Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

Nov 06 2019

Jesus Is Not A Magic Genie

Click here for daily readings Is Jesus a benevolent giver who wants to give you good things? Does He intend to pave your way and keep things running smoothly? Does He want everyone to be happy and get along? Well, yes and no. Je...

Oct 23 2019

God’s Will For Me Is Right Here

Click here for daily readings “Lord, what am I supposed to be doing?” Have you ever wondered or asked the Lord why you are alive, or what He wants you to do? Have you ever thought that this is almost impossible to kn...

Oct 09 2019

Give Us This Day Our Daily Meditation

Click here for daily readings We all know that prayer is the way we converse with God, but we often feel a bit lost about how to pray. Reciting prayers is one thing; truly praying is another. Maybe you’ve seen so...

Sep 21 2019

Sudden Freedom

Click here for daily readings On this Feast of St. Matthew, we acknowledge all the Apostles – those specially chosen by Christ to lead the Church he came to establish for the salvation of all! In a particular way, of cours...

Sep 07 2019

Staying out of the Ditches

Click here for daily readings What’s with the Pharisees? Haven’t they learned by now that they couldn’t win an argument with this wandering rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth? Still, they continue to challenge him and ...

Aug 15 2019

We Are Made For Heaven

Click here for daily readings Today’s official liturgical celebration is “The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” This is significant if we understand that there are three categories of c...

Aug 01 2019

Bad Fish

Click here for daily readings What could be worse than bad fish? Not much and Jesus tells us in the parable in today’s Gospel that bad fish are thrown away, and “thus it will be at the end of the age.” The &ldq...

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...