Category Archives: Jeanne Penoyar

Nov 09 2024

Temples of God / Templos de Dios

Click here for daily readings The money changers in the temple in today’s Gospel felt justified to profit from what people needed to fulfill their temple worship obligations. Unfortunately, sometimes we do the same thing. ...

Nov 07 2024

Every Sinner Has A Future / Cada Pecador Tiene un Futuro

Click here for daily readings “Every saint has a past and every sinner a future.” (Oscar Wilde) I once heard a story on NPR that touched me deeply. A woman’s teenage son was killed by another teenager in the he...

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...

Feb 25 2020

Lessons in Humility

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are all about being humble. The Gospel tell us to not worry about being the greatest, but rather to be as simple as children. I could attempt to wax eloquent on the subject, b...

Feb 10 2020

Who’s Your Superstar

Click here for daily readings The day I started to think about this post was the day Donald Trump held one of his rallies in New Jersey. The news reported that people were lining up at the venue as much as 48 hours before the ev...

Jan 27 2020

Our Strength is in our Unity

Click here for daily readings So often we have heard the phrase “A house divided cannot stand.” The exact words from today’s Gospel are, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The ...

Jan 22 2020

Goliath Has Many Faces

Click here for daily readings Have you faced any goliaths recently? Did you run in fear, or did you face the battle? Was the outcome good or bad? How did you meet your goliath: with grit and tenacity alone, or coupled with your ...

Jan 13 2020

Fishing = Patience

Click here for daily readings When did you last go fishing? It’s been many years since my last fishing expedition with my father. He used to take my siblings and me to the Grand Haven pier, where we used “cane poles&...

Dec 23 2019

Starry, Starry Night

Click here for daily readings How often do you contemplate the night sky? Especially those clear, cold nights when the stars show so brightly we wish we could reach up and touch them. The city lights tend to obscure the beauty, ...

Dec 10 2019

Give Comfort to my People

Click here for daily readings COM-FORT: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint; the easing or alleviation of a person’s feelings of grief or distress; a state or situation in which you are relaxed and...

Nov 26 2019

Awesome Signs Will Come From The Sky

Click here for daily readings We are in the “end times” of the Liturgical Year of the Church. If you, like me, closely follow the entire Liturgical Year (Advent to the Feast of Christ the King), we see that it follow...

Nov 09 2019

And I Saw Water Flowing Out

Click here for daily readings If you have ever entertained the thought that you can hide your deeds from the Lord, as you do from your fellow men, you are sorely mistaken! How easy it must have been for the merchants in th...

Oct 26 2019

The Case of the Fruitless Fig Tree

Click here for daily readings A few years back, in one of his homilies, my pastor made a point concerning vice and virtue. Although I don’t recall the exact words he used, the gist of the message was this: vice, by its nat...

Oct 13 2019

Your Faith Will Save You

Click here for daily readings True story: many years ago, when I was in my 30s, I recall an incident on a day, which was a particularly good day for me. My work was going well and left the office feeling happy with my situation....

Sep 26 2019

Searching for Jesus

Click here for daily readings I love a good detective story. I love courtroom drama, especially those with numerous twists and turns in the plotline, and I especially love surprise endings. I’m usually pretty good at guess...

Sep 11 2019

Recognize- Then Count- Your Blessings

Click here for daily readings I chose this specific date for a reason. For several reasons, really. Can anyone live September 11th each year without recounting the events of the Twin Towers? Today is also my Father’s bir...

Aug 23 2019

A Blueprint for Love

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 love your...

Aug 09 2019

Take up your Cross with a Smile

Click here for daily readings Last week Friday I was positive about the direction this post would take, based on today’s readings. I love the Deuteronomy reading when Moses, almost chiding the Israelites about the wonders...

Jul 22 2019

Through the Tears

Click here for daily readings “Jesus said ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?’” I love these words from today’s gospel. I imagine these words being said in the most gentle and com...

Jul 09 2019

Just Ask

Click here for daily readings Genesis gives us the graphic, if not also cryptic, story of Jacob wrestling with God. And much to our surprise, Jacob prevails. And once again, as we have seen before in the Scriptures, God changes...