Category Archives: Easter

May 26 2026

Persecution for Our Lord / Persecución por nuestro Señor

Click here for daily readings I’m writing this in the days following the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. Two weeks prior, a gunman killed children at Annunciation Church. It’s shocking to me that we live in a world where killing people who don’t believe the same as we do is an option. All of this [...

May 24 2026

Filled with the Same Spirit / Llenos del mismo Espíritu

Click here for daily readings A week before Pentecost in 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed by a white police officer. Despite raucous public outcry over how Floyd was treated in his last moments of life and his resulting death, this was not the only, but rather the most publici...

May 23 2026

Following Jesus / Siguiendo a Jesús

Click here for daily readings We are all called to be disciples, but it is not easy. Each day we find ourselves in a spiritual battlefield. Personally, I love enveloping myself in God’s Word, studying and pondering the wide variety of lessons and events in the Bible. Yet carrying out the teachings c...

May 22 2026

An Imperfect Role Model / Un modelo a seguir imperfecto

Click here for daily readings Few characters are more relatable in the Bible than Peter. He spent three entire years in the company of Jesus. He spoke to Him face to face. He witnessed Jesus’ miracles, probably vastly more than we read about in the Gospel accounts. Peter was even invited to witness ...

May 21 2026

That All May Be One / Para que todos sean uno

Click here for daily readings These final prayers of Jesus are so precious to read. Jesus is praying after sharing the Last Supper discourses with his Apostles. He turns His attention from instruction to prayer and we are able to pray alongside Him. Jesus asks the Father to make all people one, as ...

May 20 2026

Consecrated in Truth / Consagrados en la verdad

Click here for daily readings Jesus is leaving his disciples. For three years He has gathered his followers, taught them personally about God’s love, and sent them out on mission to practice for themselves. And now, before He leaves, Jesus prays over them, revealing His heart. He prays as a son aski...

May 19 2026

The Grace of Suffering / La gracia del sufrimiento

Click here for daily readings In both Acts and John’s Gospel, the message is similar from Paul and Jesus. They have both done what God asked them to; they are moving forward believing that God is with them though they do not know exactly what is next. And they will pray. They will pray for […]

May 18 2026

Sacramental Grace / La gracia sacramental

Click here for daily readings Sacramental grace is available to us every day. We are baptized once, but we carry the grace of our baptism with us every day. We may go to the confession every couple months, but the grace of this sacrament helps us to avoid sin over and over again. We were […]

May 17 2026

Do We Doubt? / ¿Dudamos?

Click here for daily readings “When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” Does this describe you and me as well? The commissioning of the disciples by Jesus Christ should be like a lit match that ignites the faith within each of us. Yet, just like the disciples, we worship, but we doubt. ...

May 16 2026

Be Heard / Ser escuchados

Click here for daily readings Some of the best conversations happen while we’re sitting around the table after a meal. That’s the case in today’s Gospel. Jesus and His disciples have finished the Last Supper. Soon they will go with Him as He heads out to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, and Jesus k...

May 15 2026

Grief Into Joy / Del dolor a la alegría

Click here for daily readings “[Y]ou will weep…but your grief will become joy…and no one will take your joy away from you.” Bold words from our Lord in this solemn assurance to His Apostles. This is only a fraction of His transformative words at the end of the Last Supper. In this passage alone, He ...

May 14 2026

Second Choice? / ¿Una segunda opción?

Click here for daily readings Jesus has chosen and called the twelve Apostles, shared all that He received from the Father, and left them instructions on how to continue to live faithfully in Him: to keep His commandment of self-giving love. They could not comprehend everything at once, and we see o...

May 13 2026

Our Lady of Fatima / Nuestra Señora de Fátima

Click here for daily readings Growing up in the 80s, I heard the phrase “Your Momma Wears Combat Boots” a lot. I didn’t quite understand what it meant, but I knew if a sentence started with “your momma,” it was going to be an insult. Stand-up comics leaned into it: your momma is so ugly… […]

May 12 2026

Be My Advocate / Sé mi Abogado

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples he must go so the Holy Spirit will be sent. The word for the Holy Spirit in the NABRE version of the Bible is “Advocate.” Other names given to the Holy Spirit include Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Paraclete, and Consoler. Ma...

May 11 2026

Christian Hospitality / Hospitalidad cristiana

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading we hear the story of a rich woman named Lydia who hears the word of God and is not only changed by it, but immediately offers hospitality to the disciples. Hospitality, care for neighbors, and charity are all important principles of the Gospel m...

May 10 2026

I Will Not Leave You Orphans / No los dejaré huérfanos

Click here for daily readings As Jesus prepares his closest friends for the profound grief of his Passion and Death, He gives them a great promise and the way to abide in that promise. They could not have known precisely what He meant, or what that would look like, but they held onto His words […]

May 09 2026

The Greater Good / El bien mayor

Click here for daily readings “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first” (John 15:18). I like to be liked. More to it, I know how to be liked. Agree, flatter, charm, rinse and repeat. But that’s not the Gospel – Jesus is prepping us to be hated. Eek. Not […]

May 08 2026

The Tricky Bit of Love / La parte complicada del amor

Click here for daily readings “This is my command,” Jesus says (not my suggestion), “love one another as I love you.” Clearly, this is a non-negotiable. How do we prepare ourselves to love so fully? We lean into the love God has for us. Jesus roots this call to love in relationship, reminding us tha...

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 […]