Category Archives: Lent

Mar 17 2022

A Life Of Prayer With Psalm 1 And Beyond

Click here for daily readings How do you pray? How do you talk to Jesus? I have always found it so hard. In this world and age, we are so distracted by the activity around us, it is hard to focus on finding inner peace a...

Mar 16 2022

In Your Hands Is My Destiny

Click here for daily readings “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” The mother of the sons of Zebedee had figured out, perhaps, that the...

Mar 15 2022

Being Exalted

Click here for daily readings A new heart and a new spirit. That’s Jesus’ goal for us. He makes all things new, and he wants us to participate in this renewal by casting away all the bad and embracing all the...

Mar 14 2022

Mercy, Thank God

Click here for daily readings How great is our God that he is so merciful! In today’s Responsorial Psalm, we repeat, “Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.” I know that I am, personally, so bl...

Mar 13 2022

Our Mountaintop Experiences

Click here for daily readings Last summer I attended a Theology of the Body course and had a mountaintop experience. A diverse group of people from around the world came together to learn about St. John Paul II’s te...

Mar 12 2022

Belonging to God

Click here for daily readings I have really been struggling with one person in particular lately. Some of the struggles have come about due to emails. Why does so and so have to be so direct, sarcastic, rude, etc.? When s...

Mar 11 2022

Stay Close to Christ

Click here for daily reading As with Lent itself, our readings today are sobering. We might not recognize it at first, focusing instead on the message of hope: “If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he comm...

Mar 10 2022

I Have No Help But You

Click here for daily readings “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you.” These words still feel as tangible and heartfelt as they must h...

Mar 09 2022

Be a Ninevite

Click here for daily readings The Jewish people had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a Messiah. They memorized Scripture, kept all of the Mosaic Law, repeated the stories and traditions so that on the day of the...

Mar 08 2022

The Power of God’s Word

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today always makes me think of the power of Sacred Scripture. Words which, though penned by various writers in various times and circumstances, are ultimately authored by Go...

Mar 07 2022

A Very Acceptable Time

Click here for daily readings It is Monday and a very acceptable time to reflect, think and pray. The readings today help to narrow my thought process and provide many lenses to help my focus during Lent 2022. My reflecti...

Mar 06 2022

Overcoming the Five P’s

Click here for daily readings Jesus came to save us by entering into the fullness of the condition of fallen humanity and offering all to the Father. He was like us “in all things but sin” (Hebrews 4:15); he ...

Mar 05 2022

Creation in Chaos

Click here for daily readings We are living in a strange time where the order of creation seems to have reversed itself and those things which we once held dear have somehow become less in our hearts, while the things th...

Mar 04 2022

When Life Gives You Lemons

Click here for daily readings We have all heard the phrase “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But what if life just keeps throwing you lemon after lemon after lemon, so that everything seems to turn ...

Mar 03 2022

Our Crosses and How We Carry Them

Click here for daily readings When I read today’s readings, I am drawn to the reality that how I understand what my cross is and how I carry it will define the lens of how I comprehend these readings. My hope is that Ho...

Mar 02 2022

The Sacrifice of Words

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel, we are told by Jesus of the importance of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as well as the proper way to participate in those sacrifices. When we pray, fast, and give alms, we sh...

Apr 03 2021

Final Preparations

Click here for daily readings As a child, this day seemed to drag on and on. Sure, we tried to fill the time by boiling eggs and coloring them, helping Mom with final Easter preparations or going to the store to get the h...

Apr 02 2021

The Merit of Suffering

Click here for daily reading Good Friday is the darkest day in history, but it is also a day of hope. God has been crucified, but He will rise before long. We know that he will soon rise, but today is a day of solemn grie...

Apr 01 2021

Saving Sacrifices and Service

Click here for daily readings It’s no coincidence that Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Passover meal. Nearly every part of the Passover is a foreshadowing of Christ’s saving sacrifice. The Israelites we...

Mar 31 2021

Be Attentive

Click here for daily reading Today is “Spy Wednesday,” the day that Judas betrayed Our Lord. Our First Reading and Psalm speak eloquently of the Suffering Servant of God, the Messiah, who will come to save His...