Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Jul 12 2019

Sheep Amidst Wolves

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel may make us think twice about being disciples of Jesus! He has called the Twelve and begun to give them instructions about their mission in the world, and he is very straightfo...

Jul 01 2019

Following Wherever

Click here for daily readings Shorter Gospel readings may seem easy – a point or two, quickly understood. But they always intrigue me and prompt a question: Why did the Church choose just these five verses? What...

Jun 12 2019

What Makes for Greatness? Who is the Greatest?

Click here for daily readings These are questions people ask all the time because there is in each of us the desire to matter. We want to know that what we do and who we are is important and meaningful. Our deepest so...

Jun 01 2019

Whatever We Ask?

Click here for daily readings Jesus says something amazing in today’s Gospel, something we may think is unbelievable: “Whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” Really? Our experience of prayer...

May 14 2019

Abiding in Love: God’s Work, God’s Way

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Matthias, a disciple who had followed Jesus from the beginning of his ministry all the way to the Ascension. The Apostles understood their role representing the 1...

May 01 2019

A Familiar Passage to a Refreshed Tune

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, Scripture readings are so familiar that I can “skim” over them. Hearing them so many times should embed them in our minds and hearts, but the adaptability of the human brain ...

Apr 18 2019

The Triduum Begins

Click here for daily readings Today we enter into three of the most beautiful days of the liturgical year: the Triduum. During these three days, the regular rhythm of the liturgy – our daily Mass times – are disrupte...

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...