Category Archives: Easter

Apr 16 2023

The Eighth Day Is Freedom / El Octavo Día es de la Libertad

Click here for daily readings Every year, I am in awe that we prepare for Easter with 40 days of penitence, and then celebrate Christ’s Resurrection for 50 days! Every day of the Octave of Easter is one long Easter...

Apr 15 2023

Living the Liturgical Life / Vivir La Vida Litúrgica

Click here for daily readings I love the liturgical calendar of the Church. It reminds us that the journey of conversion is always ongoing and portrays the important moments in the Gospels that give witness to Jesus Chris...

Apr 14 2023

Your Will or Mine? / ¿Tu Voluntad o la Mía?

Click here for daily readings Chapter 21 of John is quite a dense chapter of Scripture. Whole books could be written on the lessons we can find in this one chapter alone. As I read it this time, what stands out to me is t...

Apr 13 2023

Peace Be With You / La Paz Esté Con Ustedes

Click here for daily readings In this passage, Jesus shares with the Disciples, “Peace be with you.” The Disciples stood terrified and thought they saw a ghost. Jesus responds with this powerful statement, &ld...

Apr 12 2023

The Road to Emmaus / El Camino a Emaús

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear about the disciples on the Road to Emmaus three days after the crucifixion of Jesus and the same day that the women have found Jesus’ tomb empty. There ...

Apr 11 2023

Whom Are You Looking For? / ¿A Quién Buscas?

Click here for daily readings The first words of Jesus in the Gospel of John (directed to John himself and to Andrew) are, “What are you looking for?” Here, at the end of the Gospel, he is still asking the sa...

Apr 10 2023

Truthful Witness / Testigo Veraz

Click here for daily readings He is Risen! Alleluia! It’s Easter Monday! There is something that really stands out to me in today’s readings; both speak of the human witnesses during the passion of Jesus. The ...

Apr 09 2023

Happy Easter! / ¡Felices Pascuas!

Click here for daily readings Happy Easter! He is alive! We should feel unparalleled joy today because today is the day that Christ triumphed over evil. Easter is only possible because of Good Friday. And every year...

Jun 05 2022

Mission

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost – the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in the Upper Room and the day in which the Church was started. In the Upper Room, C...

Jun 04 2022

Gazing on the Face of the Lord

Click here for daily readings When my daughter was little, she had a soft, pink and white baby blanket which we called “Mimi.” I wondered where this term for her blanket had originated and thought perhaps it c...

Jun 03 2022

Food and Community

Click here for daily readings I love how Jesus was always eating. Many of the Gospel stories revolve around Jesus and his disciples sharing a meal together. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. Today’s Gospel s...

Jun 02 2022

Hope

Click here for daily readings The reading today from Acts has Paul saying he is “on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.” This leads to heated disputes between the Sadducees and the Pharisees becaus...

Jun 01 2022

One-ing and Joy

Click here for daily readings Prayer is an opening – and therefore a kind of revelation – of the heart. So in today’s Gospel, as we hear Jesus pray to the Father, we glimpse the sentiments of his holy He...

May 31 2022

Mary’s Joy

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Visitation refers to Mary going to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, while carrying in her heart the good news of the...

May 30 2022

Promises

Click here for daily readings I found myself pondering the promises Jesus makes to His disciples as I reflected on the readings for today. Jesus promised that after three days the Son of Man would rise again. And it happe...

May 29 2022

No Passive Bystanders in God’s Kingdom

Click here for daily readings I remember as a child thinking that following Christ would have been so much easier if I had been alive when he walked the earth. There would be no need for faith—I would see him in th...

May 28 2022

On Speaking Boldly and Correcting Quietly

Click here for daily readings As a cradle Catholic with 16 years of Catholic school, I estimate that I attended Mass close to 7,000 times. And yet occasionally one of the day’s readings surprises me. “I’...

May 27 2022

Who is Your Neighbor?

Click here for daily readings The Lord does not allow the big stuff to happen without letting his people know first. I had a bad day yesterday. It seemed like a lot of the darkness in the world was coming in at me at the same...

May 26 2022

Now Heaven Is Present On The Earth

Click here for daily readings The Solemnity of the Ascension can be eclipsed for most of us by the Resurrection, Good Friday, and Christmas. For me, the Ascension is a liturgical feast that draws me inward and upward. Pop...

May 25 2022

Making the Unbearable Bearable

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel Christ tells His disciples, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now”. Jesus knows the hearts of His disciples; He knows they love Him. Bu...