Category Archives: Leslie Sholly

Dec 26 2023

On the Feast of Stephen / En la Fiesta de San Esteban

Click here for daily readings Merry Christmas! While some of our neighbors may have already taken down their decorations, as Catholics, we know the celebration is just beginning. We even have a special carol just for toda...

Nov 28 2023

What Dreams May Come / Los Sueños Que Pueden Venir

Click here for daily readings My family and close friends sometimes ask me to interpret their dreams, and I have become good at it, even doing research into dream analysis to improve my skills. My own dreams frequently in...

Oct 30 2023

Spirit-led Sabbaths / Los Domingos Guiados por el Espíritu

Click here for daily readings When I was a little girl I read all the Little House on the Prairie books over and over. I remember being deeply impressed by the rules for Sabbath behavior back in those days. Not only was n...

Sep 28 2023

Preparing the Way / Preparando el Camino

Click here for daily readings Good King Wenceslaus looked out, on the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even . . . Can you hear the music? In this, my favorite Christmas carol, the good K...

Aug 29 2023

A Life Ruled by Fear / Una Vida Gobernada por el Miedo

Click here for daily readings I first encountered the story of the Passion of St. John the Baptist in the Bible I received from my godparents when I made my First Holy Communion. I sometimes think I am remembering w...

Jul 29 2023

Promises To Keep / Guardar las Promesas

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, the Israelites make a bold promise: “When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice...

Jun 28 2023

By Their Fruits / Por Sus Frutos Los Conocerán

Click here for daily readings “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.’” We live in a world of self-pr...

May 26 2023

A Tale of Three Evangelists / La Historia de Tres Evangelistas

Click here for daily readings I always enjoy the readings from the Acts of the Apostles that we hear during the Easter season. While the Epistles are full of wisdom, they can be difficult to understand or subject to inter...

Apr 28 2023

Hearing God’s Voice / Escuchando la Voz de Dios

Click here for daily readings From my toddler days to my teens, I spent Fridays at my maternal grandparents’ house. An early reader, I was always scrounging for material – my grandmother’s collection of ...

Mar 28 2023

Hope in the Desert / Esperanza en el Desierto

Click here for daily readings Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 days. The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years. Lent is 40 days long, and that’s no accident. Today, deep in the desert of Lent 2023, w...

Jan 31 2023

A Cloud of Witnesses / Una Multitud de Testigos

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading encourages us that “[s]ince we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere ...

Dec 28 2022

Darkness and Light / Luz y Tinieblas

Click here for daily readings Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, Bye bye, lully, lullay. Thou little tiny child, Bye bye, lully, lullay. Herod the king in his raging Set forth upon this day By his decree, no life spar...

Nov 28 2022

Let Us Go Rejoicing / Vamos Regocijando

Click here for daily readings Every Sunday, Catholics are bound by obligation to go to the “house of the Lord” to attend Mass. Of course, many fail to meet this obligation. Others would never dream of missing ...

Oct 30 2022

Our Patient Father / Nuestro Padre Paciente

Click here for daily readings People love to make fun of the songs we sang at church in the early 1970s, but I was a little girl then and I remember many of them fondly. Today’s Gospel took me back to that time inst...

Sep 29 2022

In the Sight of the Angels / A la Vista de los Ángeles

Click here for daily readings I remain a parishioner at the church where I was baptized 55 years ago, meaning I have spent well over 2,000 Sunday mornings there. As a child, my mind and my eyes tended to wander, and the s...

Aug 28 2022

Seeking Humility / Buscando la Humildad

Click here for daily readings “Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God,” we hear in today’s reading from Sirach. Jesus reiterates this in the Gospel, s...

Jul 28 2022

Potter and Clay / Alfarero y Arcilla

Click here for daily readings Abba, Abba Father. You are the potter; we are the clay, the work of Your hands . . . That is the beginning of a song I remember singing often at morning Mass when I was an 8th grader in...

Jun 28 2022

Jesus, Our One, True God

Click here for daily readings Today’s Old Testament reading sounds a bit scary: “You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.” ...

May 28 2022

On Speaking Boldly and Correcting Quietly

Click here for daily readings As a cradle Catholic with 16 years of Catholic school, I estimate that I attended Mass close to 7,000 times. And yet occasionally one of the day’s readings surprises me. “I’...

Feb 28 2022

Heavenly Treasures

Click here for daily readings We are all familiar with today’s Gospel story about the rich young man who is unable to surrender his wealth in order to follow Jesus, and especially Jesus’ perplexing comments ab...