Category Archives: Kate Taliaferro

Jan 21 2023

The Other Side of the Mountain / El Otro Lado de la Montaña

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage is surprisingly short and could use some context. Just prior to these brief two verses, Mark relays how Jesus went up a mountain and called forth His twelve apost...

Dec 29 2022

A Life Well Lived / Vivir de la Mejor Forma

Click here for daily readings I wonder about Simeon’s life and the promise God made to him. I wonder if he ever felt this promise was more of a curse than a blessing. Or, as someone who God had directly spoken to, p...

Dec 12 2022

Our Lady of Guadalupe / Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Click here for daily readings We are blessed to be able to send our children to our parish’s Catholic grade school. Different grades are in charge of different annual celebrations throughout the year. 3rd grade alwa...

Nov 26 2022

Fix Your Gaze / Enfocar tu Mirada

Click here for daily readings It’s the last day of the liturgical year. It’s hard to believe, time flies so fast. Perhaps on this day, more so than on other days, it might be good to slow down and consider why...

Nov 10 2022

Where is the Kingdom of Heaven? / ¿Dónde Está el Reino de los Cielos?

Click here for daily readings We live in a “both/and” Church, rather than “either/or”. Jesus is both true God and true man. Mary is both virgin and mother. We believe in Jesus’ death and resu...

Oct 29 2022

A Seat at the Table / Un Asiento en la Mesa

Click here for daily readings I grew up with a fairly large extended family. If you combine both my mom and dad’s sides, I have about 30 cousins. As one of the oldest cousins, I know a thing or two about jockeying f...

Oct 02 2022

Work of Faith / Obras de Fe

Click here for daily readings From our human perspective, wouldn’t it be great if Jesus were like the fairy godmother from Cinderella? “Bibbity, bobbity, boo! More faith for you!” We can all enjoy a good...

Sep 20 2022

Seekers of the Word / Buscadores de la Palabra

Click here for daily readings Each week, hopefully each day for many of us, we hear the words of Scripture. This can be at Mass, within a Bible study, spiritual reading, even a post-it note on your mirror. We have the inc...

Sep 08 2022

Family Ties / Enlaces Familiares

Click here for daily readings Today’s reading is one that lectors fear. How do you make such a long list sound interesting? And how do you pronounce all those names? Why don’t we just skip it (as some parishes...

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...

Jul 24 2022

Ask / Pídele

Click here for daily readings I think we are often afraid to ask God for things. We don’t want to seem greedy or selfish. We want to feel self-sufficient and capable. And what person hasn’t heard a comment lik...

Jun 29 2022

Naming Jesus

Click here for daily readings Whole books have been written about the question Jesus posed to His disciples at the start of today’s Gospel, “Who do you say that I am?” It is a question every follower of ...

Jun 14 2022

A Whole New Game

Click here for daily readings Today we encounter one of the most difficult teachings of Jesus – to “love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.” These words, central to all of Christian teachin...

May 30 2022

Promises

Click here for daily readings I found myself pondering the promises Jesus makes to His disciples as I reflected on the readings for today. Jesus promised that after three days the Son of Man would rise again. And it happe...

May 17 2022

World Peace

Click here for daily readings The acquisition of peace, from a secular framework, is a tricky topic. So many roads appear to lead to peace based on the sayings: “If you want peace, prepare for war.” “If ...

Apr 25 2022

Launching Disciples

Click here for daily readings There comes a time in every parent’s journey where they have to step aside and let their children come into their own as persons. My mother-in-law calls this process “launching.&r...

Apr 19 2022

This Changes Everything

Click here for daily readings While the phrase, “This changes everything” could be seen as overused or an over exaggeration, in today’s Gospel no phrase could be more apt. However, in the strange and mys...

Mar 09 2022

Be a Ninevite

Click here for daily readings The Jewish people had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a Messiah. They memorized Scripture, kept all of the Mosaic Law, repeated the stories and traditions so that on the day of the...

Feb 10 2022

Escape

Click here for daily readings I think it is good for us to see Jesus in this moment. Jesus, fully God, is also fully human. We see Jesus experience the full range of human emotions in the Gospels. Jesus weeping for Lazaru...

Jan 16 2022

Who Knows

Click here for daily readings The Wedding Feast at Cana is one of the more well known Scripture passages. This is Jesus’ first public miracle in the Gospel of John, albeit a reluctant one. As I reflected on this pas...