Category Archives: Lent 2019

Mar 31 2019

Continual Conversion

Click here for daily readings “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.” This quotation from today’s second reading is one of my favorites, so special to me tha...

Mar 30 2019

Return To Me With All Your Heart

Click here for daily readings Throughout these three weeks and three days of Lent, a certain Psalm Response has been running through my head. It has become the theme of my Lenten journey. “Return to Me with all your heart...

Mar 29 2019

The Other Great Commandment

Click here for daily readings “Jesus replied, ‘The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your min...

Mar 28 2019

Listen to my Voice

Click here for daily readings Right off the bat, in the readings today we are told, “I command my people, Listen to my voice.” Henri Nouwen addressed listening as spiritual hospitality in his book, “Bread for ...

Mar 27 2019

Faith Bubble

Click here for daily readings I was brought up in a typical Catholic home. My grandparents were Catholic, all my cousins were Catholic, my mother has been a catechist for 12 years, my father is a Grand Knight in the Knights of ...

Mar 26 2019

My Chains Are Gone

Click here for daily readings In the 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid Spain, Pope Benedict XVI said, “God never tires of forgiving. We all need forgiveness…It brings a hope-filled future” and, at another time, ...

Mar 25 2019

Emmanuel- God Is With Us

Click here for daily readings No, I’m not confused. I know we are approaching Easter, not Christmas. But today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the day we celebrate Gabriel’s visit to Mary telling h...

Mar 23 2019

I Love You More Today Than I Did Yesterday

Click here for daily readings The other day, my fiance and I had a Pre-Cana meeting with our beloved priest friend. If you didn’t know, the Church requires at least 6 months of preparation time for this sacrament. In that...

Mar 22 2019

Decluttering and Finding Joy

Click here for daily readings There is a new system of organizing and decluttering that has people all abuzz. I will openly admit that I am not an expert in this area. There are parts of our home that could use a good declutter...

Mar 21 2019

Community

Click here for daily readings Last week, I joined a Lenten small group. There’s only five of us and we’re reading “Give Up Worry for Lent! 40 Days to Finding Peace in Christ” by Gary Zimak. As someone wi...

Mar 20 2019

Return to Me

Click here for daily readings Today’s reading from Jeremiah reminded me of my high school days. Youth group member, Steubenville retreat attendee, daily-Mass-going 14-year-old me thought she was holier than thou. I ...

Mar 19 2019

St. Joseph: A Model of Humility

Click here for daily readings Today, the Church celebrates one of the most celebrated saints in all of tradition: St. Joseph. Not much is known about St. Joseph outside of what we hear in the gospels of St. Luke and St. Matthew...

Mar 18 2019

Divine Self-Awareness and Responsibility

Click here for daily readings In the First Reading, Daniel admits to his sins and those of Judah. Context aside, the dialogue sounds very much like a person participating in the sacrament of Reconciliation: it is a voluntary ad...

Mar 16 2019

The Freedom of Servitude

Click here for daily readings “Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!” (Psalm 119) The NFL handbook is over three-hundred pages long. What makes this sport so entertaining is seeing smart players execute a...

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 14 2019

Ask, Seek, Knock

Click here for daily readings When reading today’s Gospel, the first thing I thought of was my mom. Throughout my life, every time I go to her and say, “Why didn’t this happen even though I prayed for it? I th...

Mar 13 2019

Do You Want to be Well?

Click here for daily readings The whole purpose of this liturgical season is to return to Jesus with our whole hearts. I don’t know about you, but when I picture my heart, it isn’t always pretty. I picture my heart w...

Mar 12 2019

Bend Your Knee, Bow Your Head, and Pray

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are packed with beauty and symbolism. But, for me, it was easy to choose which Scripture I would use. It just has to be the Gospel, when the Lord gives us his prayer. In the b...

Mar 11 2019

One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Click here for daily readings As a part of Tom (mi esposo)’s discernment and formation for the diaconate, we have taken several classes on the Creed. So, when this last class came to the marks of the Church, I thought, &ld...

Mar 10 2019

Led by the Spirit

Click here for daily readings In today’s reading, we hear that Jesus was led by the Spirit. Even Jesus, the Son of God, was led by the Holy Spirit, as we all should be. But I think we often let the more natural moment...