Category Archives: Easter

May 21 2021

Sheep Being Fed

Click here for daily readings “Simon, son of John, do you love me? … Feed my sheep.” Today’s Gospel has had an impact on my life for many years now … at least 13, if my memory serves me co...

May 20 2021

Love Is Gathering and Rescuing Us

Click here for daily readings “You, Father, are in me and I in you… I in them and you in me… that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them…” Today’s Gospel can ...

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...

May 18 2021

Bear Witness

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, Paul gives a farewell address to some disciples in Miletus. He says to them: “I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came...

May 17 2021

Waiting In Power

Click here for daily readings For me, today’s readings are all about anticipation. Liturgically, we just celebrated the Ascension of the Lord. After Easter, many disciples were seeing Jesus, gathering back to...

May 16 2021

Starting Something New

Click here for daily readings Some years ago I became the legal guardian of an elderly woman who was showing early signs of dementia. We had known each other for some time, liked each other, and she had no family, so it ...

May 15 2021

God as Father and King

Click here for daily readings “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” This passage was far from my mind as I watched my six-year-old son get up on all fours in the ...

May 14 2021

Remain in My Love

Click here for daily readings The word ‘love’ appears nine times in today’s Gospel alone. Why? Because love is what this Gospel is all about. Remain in my love. Jesus particularly stresses this as he spea...

May 13 2021

Our Mission Statement

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we are given a mission to go into the world and proclaim the Gospel to every living creature (Mark 16:15-16). This is not a mission of preservation. This is not a mis...

May 12 2021

Life in Him

Click here for daily readings The readings today remind us that our focus needs to be on God. The First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul tells us “…in him we live and move and have our being&rd...

May 11 2021

The Work of the Advocate

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus consoles the disciples with the promise of an Advocate—the Holy Spirit. His words, “it is better for you that I go,” must have been so confusi...

May 10 2021

How He Speaks

Click here for daily readings Upon first reading of, well, the First Reading, it would appear that it’s just another story of Paul sharing the Good News and building up the early Church. That’s all well and good (I...

May 09 2021

Christ’s Love

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are all about love, specifically love of God. In the First Reading we hear St. Peter tell Cornelius that “God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever...

May 08 2021

We Do Not Belong to This World

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus said to His disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated Me first.” He then goes on to remind them that they do not belong to t...

May 07 2021

Friend Group

Click here for daily readings Think of the personalities in your friend group. Who’s the de facto “leader” of your group? Which person comes up with the plans, gets everyone else excited, keeps everyone...

May 06 2021

True Joy

Click here for daily readings How can we be happy? This seems like the question that has echoed through the ages. Everybody wants to be happy and wants to find the key to peace. Often we turn to worldly things for this h...

May 05 2021

Branches on the True Vine

Click here for daily readings “I am the vine, alleluia; you are the branches, alleluia”, is the antiphonal refrain before the canticle of Zechariah in this morning’s Divine Office. Throughout the Office ...

May 04 2021

The Peace Jesus Offers

Click here for daily readings “Peace I give you.” These words are some of the most important words found in the Gospel readings from today. Jesus is offering us peace for our troubled souls. He reminds us tha...

May 03 2021

The Works of the Father

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of Sts. Philip and James, two of the apostles. Today’s Gospel is one of those readings that makes me feel better as a human person because it shows the tru...

May 02 2021

Remaining in Him Who Strengthens Us

Click here for daily readings A clear theme seems to run through all of today’s readings: remaining with God – seeking Him, honoring Him, and striving to do His will – and, through Him, you will be able...