Category Archives: Lent 2018

Mar 19 2018

So Much Childishness!

Click here for Spanish version “I don’t want to! I don’t want it! No!” I hear my three-year-old repeat over and over again, as we try to get him to eat healthy, use the bathroom, play nicely with his brot...

Mar 18 2018

Go to Joseph!

Click here for the Spanish version Today we interrupt Lent to celebrate St. Joseph. Among saints, he’s in a category all of his own, right up there after the Blessed Mother. When God the Father sent his Son into the world,...

Mar 18 2018

Preoccupation or presence?

Click here for Spanish version I love to daydream. and text and go on Facebook and Instagram and my bank app and my email and my photos and read that random new story …… All things that take me away from where I am...

Mar 16 2018

Ever Patient God

Click here for Spanish version My son, Mason, started middle school in September. As you would expect, he started copping an attitude at the same time. It’s gotten to the point where looking at him sideways puts him in a m...

Mar 16 2018

Into the Depths of Christ’s Heart

Click here for Spanish version Lately my husband and I have been battling with our preschooler’s changing attitudes. One of his classmates has had a negative impact on him and he has learned bad words and violent play by o...

Mar 15 2018

The Moment of Decision

Click here for Spanish version In his Confessions, Saint Augustine recounts the great struggle he went through in his conversion. He was drawing closer to embracing the Catholic faith, but he couldn’t bring himself to give...

Mar 13 2018

Allow the Beggar In

Click here for Spanish version I like to look for the surprises in the spiritual life. Many people I have spoken with have a sense that we approach God to ask for or even beg for graces, and to some degree, I think this is a goo...

Mar 12 2018

The Beauty in the Other

Click here for Spanish version Last week I went to what I thought was a Catholic Theology on Tap, but as it turns out, “Pub Theology” is not the same thing as Theology on Tap. Pub Theology was a local interfaith grou...

Mar 11 2018

A Joyful Suffering

Click here for Spanish version I always like to look to the scriptures for inspiration in my writing, but do you ever read the Bible and just get depressed? I clearly remember as a kid that we would all gather as a family and pr...

Mar 11 2018

We Were Not Made For Exile

Click here for Spanish version One of the most extraordinary things about Christianity is that we worship a God of mercy. All the other world religions are the story of humanity reaching for God; Christianity alone is the story ...

Mar 10 2018

The Faith of the Publican

Click here for Spanish version We are over half-way through Lent. I’m certainly not going to ask you about how you are doing with your Lenten resolutions when the Gospel of the day is the parable of the Pharisee and the pu...

Mar 09 2018

Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

Click here for Spanish version A two-day retreat with twenty-nine eighth graders is one of the most exhausting experiences I’ve ever had. Junior high is a time where young girls and boys begin asking life’s big quest...

Mar 08 2018

Go To Confession

Here we are about half way through Lent, and this is typically the week that parishes and diocese have communal penance services. I thought we might take a break from our regularly scheduled blog post to remind everyone how important the Sacra...

Mar 07 2018

Remembering God’s Presence

Click here for Spanish version I’m forgetful, are you? I mean, I recently found myself getting more forgetful of why I came into a room, or where I put my keys. Names and details were slipping away from me. But that’...

Mar 05 2018

Have Patience With Me

Click here for Spanish version “Have patience with me,” the servant asks of the King. “Have patience with me,” begs the sinner to the Lord. “Have patience with me,” says the child to her mothe...

Mar 04 2018

Have I Placed God First?

Click here for Spanish version Being a Catholic Christian in the 21st century, even if through conversion, means I am always a bit confused by the rejection Jesus faces by the Israelites. Perhaps this confusion is especially dir...

Mar 03 2018

When Enough Is Enough

Click here for Spanish version There are a few select readings in the Bible that always throw me off. For example, in today’s reading Jesus, the Son of God, our Savior and Messiah, throws a tantrum. At least that’s h...

Mar 02 2018

What Does It Even Matter?

Click here for Spanish version After the ministers had finished distributing the Eucharist to the congregation, our pastor took the remainder of the consecrated hosts and put them in the Tabernacle. As he did, everyone on the al...

Mar 01 2018

Unsorted Loves

Click here for the Spanish version Lent this year, as everyone knows, began on Valentine’s Day. In its deepest meaning, we could say, Lent is about “sorting out our loves.” Today’s Liturgy of the Word sho...

Feb 28 2018

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

Click here for Spanish version What will persuade us of the truth, the power, and the incredible beauty of Christ’s resurrection? After His death, the rich man asks Abraham to send Lazarus to those of his family who are s...