Category Archives: Elizabeth Tomlin

Jul 29 2024

Sibling Revelry with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus / Unidad Entre los Hermanos María, Marta y Lázaro

Click here for daily readings We hear the term “sibling rivalry” in our culture referring to siblings competing with one another. My three children jokingly ask me which one of them is my favorite. I reply tha...

Jun 11 2024

Light Always Gets Brighter – Be Light! / La Luz Siempre Alumbra Más – ¡Deja Brillar tu Luz!

Click here for daily readings Today I’d like to ask you a probing question. Be honest with yourself. Have you ever felt jealous or envious of another person’s success, talents, or good works? I think we’...

Apr 11 2024

Meditating with Scripture / Meditando con las Escrituras

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is packed with wisdom. One way to read Scripture is simply to spend time meditating verse by verse, and this passage provides a lot of material. Let’s consi...

Mar 07 2024

By The Finger of God / Por el Dedo de Dios

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus driving a demon out of a mute man. Luke shares that after the demon left the man, he began to speak. This is a miracle! However, rather than rejoicing, ...

Feb 05 2024

What’s in an Invitation? / ¿Qué Contiene Una Invitación?

Click here for daily readings If you’ve ever volunteered in a parish, you know that a challenge in ministry is just getting people across the threshold of the church. I frequently encounter generous volunteers, who ...

Dec 10 2023

God’s Messengers / Mensajeros de Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel demonstrates what it means to be apostolic people and witnesses to Christ in our lives. To be apostolic is to be “sent out.” To bear witness to Christ means t...

Oct 21 2023

Living your Faith Out Loud / Viviendo la Fe en Voz Alta

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is a reminder to live our faith out loud. “Everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will acknowledge before the Angels of God.” What does th...

Sep 08 2023

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Natividad de la Santísima Virgen María

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our tradition holds that Mary was the daughter of Saints Ann and Joachim. However, we have no record of Mary’s parents in the...

Jul 09 2023

Taking the Time to Rest / Tomarse el Tiempo Para Descansar

Click here for daily readings I’d like you to take a moment and trace the past week of your life. Other than sleeping, did you take any intentional rest? We just finished the Independence Day holiday here in the Uni...

Jun 12 2023

An Attitude of the Beatitudes / Una Actitud de las Bienaventuranzas

Click here for daily readings When my son was in Catholic kindergarten, he learned his letters and Bible verses. He enjoyed word games and figuring out which letter made each sound. Since his first name starts with a &ldq...

Apr 07 2023

A Time to Grieve / Es Hora Para Ser Afligidos

Click here for daily readings My friend’s son served with my husband in Iraq between 2004 and 2005. Like so many service members who returned home, he brought with him deep, psychological wounds. Tragically, he took...

Mar 06 2023

Reflecting the Divine: Be Merciful / Ser Reflejo de lo Divino: Ser Misericordioso

Click here for daily readings When God created humanity, he did so in his image and likeness (Gen 1:26). St. Augustine preached that there is certainly a gap between God and humanity such that humanity’s reflection ...

Jan 04 2023

Come and See / Ven y Verás

Click here for daily readings In his Gospel, John shares that there are many details about Jesus’ life and ministry that he could share but did not incorporate. Because of this, we can infer that John was careful wi...

Jul 22 2022

Feast of Mary Magdalene / La Fiesta de María Magdalena

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the Apostles. As St. John Paul II shared, she is “the first eyewitness of the Risen Christ.” On the first day of...

Jun 07 2022

But if Salt Loses its Taste

Click here for daily readings I have a chalk wall in my kitchen, and each time that today’s Gospel about being salt of the earth and light of the world appears in our lectionary, I draw a salt shaker and a lightbulb...

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...

Feb 03 2022

Memorial of St. Blaise: There’s a Saint for Everyone and Everything

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of St. Blaise. St. Blaise was the Bishop of Sebastia in Armenia, which is a city located midway between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Blaise lived during the early ...

Jan 02 2022

A Resolution to Make Haste Slowly

Click here for daily readings Happy New Year! By now, you have likely considered a new year’s resolution and maybe even tried a few. If I’m honest, I have a long history of falling headfirst off the new ...

Dec 23 2021

Walking With Zechariah Through His Personal Advent

Click here for daily readings We are two days away from Christmas. Are you getting antsy for the arrival of Jesus, for visits with family and opening presents? I am, but I’m trying to slow down and savor this litur...

Nov 09 2021

Perfect Justice and Perfect Mercy

Click here for daily readings The National Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. is the largest church in the western hemisphere. The Byzantine structure rises high above the DC skyline, which ...