Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

May 10 2022

The Secure Situation Of Sheep

Click here for daily readings The “powers that be” keep the pressure on Jesus, trying to ensnare him with questions, catch him in an act for which they can condemn him as a fraud or blasphemer, and taunting h...

Apr 15 2022

Behold The Wood Of The Cross

Click here for daily readings Lent has come to an end; it ends when the Mass on Holy Thursday begins and we enter into these three holy days (“Triduum”), which are the summit of the Liturgical Year, unfolding...

Apr 07 2022

Glorifying

Click here for daily readings In response to those who skeptically ask him who he thinks he is, Jesus talks about glory. He tells them that he does not glorify himself, but it is, in fact, his Father who glorifies him. W...

Apr 01 2022

Knowing Our Father

Click here for daily readings “The one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” Jesus is talking about the Father, and the Jews know this; they know that...

Mar 15 2022

Being Exalted

Click here for daily readings A new heart and a new spirit. That’s Jesus’ goal for us. He makes all things new, and he wants us to participate in this renewal by casting away all the bad and embracing all the...

Mar 06 2022

Overcoming the Five P’s

Click here for daily readings Jesus came to save us by entering into the fullness of the condition of fallen humanity and offering all to the Father. He was like us “in all things but sin” (Hebrews 4:15); he ...

Mar 01 2022

Feasting And Fasting

Click here for daily readings It’s Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday/Carnival! That means Lent begins tomorrow! Are you prepared to prepare? Do you have a plan for observing this holy season? Every year, we are...

Feb 20 2022

The Collapse Of The Open Heart

Click here for daily readings Jesus sometimes used hyperbole to get his listeners’ ears open; he talked about plucking out eyes or chopping off hands, which he certainly did not mean literally (he only meant that o...

Feb 12 2022

A Heart That Beats With Love For Us

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been so hungry that you were in danger of collapsing? Jesus is not usually prone to hyperbole, so his comment here seems factual: if he sends the crowd that has been foll...

Jan 25 2022

On The Conversion (And Transformation) Of Saul/Paul

Click here for daily readings Saul becomes Paul. Are they the same person? Yes and no. We know that Christ has come to make us a new creation. He makes the whole world new, and each of us new. He proclaims in today&rsquo...

Jan 18 2022

Faith, Freedom, and Pharisees

Click here for daily readings Pharisees. As we read through Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus making enemies when he is only trying to hold out the truth to them (have you ever felt like this?). The Pharisees are the one...

Jan 12 2022

Mission And Communion

Click here for daily readings “The whole town was gathered at the door.” What would this look like if it happened at your house? “After sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demon...

Dec 21 2021

Ark of the New Covenant

Click here for daily readings St. Luke weaves together Old Testament typology with New Testament truth throughout his Gospel; this is breathtakingly evident today as we see Mary held up as the Ark of the New Covenant. Th...

Dec 07 2021

Sheep on Shoulders

Click here for daily readings In today’s parable, Jesus holds up a gentle image of the love of God for each one of us. A love so great that it leaves the 99 who seem to be holding their own in order to go in search...

Nov 21 2021

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King Of The Universe

Click here for daily readings If you give too much attention to the news, to social media, or to the murmurings of the masses, you will find endless reasons to be confused, afraid, even despondent. But if you contemplate...

Nov 07 2021

Giving What We Are

Click here for daily readings I love the widow’s mite, even as it challenges me every time to give of my substance and not my surplus. It is no act of great trust to give only what is left over AFTER I take care of...

Oct 21 2021

Fire And Division

Click here for daily readings Peace and harmony, love and unity and every good thing. Isn’t that what we all hope for, what we pray for, what we sing hymns about? Isn’t that what Jesus came to bring to ...

Oct 12 2021

How Hard It Is To Enter The Kingdom!

Click here for daily readings **Post for 10-10-2021** Is it easy to get to Heaven? Does everyone get in, in the end? What does it cost? These are important questions for framing our worldview, our outlook on life, the wa...

Oct 01 2021

Therese The Strong Cactus

Click here for daily readings The starkness of today’s readings is in sharp contrast to the saint we celebrate today. Against the readings of Babylonian captivity and the Psalmist’s lament over the defiling o...

Sep 21 2021

Get Up

Click here for daily readings Getting up can be difficult – getting up in the morning, getting up from the couch, getting up to help someone. I like sitting down myself. Getting up is a big change; a change of post...