Category Archives: Inspiration Daily

Jun 11 2023

The Eucharist: Flesh and Blood / La Eucaristía: Cuerpo y Sangre

Click here for daily readings Is your parish celebrating this Solemnity with a Corpus Christi Procession? This traditional way of honoring the Eucharist goes back to the 1300’s, and is a beautiful public proclamatio...

Jun 10 2023

The Present Moment / El Momento Presente

Click here for daily readings Our family was blessed to live a few hours from my husband’s grandmother for several years before she passed away. In that time, she became another grandmother to me and I cherish the m...

Jun 09 2023

A Question About Jesus / Una Pregunta Acerca de Jesús

Click here for daily readings How can Jesus be God and man, divine and human, Lord of heaven and earth? Is the Messiah capable of being both true God and true man? In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus begins to enlighten the wor...

Jun 08 2023

Trust in God / Confiar en Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm says, “Blessed are you who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; Blessed shall you be, and favored.”...

Jun 07 2023

To You I Lift Everything / A Ti Lo Levanto Todo

Click here for daily readings Do you ever have a song, phrase, hymn or Psalm get stuck in your mind? Not in an annoying, “I can’t get it out of my mind” way, but in a “caught humming it under your ...

Jun 06 2023

Tomar por Hecho al Señor / Taking the Lord for Granted

Click here for daily readings It’s so easy to take for granted what and who we have in our lives. In today’s First Reading, we read of Tobit, a generous man who sticks to the Law of the Lord, even burying the p...

Jun 05 2023

Stand Up For Your Faith / Defiende Tu Fe

Click here for daily readings Part of my job at my parish is forming and preparing the eighth grade students for the Sacrament of Confirmation. I enjoy the preparation program that we use and I often find myself learning right a...

Jun 04 2023

That All May be Saved / Que Todos Sean Salvos

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we read perhaps the most quoted verse of Scripture, that “God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish...

Jun 03 2023

Wisdom and Conversation / La Sabiduría y La Conversación

Click here for daily readings “I sought wisdom openly in my prayer, I prayed for her before the temple…” Conversation often seems like a lost art. In order to engage in true dialogue, we have to be will...

Jun 02 2023

The Flying Novena / La Novena Volada

Click here for daily readings I suspect that if St. Mother Teresa commanded a mountain to be taken up and cast in the sea, the mountain would waste no time to get going. Such was the faith of this amazing woman. I l...

Jun 01 2023

Turn That Frown Upside Down / En Lugar de Poner Mala Cara, Sonreir

Click here for daily readings Sometimes your tongue just gets away from you, doesn’t it? I know mine does. I just feel the “need” to complain about that one little thing and before I know it, I’m ranting ...

May 31 2023

Mary and Elizabeth / María e Isabel

Click here for daily readings We read in today’s Scripture, “Blessed are you who believed that the Lord would fulfill what was spoken to you.” The Blessed Mother responded to the invitation by God to be ...

May 30 2023

Oriented to God in a Disoriented World / Orientado Hacia Dios en Este Mundo Desorientado

Click here for daily readings Our society is constantly pushing for each individual to define happiness, love, and success for themselves, often without regard for the effect on their neighbor. What we find at the extreme...

May 29 2023

His Friends / Sus Amigos

Click here for daily readings Godspell, the musical from 1973, is an assault to one’s eyes with its rainbow-haired Jesus and 70’s nonconformist vibe. It marries two different ways of looking at the world: the ...

May 28 2023

Pentecost and Captain America / Pentecostés y el Capitán América

Click here for daily readings In the movie, Captain America, Steve is a young man of strong character who wants to work for justice in the world, in spite of his evident lack of bulk and brawn. Steve has everything going ...

May 27 2023

Does Jesus Love Him Best? / ¿Jesús lo Ama Más a Él?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel starts out with one of our favorite people in scripture, Peter. He is one of my heroes. Why? Because if he could make it, I’ve got a good chance to make it also! Appare...

May 26 2023

A Tale of Three Evangelists / La Historia de Tres Evangelistas

Click here for daily readings I always enjoy the readings from the Acts of the Apostles that we hear during the Easter season. While the Epistles are full of wisdom, they can be difficult to understand or subject to inter...

May 25 2023

God Loves Me, We Can Each Say It / Dios Me Ama, Todos Lo Podemos Decir

Click here for daily readings God loves you. But I don’t feel God’s love. God loves you. But how could God love me when I’ve messed up? God loves you. But how can I know God loves me? Really know for cer...

May 24 2023

Truth and Joy / Verdad y Alegría

Click here for daily readings Whenever Jesus lifts his eyes to heaven to address his Father, we are allowed a glimpse into the deep desires of his Heart, burning and motivated by love alone, love for the Father and love ...

May 23 2023

The Perfect Evangelist / El Evangelista Perfecto

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel today there is a beautiful conversation between Jesus Christ and God the Father. Jesus is the perfect evangelist, stating that he has revealed the name of God to all people. It ...