Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Oct 23 2020

Signs of the Times

Click here for daily readings Jesus points to the fact that his listeners (and his detractors) could certainly interpret indications of oncoming weather – clouds mean rain, wind from the south means heat – an...

Oct 10 2020

Blessed Are Who?

Click here for daily readings In today’s short Gospel, we have much to ponder. A woman from the crowd, acknowledging Jesus’ goodness, acknowledges also the presumed blessedness of his mother. It is a complime...

Oct 07 2020

Our Lady Of The Rosary, Our Lady Of Victory

Click here for daily readings Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. Where does this title and celebration come from? At the last apparition of Fatima on October 13, Mary identified herself i...

Sep 29 2020

Angels

Click here for daily readings It seems many of us don’t give angels a lot of thought. When we do think about them, we tend to think about them in either a childish way (“Angel of God, my guardian dear…...

Sep 17 2020

Superpowers?

Click here for daily readings When I was a child preparing for my first confession, it seemed to me that Jesus had “superpowers” in the Gospel stories I heard. I was amazed that the people walking down the st...

Aug 31 2020

The God of Surprises

Click here for daily readings When men are ordained, they often return to their home parish to celebrate their first Mass and preach, so that the community from which they were called can rejoice with them at the beginni...

Aug 23 2020

A City On a Rock

Click here for daily readings Caesarea Philippi was built like a fortress on a rocky cliff; it seemed a city secure from all invaders. It is here that Jesus chooses to openly reveal himself and his plan for a secure City ...

Aug 12 2020

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know, So We Need Each Other

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, we don’t know what we don’t know. Sometimes, we don’t know that the way we are reaching for our goals is hurtful to others or ourselves, or even that our goals ar...

Jul 21 2020

Making Our Way Home

Click here for daily readings This is a short but somewhat confusing Gospel, wherein Jesus seems to casually dismiss his own family, even his own mother! “Who is my mother? …. Here are my mother and my brothers. Fo...

Jul 07 2020

What Do I Want?

Click here for daily readings What is the most important thing for you today? What do you look forward to? What is waiting for you when you finish the work that must be done, the thing you are eager for? Today’s liturgy r...

Mar 10 2020

Climbing Up By Bowing Down

Click here for daily readings “All their works are performed to be seen.” Do you know people like this? It seems they live as if a camera were constantly on, and they are always “performing.” Because the...

Mar 03 2020

Whose Kingdom is it? Who is in Control?

Click here for daily readings We probably say the Lord’s Prayer at least once a day. These words are part of our Christian “DNA.”But do we really KNOW what we are praying? Father, “hallowed be THY Name.&r...

Feb 28 2020

Becoming a Beautiful Bride

Click here for daily readings Today’s short Gospel is a quick Q & A between the disciples of John and Jesus – one question, with a two-sentence answer. And yet, the answer gives us much to ponder. The disciples o...

Feb 15 2020

The Amazing Value of Not Much, Not Many

Click here for daily readings How much time do you have? How much money do you have? How much patience do you have? How many talents do you have? How much energy do you have? How much prayer time do you have? How many gifts do y...

Feb 03 2020

Begging Jesus to Leave

Click here for daily readings At first, today’s Gospel seems like a straightforward story of Jesus healing another person, freeing him from demonic possession and telling him to go and share his personal good news. But tha...

Jan 28 2020

Family? What Family?

Click here for daily readings If your mother was seeking you, came looking for you, sent word that she was outside waiting for you, your response would be anything but, “Who is my mother?” as if you had never met her...

Jan 17 2020

We Are All One

Click here for daily readings Am I my brothers Keeper? In the Gospels, Jesus is constantly demonstrating that he is God, that he has the power to heal, that he is the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises, that he has come t...

Jan 10 2020

We Are All Lepers

Click here for daily readings Have you ever experienced a physical issue that you wanted to conceal or minimize? A swollen eye? A skin rash? Even a blackened fingernail might keep our hands in our pockets. You know your own hand...

Jan 05 2020

Journeys and Gifts

Click here for daily readings “They saw the child with Mary, his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts…” There are many aspects of this w...

Dec 30 2019

A Family of Faithfulness

Click here for daily readings On the Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas, we are still – liturgically – celebrating Christmas Day! We sing the Gloria at each Mass during these eight days, and the prayers for the...