles. He says that if we know Him, we will also know His Father, and that “whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Jesus dwells in the Father, and the Father dwells in Him. We know […]

May 01 2026

Have Faith in Me / Crean en mí

Click here for daily readings It can feel disconcerting to be left behind. Made for relationship and communion, the desire to accompany one another is natural. Any sudden severing of togetherness disorients the mind and confuses the heart. In today’s brief Gospel excerpt, we encounter the Apostles f...

Apr 30 2026

Alleluia is Our Song / Aleluya es nuestro cántico

Click here for daily readings Today’s first reading reminded me of St. John Paul II’s famous quote: “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!” What brought this to mind is the fact that the disciples were encouraged to proclaim the Good News: “After the reading of the the law and the prophe...

Apr 29 2026

Worship, Pray, Fast, Act / Adorar, orar, ayunar, actuar

Click here for daily readings In our first reading today from Acts we hear how clearly the Holy Spirit speaks, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them” (Acts 13:2). And we may wonder if this still happens tod...

Apr 28 2026

The Loving Shepherd / El pastor amoroso

Click here for daily readings I am enamored with the image of Jesus as our Shepherd and we as His sheep. I have a picture on my phone of a dirty little lamb standing in the mud with Jesus running toward it. It’s easy to see myself as that lamb. ...

Apr 27 2026

Who’s in Charge? / ¿Quién es el encargado?

Click here for daily readings I was a boss for most of my 40+ years in the workforce. It’s been about 10 years now since I retired. Looking back on that time, I managed three small corporations involved in distribution. I worked with several e...

Apr 26 2026

The Lamb, the Shepherd and the Gate / El Cordero, el Pastor y la Puerta

Click here for daily readings Throughout salvation history, the image of Jesus as Shepherd and the people who follow the Lord as the sheep of His flock, has been a revered, iconic way of reflecting on relationship. On this Good Shepherd Sunday, ...

Apr 25 2026

God’s Miracles / Los milagros de Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel speaks of incredible signs and miracles that Jesus’ Apostles will be able to perform, through His power, to bring more hearts to God. Sometimes when I read verses like this I question why such o...

Apr 24 2026

Saul’s Conversion and Ours / La conversión de Saulo y la nuestra

Click here for daily readings How many times have we been like Saul in our lives? Surely many times, experiencing spiritual blindness when things were going well for us and we set our priorities on material things instead of God. As imperfect be...

Apr 23 2026

Taught By God / Enseñados por Dios

Click here for daily readings God is in the business of drawing all to Himself, of embracing all in His infinite healing Love. And, to our surprise, He chooses to need us to help Him accomplish this mission. Jesus wants to dwell within and work ...

Apr 22 2026

Everything Always / Todo siempre

Click here for daily readings One day before today’s Gospel, Jesus fed the multitude with just five barley loaves and two fish. He calmed the sea and walked on water to His disciples. Now, the crowds have followed Him to Capernaum, and there, am...

Apr 21 2026

The Patience of God / La Paciencia de Dios

Click here for daily readings Parenting is the work of repetition, especially in families with multiple children. Something can never be said just once. “What’s for dinner?” is an oft repeated question in my home, as well as “What are we doing today?” My husband and I happen to have 6 kids, so there...

Apr 20 2026

Multiplied Graces: The True Miracle / Las gracias multiplicadas son el verdadero milagro

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we see this moment when the crowd, still buzzing from the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, goes searching for Jesus—not because they want Him, but because they want more of what He can give. I’m not going to lie, this makes me sq...

Apr 19 2026

Diligent Faith / La fe diligente

Click here for daily readings Around this time five years ago, our first granddaughter was baptized. Public gatherings were troublesome in pandemic days. Events that should have brought great rejoicing were muted by the fear of disease. Our pastor offered a private ceremony in which ten masked famil...

Apr 18 2026

Few Yet Powerful Words / Pocas pero poderosas palabras

Click here for daily readings Imagine a child who climbs to the top of a playground structure. He excitedly ascends as high as he can go. He reaches the highest tower and for the first time looks down. His joy quickly melts into fear. The steep slide before him looks to him to be a […]