Category Archives: Easter

May 04 2022

Finding the Fullness of Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is from the beginning of Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse. As we will see in the Gospel readings over the next few days, Jesus makes it more and more explicit...

May 03 2022

The Face of the Father

Click here for daily readings Before Jesus offered Himself to be a sacrifice, He spent time emphasizing with his last teachings what He really wanted us to remember. Anyone who has experienced what it is like to hand responsi...

May 02 2022

Turning our Attention to Jesus

Click here for daily readings I recently read an essay by Simone Weil about the relationship between academic study and our love of God. She wrote the essay in the early 20th century to encourage eighth graders in their s...

May 01 2022

Worthy is the Lamb That Was Slain

Click here for daily readings “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor, glory and might, forever and ever.” We owe all we have, our dear souls, to Jesus Christ. As examples of ...

Apr 30 2022

I’m Tired of Storms

Click here for daily readings I must admit that I am tired of storms. I’m worn out trying to find my life story—my Covid pandemic life story—reflected in the apostles’ experience of storms at sea.&...

Apr 29 2022

The Soul’s Surrender

Click here for daily readings “So let your heart hold back no longer. Let the city of your soul surrender–for Christ has set fire everywhere, and there is nowhere you can turn, physically or spiritually, witho...

Apr 28 2022

Obey God’s Laws, Not Man’s

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, we see Peter and the Apostle’s response when they are brought before the Sanhedrin, who had warned them to stop teaching in Jesus’ name. They said:...

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...

Apr 26 2022

Catch the Wind

Click here for daily readings Didn’t we just celebrate Easter nine days ago? In fact, our eight-day celebration of Easter just came to a close on Divine Mercy Sunday. How is it that the daily Gospels have returned t...

Apr 25 2022

Launching Disciples

Click here for daily readings There comes a time in every parent’s journey where they have to step aside and let their children come into their own as persons. My mother-in-law calls this process “launching.&r...

Apr 24 2022

Mercy Across the Ages

Click here for daily readings “And fear nothing, dear soul, whoever you are; the greater the sinner, the greater his right to Your mercy, O Lord.” This quote from St. Faustina Kowalska is one of my absolute favorit...

Apr 23 2022

Be Bold, Speak Truth

Click here for daily readings Happy Easter! I love how we celebrate during the Octave and continue on to Pentecost. In both Acts and Mark’s Gospel passage for today we find belief and unbelief. Mark tells us that Je...

Apr 22 2022

Easter People

Click here for daily readings He is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! How powerful is today’s First Reading from Acts of the Apostles! We hear that Peter and John are arrested for doing good and miraculous works in the nam...

Apr 21 2022

An Untroubled Heart

Click here for daily readings Jesus stands amid the Apostles, offers his peace, and then further offers words of comfort with a proclamation to not let our hearts be troubled. Although not always the simplest task, God ne...

Apr 20 2022

Rejoice

Click here for daily readings The Octave of Easter is full of redemptive resurrection joy. Each day is a celebration of Easter and the joy it brings to believers. The readings today bring forth two stories of rejoic...

Apr 19 2022

This Changes Everything

Click here for daily readings While the phrase, “This changes everything” could be seen as overused or an over exaggeration, in today’s Gospel no phrase could be more apt. However, in the strange and mys...

Apr 18 2022

Fearful Yet Overjoyed

Click here for daily readings Think back on a moment of life where everything changed. One of those crystal moments, where you know things will never be the same. Think of that moment when something you had been looking forward ...

Apr 17 2022

All About Us

Click here for daily readings It is fairly common for us to hear in popular culture and public conservations someone being told, “It’s not all about you” when they are perceived as being selfish, self-ce...

May 23 2021

Come Holy Spirit

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, in Acts 2, the people unite to celebrate the Lord together, through the formation of the church. This is the reversal of the Tower of Babel- whereas earlier t...

May 22 2021

We Follow Him

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel John recounts Jesus’ admonishment of Peter for being concerned with the disposition of others rather than his own disposition. How often do we find ourselves in ...