Category Archives: Kate Taliaferro

Oct 21 2024

Discerning What We Store / Discernir lo que Guardamos

Click here for daily readings The seasons continue to change and turn. As the fall and winter holidays begin to dominate the secular scene, Catholics take a rather different approach to their arrival. In our Gospel, Jesus...

Oct 06 2024

Listening and Loving / Escuchar y Amar

Click here for daily readings Jesus insists that the little children can come to Him. He is available to them just as much as He is to the adults, much to the shock of the adults surrounding Him. Jesus then asks those sho...

Sep 13 2024

St. John Chrysostom / San Juan Crisóstomo

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, a Doctor of the Church from the late 300’s. He was known for his incredibly powerful preaching. The title, “Chrysostom,&rd...

Sep 03 2024

Chewing On Scripture / Masticando las Escrituras

Click here for daily readings This year I have been volunteering in my parish’s catechesis program. We are so blessed to have two atriums, or classrooms, that are dedicated to using the Catechesis of the Good Shephe...

Aug 17 2024

Childlike Faith / Fe Como la de un Niño

Click here for daily readings In the broader context of our Gospel passage for today, the disciples have just finished listening to Jesus field some difficult questions from the Pharisees. They had asked Jesus to explain ...

Aug 07 2024

A Humble Faith / Una Fe Humilde

Click here for daily readings This is one of those challenging Gospel passages. So much can be said, and so much can be misunderstood. I found myself inspired by a quote from St. Thomas Merton from Word on Fire Gospels wh...

Jul 30 2024

Where are We Leading Others? / ¿Hacia Dónde Estamos Guiando a los Demás?

Click here for daily readings As a parent of six children, having catch phrases that can immediately clue my kids into modifying their behavior has been critical to my sanity. Some examples are, “The giver chooses w...

Jul 14 2024

Packing List / Lista para Empacado de Maletas

Click here for daily readings Are you an over or under packer? For most of my life, I have been an over-packer. The person who packs both a sweatshirt and a jacket, just in case. Enough socks for every day of the trip kno...

Jun 28 2024

Learning from a Leper / Aprender de un Leproso

Click here for daily readings Our Gospel today is brief, merely four verses. And yet, with so few words, Matthew can tell us so much about who Jesus is and the way we ought to relate to Him. The leper (who we know nothing...

Jun 06 2024

Cycle of Love / El Ciclo del Amor

Click here for daily readings We learn sequencing and the order of rituals at a very early age. Infants are able to anticipate “what comes next” in basic sequences of events that have been routinely incorporat...

May 20 2024

Mary, Desolate / María, Desolada

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, things just don’t go the way we would like. Maybe we can even see it coming from a mile away, but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing, disheartening, or full of...

May 07 2024

Lose to Gain / Perder para Ganar

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel offers a unique insight into the work of sanctity in a few short lines. Jesus is talking with His apostles about how an Advocate, the Holy Spirit, will come to them. Howe...

Apr 29 2024

St. Catherine of Siena / Santa Catalina de Siena

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church. Throughout her life, St. Catherine was a prolific writer. She composed many prayers, including the following to the Hol...

Apr 14 2024

The Wounds of Christ / Las Heridas de Cristo

Click here for daily readings Back in 2007, a group of researchers compared the amount of food consumed between two groups. They were curious to discover if the evidence of food already eaten (in this case, individuals we...

Mar 21 2024

Jesus is God / Jesucristo es Dios

Click here for daily readings Today we hear unequivocally that Jesus is one with the Father. For the Pharisees, and indeed all Jews alike, Jesus’ words are blasphemous. How can a mere man standing before us claim th...

Mar 06 2024

The Old and New Testaments go Hand in Hand / El Antiguo y el Nuevo Testamento Van en Conjunto

Click here for daily readings There is a delicate line to tread when speaking about the Old and New Testaments. “Old” and “New” in this context do not necessarily mean old and new as one might cons...

Feb 27 2024

Phylacteries and Tassels / Filacterias y Franjas

Click here for daily readings To a 21st Century individual, the word “phylactery” isn’t commonplace. Tassels are more widely recognized, but usually as the fringe of a scarf or rug. What do these things ...

Feb 12 2024

How Friendship Works / La Amistad Funciona de Esta Forma

Click here for daily readings I think we can all appreciate the very human moments that the Gospel authors capture for us. In today’s Gospel, I think we can all hear in our minds Jesus’ sighing, “from th...

Jan 21 2024

To Answer the Call / Contestar la Llamada

Click here for daily readings Something very profound is going on in this brief passage about the call of the first apostles. Jesus calls, they follow. It’s a pretty simple cause and effect scenario. Yet, you and I ...

Jan 11 2024

Wholeness / La Plenitud

Click here for daily readings Today’s brief Gospel gives us a biblical preview for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Pope Francis offered a beautiful Angelus reflection in 2015 on today’s Gospel that I would li...