Category Archives: Mary Thissen

Feb 24 2024

Be Perfect? Be Different. / ¿Ser perfecto? Ser Diferente.

Click here for daily readings “Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” When I read these words of Jesus, I’m always a little confused. I am, after all, human. How can I be perfect? &l...

Feb 03 2024

Busyness, Rest, and Transformation/ Estar Ocupados, el Descanso y la Transformación

Click here for daily readings When I read today’s Gospel, I thought, “I’m sure glad rest is holy.” After a more intense day than normal, I was exhausted. It was an annual event for which I no...

Jan 22 2024

An Eye for an Eye?/ ¿Ojo por ojo?

Click here for daily readings When I read about something in the news that makes me angry, I have an overwhelming feeling to respond to the evil. For about a microsecond, though, I sometimes think of repaying evil with ev...

Jan 02 2024

True Humility / La Humildad Verdadera

Click here for daily readings When I think of humility, I always recoil a little, because I automatically think of the worldly definition of humility. I think that’s a normal human reaction, especially when we are i...