Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Jul 20 2022

Hardened Paths, Rocky Patches, Thorns, and Rich Soil / Caminos Endurecidos, Areas Rocosos, Espinas y Tierra Fértil

Click here for daily readings Jesus goes down by the sea. And the large crowd is so eager to be near him and hear his words that he is forced to get into a boat and go a little way out to sea. He could say anything right ...

Jul 09 2022

Fearless / Audaz

Click here for daily readings Would you invite someone to a task by saying how terrible it’s going to be for them? “It’s a dangerous and difficult job, and people are going to hate you for doing it. They...

Jun 25 2022

The Spotless Heart

Click here for daily readings Catholics use a lot of language that is particular to us, for many reasons – it may come from Latin or Greek or theology or the ancient Church, and has been passed on and continually us...

Jun 09 2022

Grabbing or Giving

Click here for daily readings Jesus always calls us to MORE – more joy, more peace, more love. And he tells us how to receive this: he calls us to more love, more trust, more generous self-sacrifice, more letting go...

Jun 01 2022

One-ing and Joy

Click here for daily readings Prayer is an opening – and therefore a kind of revelation – of the heart. So in today’s Gospel, as we hear Jesus pray to the Father, we glimpse the sentiments of his holy He...

May 24 2022

The Gift of the Spirit

Click here for daily readings What has Jesus left his disciples? He has not written a book, or established a political entity, or given the Jews control over the earth, or crushed the Romans (as so many believed and hoped...

May 13 2022

The Way To Our Forever Home

Click here for daily readings Remember your last big trip? Traveling takes a lot of mental and physical energy. There is the journey itself, of course – the map and the means of moving and the money. There is also t...

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...