Category Archives: Mike Karpus

Aug 18 2023

Consecrated by God / Consagrados por Dios

Click here for daily readings The Gospel for today seems to touch on many things pertinent to our day and age: marriage, divorce, single life, rules against divorce, reasons not to marry, you name it. All of it, I think, ...

Jul 18 2023

Getting Away with Murder / Esquivar el Castigo del Asesinato

Click here for daily readings Our readings today begin with the story of Moses, and how his mother hid him as a baby, but he was discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, who raised him as his own. Unlike his fellow Hebrews...

Jun 17 2023

Mary’s Immaculate Heart / El Inmaculado Corazón de María

Click here for daily readings Two times in the second chapter of Luke’s Gospel, we specifically read about Mary’s heart. The first time, it is in Bethlehem, and the shepherds have just related what they were t...

May 15 2023

Awesome Help / Un Auxilio Increíble

Click here for daily readings Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthe...

Apr 18 2023

Born From Above / Nacido Desde Arriba

Click here for daily readings The Octave of Easter, our eight-day celebration of the Paschal mystery, just wrapped up on Divine Mercy Sunday. Yet now the daily Gospels have returned to a period long before the death and r...

Mar 18 2023

Our True Selves / Nuestro Verdadero Yo

Click here for daily readings Every person’s life is a journey. We start out as babies and grow into our true selves. And if we’re honest with ourselves, we realize that our “selves” aren’t r...

Feb 18 2023

Just a Glimpse / Solo un Vistazo

Click here for daily readings As you read this, Lent is four days away. Perhaps you already have in place your plan for prayer, fasting and almsgiving, the three pillars we use to support our preparation for the glorious ...

Jan 18 2023

Essence of the Law / La Esencia de la Ley

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is six verses long. Just the first six verses of the Gospel of Mark. The passage is both straightforward and very confusing at the same time. Jesus, the good Jew, enters ...

Dec 17 2022

The Wisdom of God / La Sabiduría de Dios

Click here for daily readings “O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge!” I never knew my maternal grandfather; he died a year and a hal...

Dec 02 2022

Whom Should I Fear? / ¿A Quién Debo Temer?

Click here for daily readings “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?” Friday of the first week of Advent, day six of the sea...

Nov 13 2022

The End Is The Beginning / El Final es el Inicio

Click here for daily readings We’ve come to that point in time, the penultimate (second to last) Sunday of the Liturgical Year, when our readings for the day are all about the end of time. Death, destruction, doom a...

Oct 31 2022

Start Small / Empezando Pequeño

Click here for daily readings Modern society would have us declare today is Halloween. Costumes, jack o’ lanterns, trick-or-treating, candy. Our Catholic faith, on the other hand, would instead remind us that today ...

Oct 14 2022

Chosen to Be His Own / Elegido Como Suyo

Click here for daily readings I think we human beings don’t always acknowledge the effects that everyday life has on us. Some of those effects we’re good at recognizing: I’m exhausted, I’m frustrat...

Sep 30 2022

Our Place / Nuestro Lugar

Click here for daily readings I know a lot of people say this, but my dad was one of the smartest men I have ever known. I will go a step further — he was one of the wisest men I ever knew. When I was a kid monkeyin...

Sep 13 2022

Up Close and Personal / Íntimamente

Click here for daily readings Luke tells us in today’s Gospel that Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain. A couple of interesting facts about Nain: The town is in Galilee, just a bit south of Nazareth, and it’...

Aug 26 2022

We Proclaim Christ Crucified / Proclamamos a Cristo Crucificado

Click here for daily readings My grandson, who is now 4 years old, likes to pretend he is a character from one of his books, movies or TV shows, and the rest of his family gets assigned roles, too. After spending a week i...

Aug 15 2022

All Glory Is His / Toda la Gloria es Suya

Click here for daily readings **This reflection is being posted for Aug 8th. Due to a technical issue, it did not post.** There is a lot going on in today’s readings, from Ezekiel’s vision of the glory of God,...

Jul 16 2022

Justice for the Gentiles / Justicia para los Gentiles

Click here for daily readings There is a long-lingering rumor, one I have never been able to confirm, that my father’s family has Jewish origins, and some ancestor back in time converted to Catholicism, possibly to ...

Jun 26 2022

Beyond Mammon

Click here for daily readings You will remember that just a few days ago, the Gospel for June 18 gave us that famous line from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, “You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Mt 6:24) It&...

Jun 11 2022

Give It to Them Straight

Click here for daily readings Jesus is particularly clear in today’s Gospel from Matthew, a selection from his Sermon on the Mount: Speak the truth. “Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your...