Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Jul 27 2021

Wheat, Weeds, and We

Click here for daily readings Today we hear Jesus’ explanation of the parable that was read at Mass on Saturday (Matt 24-30). The Son of Man sows the good seed that is the “children of the Kingdom” (tha...

Jul 07 2021

Chosen and Sent

Click here for daily readings I was on the edge of my Kindergarten seat, hoping to be called by the teacher to run the weekly errand of taking the attendance sheet to the Principal’s Office (which was practically n...

Jun 21 2021

Judging and Tiny Cups

Click here for daily readings “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Sometimes, this ver...

Jun 05 2021

Putting Ourselves Ahead of our Gift?

Click here for daily readings We’ve all heard the axioms about giving: Be generous. It’s better to give than receive. Do not let the right hand know what the left is doing. We must give of our time, talent, a...

May 20 2021

Love Is Gathering and Rescuing Us

Click here for daily readings “You, Father, are in me and I in you… I in them and you in me… that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them…” Today’s Gospel can ...

May 07 2021

Friend Group

Click here for daily readings Think of the personalities in your friend group. Who’s the de facto “leader” of your group? Which person comes up with the plans, gets everyone else excited, keeps everyone...

Apr 30 2021

Beginnings Without Endings

Click here for daily readings We all love good stories with satisfying endings. But it seems Jesus is the Master at building tension and leaving us to find the conclusion through prayer and reflection – sometimes d...

Apr 10 2021

The Eighth Day?

Click here for daily readings Alleluia! It’s still Easter! Every year, I marvel at the reality that we prepare for Easter with 40 days of penitence, and then celebrate the magnificence of Christ’s Resurrectio...

Mar 30 2021

The Glory

Click here for daily readings What is the glory of God? How do we glorify Him? How is God glorified in us? Here at the beginning of Holy Week, we read in the Gospel of John that as soon as Judas left the Last Supper, Jes...

Mar 18 2021

Alert and Aligned

Click here for daily readings Did you ever spend a lot of time and energy trying to convince someone of something that seems so obvious you shouldn’t have to explain it? You may have been tempted to say, “Wha...

Mar 15 2021

Actually, I Have a Better Idea

Click here for daily readings Does it seem like your prayers are unanswered, or your petitions are tossed into a void? Do you weary of asking for things because it seems you will never receive them? Do you ever wonder wh...

Feb 24 2021

The Thought Of Losing Me

Click here for daily readings “At the judgment,” Jesus says in today’s Gospel, “the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them….(T)he men of Nine...

Feb 20 2021

Caught In The Gaze Of Jesus

Click here for daily readings Who was this “tax collector named Levi” in today’s Gospel? How did he enter into this profession? How many hours had Levi sat at the customs post counting and calculating t...

Jan 20 2021

Choosing Not To Choose Is Choosing

Click here for daily readings There is a battle going on in today’s Gospel, but Jesus is the only one who speaks! The Pharisees don’t need to open their mouths – in fact, they willfully remain silent &n...

Jan 13 2021

Driven By Desire…For What?

Click here for daily readings What gets you out of bed before dawn? We push ourselves beyond our superficial comforts for things that we value. Some people seem to focus on fun or competition and stay up late gaming. Som...

Dec 29 2020

Joys and Sorrows

Click here for daily readings Becoming a parent is a profoundly meaningful, deeply moving, beautifully life-changing moment. It also opens up a whole vista of possibilities, uncertainties, and challenges. How will we pro...

Dec 17 2020

Fiber and Flesh, and the O Antiphons

Click here for daily readings Each year the Church presents this genealogy of Jesus, which we can easily skim over when reading because the names do not hold much meaning for us. But this genealogy is significant because...

Dec 06 2020

The Three Comings

Click here for daily readings On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Gospel presents to us the impassioned presence of St. John the Baptist – in the desert alone, dressed in camel’s hair, eating insects and wil...

Nov 21 2020

The Presentation of Mary

Click here for daily readings Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Presentation of Mary. This is not found in the Gospel, but is based on an ancient tradition that Mary was taken to the Temple in Jerusalem and...

Nov 14 2020

Father Knows Best (And Gives Freely To His Children)

Click here for daily readings Today’s parable is straightforward on the surface: we should never become weary of praying, even if it seems our prayer is not being heard. But if we just look a little deeper, there i...