Category Archives: Jeanne Penoyar

Jun 26 2019

He Remembers Forever His Covenant, which He Made Binding for a Thousand Generations

Click here for daily readings Can you even fathom a thousand generations? By today’s standard of 20-25 years per generation, we would go back, from today, 20,000 to 25,000 years. Calendars didn’t even exist then, to...

Jun 11 2019

A Thousand Points of Light

Click here for daily readings Does anyone remember this quote from President George H.W. Bush: “For we are a nation of communities, of thousands and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, n...

May 28 2019

Listen to the Mourning Dove

Click here for daily readings Most mornings, I awake to the sound of mourning doves on my deck rail. They come around several times a day. Their mournful cooing sound is soothing and relaxing to me. But I have to admit that som...

May 12 2019

Do You Know The Shepherd?

Click here for daily readings I recently returned from a trip to Ireland. It was a wonderful trip up the East coast of the country, across the top and back down the West coast. Our tour started in Belfast and ended in Dublin. If...

Apr 26 2019

Christ Our Light

Click here for daily readings We are in the Octave of Easter – the eight days following Easter, leading up to the First Sunday of Easter. All week we sing/pray the Gospel Alleluia verse: “This is the day the Lord ha...

Apr 10 2019

The Face of Truth

Click here for daily readings Truth, noun, the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality. Here we have a nice, neat, clinical definition of Truth. Something based in fact or reality. I’ve lived a...

Mar 25 2019

Emmanuel- God Is With Us

Click here for daily readings No, I’m not confused. I know we are approaching Easter, not Christmas. But today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the day we celebrate Gabriel’s visit to Mary telling h...

Mar 12 2019

Bend Your Knee, Bow Your Head, and Pray

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are packed with beauty and symbolism. But, for me, it was easy to choose which Scripture I would use. It just has to be the Gospel, when the Lord gives us his prayer. In the b...

Feb 25 2019

Love is (Ideally) Loving Everyone

Click here for daily readings I apologize that this was not sent out yesterday. Here is the post for the readings for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. You will be receiving today’s reflection soon. God Bless! I don&rs...

Jan 29 2019

Family Tree

Click here for daily readings “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.” -Anonymous Today’s Gospel, once again, gives us the picture of Jesus preaching...

Jan 10 2019

The Eternal Light of Hope

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we have Jesus reading the Isaiah scroll in the synagogue. He finishes and boldly proclaims that he is the fulfillment of this passage. It is amazing enough that anyone remai...

Dec 28 2018

In Christ, All Will Be Well

Click here for daily readings A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more. One could have mixed feelings on today’s Fea...

Dec 11 2018

Give Comfort to my People

Click here for daily readings Isaiah’s beautiful passage is full of meaning. After a long and dark exile in Babylon, God directs Isaiah to tell His people that it is almost over. God will be there to expiate their sins, br...

Dec 10 2018

Give Comfort to my People

Click here for daily readings Isaiah’s beautiful passage is full of meaning. After a long and dark exile in Babylon, God directs Isaiah to tell His people that it is almost over. God will be there to expiate their sins, br...

Nov 22 2018

Gratitude is the Memory of the Heart

Click here for daily readings “Gratitude is the memory of the heart,” an old French proverb by Jean-Baptiste Massieu. What a fitting thought for today, Thanksgiving Day, when all of the Scripture readings center on t...

Nov 08 2018

Every Sinner Has A Future

Click here for daily readings “Every Saint Has A Past – Every Sinner A Future” -Oscar Wilde Let me tell you a story I heard on NPR’s Story Corps project, which is a collection of stories taped around the ...

Oct 22 2018

Taking It To Your Grave

Click here for daily readings Let me share this quote with you. I’m paraphrasing, as I can’t remember the exact wording. See if you can guess who might have said this. Hint – it’s a famous person: “...

Oct 11 2018

Ask, Seek, Knock, Find… What?

Click here for daily readings Quite a few years ago while working with RCIA inquirers, I have a vivid memory of a young woman who never prayed. She was self-sufficient, a small business owner – a very confident and intelli...

Sep 25 2018

Acting On The Word

Click here for daily readings “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it. Jeremiah, chapter 31:33 says “I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts.” Je...

Sep 20 2018

When Forgetting Something Is A Good Thing

Click here for daily readings He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.“ The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman “Your faith has sa...