Category Archives: Easter

Apr 26 2023

The Will of the One Who Sent Me / La Voluntad del que Me Envió

Click here for daily readings What do you want? Hopefully, whatever Jesus wants. What does Jesus want? Whatever the Father wills. Jesus tells us that he has come down from heaven not to do his own will, but the will of t...

Apr 25 2023

He Cares for You / Dios Se Preocupa Por Ti

Click here for daily readings Each and every one of us is a complex being made up of not only a body but sometimes a very complicated soul. We all have a past, circumstances that have marked us and caused us to act and react in ...

Apr 24 2023

The Bread of Life / El Pan de Vida

Click here for daily readings The thirst for God is present in every person on the face of the earth. The yearning for fulfillment beats in every human heart. The people in today’s Gospel had been miraculously fed a...

Apr 23 2023

Christ Remains Present / Cristo Todavía Sigue Presente

Click here for daily readings A powerful thread of truth runs through each of today’s Easter season readings: Jesus resurrected. “God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses” (Acts 2:32). The Apo...

Apr 22 2023

Trust in Him / Confiar en El

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. ** Have you ever had the little voice in your head tell you it’s time to change a certain situation, yet you hesitate or are too ...

Apr 21 2023

Trusting in God’s Direction / Confiando en la Orientación de Dios

Click here for daily reading When the disciples are tasked with feeding five thousand men across from the Sea of Galilee, they are understandably dumbfounded: How can they feed so large a crowd with no food of their own, ...

Apr 20 2023

Tell the Story / Contar la Historia

Click here for daily readings “When they heard this, they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death.” The Apostles were so convicted by their experience of Jesus Christ, that they continued to tell his...

Apr 19 2023

How Else Will They Know? / ¿De Qué Otra Forma Van a Saber?

Click here for daily readings Have you ever given your Christian testimony? Unless asked to speak at a Bible study or invited as a guest into a religious education class, many Catholics don’t share their perso...

Apr 18 2023

Born From Above / Nacido Desde Arriba

Click here for daily readings The Octave of Easter, our eight-day celebration of the Paschal mystery, just wrapped up on Divine Mercy Sunday. Yet now the daily Gospels have returned to a period long before the death and r...

Apr 17 2023

Nature vs. Nurture / ¿Naturaleza o Crianza?

Click here for daily readings As science continues to study the human person, there has been a continual debate about “nature vs. nurture.” What is “baked in,” if you will, to our genes, and what i...

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...