Category Archives: Kathryn Mulderink

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...

Dec 15 2019

Gaudete! Rejoice!

Click here for daily readings Our liturgies for this Sunday take on a different tone than the first two Sundays of Advent. The vestments for Mass are rose instead of violet, and we light a pink candle to represent joyfulness in ...

Dec 13 2019

Bringing the Light to Every Darkened Place

Click here for daily readings Jesus’ generation is much like ours, with people ready to take up the gossip on the prevailing wind and believe whatever is being said, rather than working to see the truth and go against the ...

Dec 03 2019

Emmanuel: God WITH US

Click here for daily readings If you’ve ever heard me speak, you’ve undoubtedly heard me ask, “Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing on this planet?” Because every important journey begins wit...

Nov 29 2019

How Near Is The Kingdom Of God?

Click here for daily readings As we draw near to the end of Ordinary Time, preparing to enter into Advent, the Gospel readings are… serious. Jesus is giving serious warnings about the destruction of Jerusalem, about signs...

Nov 20 2019

All We Need, And More

Click here for daily readings Does your parish church have stained glass windows? Then you will appreciate Pope Benedict XVI’s observation that from the outside, the windows look dark and dull, but when you are inside the ...

Nov 14 2019

An Unseen Kingdom?

Click here for daily readings Every time we pray the Our Father, we make the petition, “Thy Kingdom come.” In just a few weeks, we will celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. We know ...

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...