Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Apr 01 2019

God’s Words are Action. Do we Believe Them?

Click here for daily readings The cure in today’s Gospel is not the most spectacular of Jesus’ miracles, certainly. At first glance, it seems rather un-spectacular: no conversation with demons, no mud in the eyes, n...

Mar 15 2019

Complete Freedom

Click here for daily readings Were you required to memorize the 10 Commandments as a student? They seem simple enough, and judging ourselves by those precepts can make us think that we are doing ok. “Thou shalt not kill&rd...

Mar 01 2019

Real and Permanent

Click here for daily readings The Church, faithful to the Gospel, believes that marriage is a lifelong bond, that God Himself joins the spouses together when they freely declare their vows. Much like today (unfortunately), divor...

Feb 15 2019

Groaning and Healing

Click here for daily readings How difficult will your healing be? Will it cause Jesus to groan? Today’s Gospel is best understood in light of the First Reading from Genesis, in which we hear how the serpent tempted the wom...

Feb 01 2019

As They Were Able to Understand it- Patience and Trust

Click here for daily readings Jesus often turns our human understanding on its head, as a reminder that God’s ways are far from our ways, and that reality resides far below superficial appearances. Grownups must become lik...

Jan 15 2019

Amazed and Astonished by the Power of Christ

Click here for daily readings Two events happen in today’s Gospel: Jesus astonishes the people of Capernaum with his Sabbath teaching, and then Jesus amazes the people by casting out a demon. It was customary in a synagogu...

Dec 15 2018

Our Humble Hidden God

Click here for daily readings Let’s put the conversation in today’s Gospel in context to understand it: “they were coming down from the mountain” where the Transfiguration had just occurred. Peter, James,...

Nov 15 2018

The Hidden Kingdom

Click here for daily readings The question asked by the Pharisees is one that is running like static electricity throughout the Hebrew world: When will the Kingdom of God come? For thousands of years, they have been waiting for ...

Nov 04 2018

First Comes Love

Click here for daily readings The words in today’s First Reading from Deuteronomy are pivotal in the Mosaic Law and are now known as the Shema, part of the monotheistic profession of faith recited by Jews twice a day and t...

Nov 01 2018

Power, Pleasure, Prestige, Position, Possessions

Click here for daily readings The Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes. We have heard them so often, seen them on posters, Facebook art, Instagram, even our daily planners… maybe we forget how revolutionary these words of ...

Oct 30 2018

A Seed And A Sprinkle

Click here for daily readings What IS the Kingdom of God like? To what can we compare it? If you’ve spent any time thinking about the “ends of things,” the “final things,” the end point of existence...

Oct 26 2018

Gratitude And Wisdom

Click here for daily readings We have a clue to the probability that in today’s Gospel Jesus is addressing those who are against him rather than the crowd of goodwill followers by his use of the word “hypocrites,&rdq...

Oct 19 2018

Worth More Than Many Sparrows

Click here for daily readings “Beware… (but) do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.” In this Gospel, Jesus goes from warning to reassuring. He first warns his close disciples to beware of the...

Oct 17 2018

Obeying Out Of Love

Click here for daily readings This Gospel challenges us, as Jesus challenges the Scribes and Pharisees. It can also be easily misinterpreted to mean that the Law is not important. But a true interpretation recognizes that all th...

Oct 09 2018

The Better Part

Click here for daily readings Today’s brief Gospel presents a scene that most of us can relate to on some level. We know that Mary and Martha are sisters (and Lazarus is their brother) and that this family is one of those ...

Sep 27 2018

Renewing Our Commitment

Click here for daily readings I have wondered if Herod was haunted by his past, much like the murderer in the Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe; the murderer seems to hear his victim (which eventually gives him away), and Herod...

Sep 24 2018

Let Your Light Shine A Little Brighter

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is preceded in the liturgy by the Alleluia antiphon, which is a verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds an...

Sep 18 2018

The Power Of The Great Prophet

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel presents an interesting scene: Jesus is traveling with his disciples and “a large crowd.” As they near the city of Nain, they encounter another “large crowd&rd...

Sep 09 2018

Personal Faith

Click here for daily readings Jesus is preaching and healing in Gentile cities, areas that are contemptible to the Jews. He has already offered the Gospel to Israel, and now he is bringing his glorious Good News to those “...

Sep 06 2018

Trust In Him

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel from Luke has so much activity that it can be hard to see beyond the surface: the lake, the boats, the crowd, the nets, the catch, and finally, the fishermen leaving their fishi...