Category Archives: Lent

Mar 07 2023

Follow the Lord / Seguir al Señor

Click here for daily readings In writing these blog posts, it can be so easy for me to fall into the trap discussed in today’s Gospel. While I am a member of the laity, these blog posts make me someone preaching the Word t...

Mar 06 2023

Reflecting the Divine: Be Merciful / Ser Reflejo de lo Divino: Ser Misericordioso

Click here for daily readings When God created humanity, he did so in his image and likeness (Gen 1:26). St. Augustine preached that there is certainly a gap between God and humanity such that humanity’s reflection ...

Mar 05 2023

Faith and Action / La Fe y la Acción

Click here for daily readings During this season of Lent, I think one of the images that comes up frequently is a desert. We perhaps think about Jesus fasting for 40 days in the desert or about the suffering of the Israel...

Mar 04 2023

Jesus Wants to Transform Us / Jesús Quiere Transformarnos

Click here for daily readings As part of my penance a priest told me to pray for a person who’d hurt me. It was a big hurt, one that took much out of me and required many long processing conversations. My feelings t...

Mar 03 2023

Peace be with You / La Paz Esté Con Ustedes

Click here for daily readings The Sign of Peace can be a struggle. We are in the midst of the Eucharistic prayer, preparing our hearts and minds to receive Jesus; body, blood, soul, and divinity and the Eucharistic prayer...

Mar 02 2023

The Best Gift Ever Received / El Mejor Regalo Jamás Recibido

Click here for daily readings “What’s the best Christmas or birthday gift you’ve ever received?” I posed this question to my Confirmation candidates in small groups recently, as a good way to start thinki...

Mar 01 2023

Return to Me/ Volver a Mi

Click here for daily readings There is an interesting dynamic in the readings for today. The tension is real. The message from the verse before the Gospel is clear, “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your w...

Feb 28 2023

An Outward Approach / Mirando Para Afuera

Click here for daily readings Perhaps we’re not ready. Perhaps we feel unprepared. Perhaps our hearts are still restless. Perhaps we are still in a post-holiday slump. But ready or not, here we are, and we can take ...

Feb 27 2023

Visiting the Imprisoned / Visitando a los Encarcelados

Click here for daily readings If you or I ever wished that Jesus would personally tell us what he wishes for us to do, it is the above reading that makes it very clear. Jesus talks to us about feeding the hungry and thirsty, ...

Feb 26 2023

The Tempting of the King / La Tentación del Rey

Click here for daily readings “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.” “You shall worship the Lord ...

Feb 25 2023

Get Up and Follow Christ / Levántate y Sigue a Cristo

Click here for daily readings “Leaving everything behind, [Levi] got up and followed him.” Jesus invites people individually and personally to follow him. Levi, despite the fact that he was truly an unlikely c...

Feb 24 2023

New Wine and the New Wineskin / Vino Nuevo y Odre Nuevo

Click here for daily readings When the disciples of John the Baptist approached Jesus and asked, “Why do the Pharisees and we fast (much), but your disciples do not fast?” At that time, fasting was e...

Feb 23 2023

Losing Yourself / Perderte a Ti Mismo

Click here for daily readings There are seasons in life when it seems we are losing. I think back to when I was the mother of babies – I lost: sleep, quick trips to the store, quiet at Mass, clothes that stayed clea...

Feb 22 2023

Ash Wednesday / Miércoles de Ceniza

Click here for daily readings We are reminded today to give alms, pray, and fast. We remember that we don’t do these things for the world, but rather we do them for God and our Father who sees in secret will reward ...

Nov 14 2022

Seeing is Believing / Ver es Creer

Click here for daily readings I have a confession to make: I don’t notice things. I’ll have spent half an hour with someone, and they’ll finally ask, “So what do you think of my new glasses?”...

Apr 16 2022

The Liturgy of the Magnificent Easter Vigil

Click here for daily readings Holy Saturday… A day of quiet and calm. A day of intimacy and hope. A day when all creation sighed in exhaustion after witnessing the sorrowful and tragic events of Calvary the day bef...

Apr 15 2022

Behold The Wood Of The Cross

Click here for daily readings Lent has come to an end; it ends when the Mass on Holy Thursday begins and we enter into these three holy days (“Triduum”), which are the summit of the Liturgical Year, unfolding...

Apr 14 2022

What Makes You Think That You’re So Special?

Click here for daily readings I have the good fortune to work in an office that is on the same grounds as a Catholic retreat center. Because of this, I often come into contact with a lot of great Christ-centered wisdom. This pas...

Apr 13 2022

Be Better

Click here for daily readings We are in the middle of Holy Week, people! Less than a week until Easter! Less than a week until we commemorate the greatest gift of all! Is your soul refreshed? Are your hopes and desires getting y...

Apr 12 2022

God’s Plan for You

Click here for daily readings As I sit down to write this reflection, my daughter-in-law is in labor! Like the servant in the passage from today’s First Reading, our grandson is known by God, even in the womb of his...