Category Archives: Inspiration Daily

Aug 25 2022

Stay Awake and Prepared / Mantente Despierto y Preparado

Click here for daily readings How ironic that I write about today’s Gospel, which includes the words “stay awake” while on a red-eye flight from Boise, Idaho, back to the east coast. Sadly, following Jes...

Aug 24 2022

Extend the Invitation / Extender la Invitación

Click here for daily readings Come and see. When I heard this phrase for the first time, it was used in the context of a discernment retreat. A “Come and See” retreat is an opportunity offered to discerners to do ex...

Aug 23 2022

Cleanse, Check, and Repeat / Limpiar, Revisar y Repetir

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks of the outside of a cup and dish being clean but not the inside. It reminded me of some memories, specifically, the after dinner routine in my childhood h...

Aug 22 2022

Fulfillment of Every Effort of Faith / El Cumplimiento de Cada Esfuerzo de Fe

Click here for daily readings “We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesu...

Aug 21 2022

Strong Enough? / ¿Suficientemente Fuerte?

Click here for daily readings What do you think will happen to you when you die? What do others think will happen? As we are all human, we can be sure that after this life, we all face the same options, no matter what we ...

Aug 20 2022

Know and Love the Father / Conocer y Amar a Dios Padre

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church. He said, “There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are thos...

Aug 19 2022

A Blueprint for Love / Un Plano del Amor

Click here for daily readings “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall lov...

Aug 18 2022

Create in Me a Clean Heart / Crea en Mi un Corazón Puro

Click here for daily readings It’s always hard to come back to reality after vacation, isn’t it? I mean, after breathing in fresh air, gazing on the azure waters of the Great Lakes and feeling the breeze flow ...

Aug 17 2022

Shepherds / Los Pastores

Click here for daily readings As the eldest child, I was born into a leadership role and have continued to have more leadership roles as I’ve grown older. In leadership roles, it’s easy to get an inflated ego. People...

Aug 16 2022

Seek Christ / Buscar a Cristo

Click here for daily readings This Gospel reading is a beautiful opportunity for us to pause and reflect on our real goals in life. It is easy to get caught up in the great hamster wheel of life and forget the most import...

Aug 15 2022

All Glory Is His / Toda la Gloria es Suya

Click here for daily readings **This reflection is being posted for Aug 8th. Due to a technical issue, it did not post.** There is a lot going on in today’s readings, from Ezekiel’s vision of the glory of God,...

Aug 15 2022

Feast of the Assumption: Slip your hand into Mary’s hand / Fiesta de la Asunción: Pon Tu Mano Dentro de la Mano de María

Click here for daily readings My mother is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s. In the lovely summer weather this year, she and dad have spent a couple of hours every afternoon sitting outside in the lovely garden wh...

Aug 14 2022

Sowing Division / Sembrando la División

Click here for daily readings “I have come to set the world on fire… and divide a father against his son.” Sounds like something a villain would say in a Marvel movie more than a quote from the Son of...

Aug 13 2022

Bringing Our Children to Christ / Llevando a Nuestros Hijos a Cristo

Click here for daily readings Wow. As I was reflecting on the gospel reading for today, it struck me how phenomenal it must have been for the parents in Jesus’ time to be able to bring their children to Christ &ldqu...

Aug 12 2022

Marriage in God’s Eyes / El Matrimonio en los Ojos de Dios

Click here for daily reading If these readings tell us anything, it’s that God takes marriage very seriously. He espouses Israel to Himself, and intends to keep His end of the covenant even when she has broken hers....

Aug 11 2022

The Sword that Frees / La Espada Que Libera

Click here for daily readings Our Gospel today can be read and dismissed as too challenging, too divisive, too radical. But it comes from Jesus Himself, so we must pause and take a closer look. I find G.K. Chesterton&rsqu...

Aug 10 2022

Dying That We Might Live / Morir Para Vivir

Click here for daily readings Twenty years ago today, on the feast of St. Lawrence, my dad was ordained a permanent deacon. I clearly remember the day because I got a “front row seat” as I was asked to photogr...

Aug 09 2022

Am I One Of The Greatest? / ¿Soy Yo Uno de los Mejores?

Click here for daily readings “Who is the greatest?” Who is the richest? Who is the fastest? Who is the thinnest? Who has the most followers? Who is the most beautiful? Who has the most “likes”? Wh...

Aug 07 2022

Faith as Realized Hope / La Fe Como la Esperanza Realizada

Click here for daily readings How many people when they hear the word faith immediately think of that iconic scene in Indiana Jones where he takes the step out into the apparent void only to be caught by an unseen trail...

Aug 06 2022

It Is Good That We Are Here / Que a Gusto Que Estamos Aquí

Click here for daily readings Every year when the Feast of the Transfiguration comes around, I wonder “What were Peter, John, and James thinking?” As they climbed the mountain with Jesus were they thinking abo...