Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Feb 05 2026

Healing Through Anointing / Sanación por la Unción

Click here for daily readingsIf I were sent out to do the Lord’s work, who would I go with? I can immediately say my husband. We are very alike and would understand and support each other’s efforts as we preach repentance and heal the sick. Doesn...

Feb 04 2026

By the Hand of God, Not Men / Por la mano de Dios, no de los hombres

Click here for daily reading The way David handles his grievous sin in the first reading is instructive for our own trials. We might wonder how he sinned in the first place, since the reading only tells us about the census. Context is not much m...

Feb 03 2026

Stories of Faith / Historias de Fe

Click here for daily readings Faith is belief in what we cannot see. As followers of our God-made-man who walked the earth more than 2,000 years ago, faith is at the core of our journey. Today’s Gospel is a celebration of that faith. In it are t...

Feb 02 2026

Candle-Mass / Día de la Candelaria

Click here for daily readings Candles are often-undervalued. Candlelight is warm, cozy, organic, relaxing, quieting. Beeswax candles smell wonderful and are good for your environment (my Scandinavian side values the tradition of “hygge,” in whic...

Feb 01 2026

Let Your Light Shine / Deja brillar tu luz

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading for today, Jesus, after seeing His crowd of followers, sits down and decides to teach them. Something He saw in the people propelled Jesus to take the time to sit down on the side of a mountain and te...

Jan 31 2026

The Age Old Story / La misma historia de siempre

Click here for daily readings In classic Gospel of Mark fashion, there isn’t a lot of transition time between scenes. In the passage immediately prior to this Gospel reading, we hear about how Jesus teaches only in parables. But, “To his own dis...

Jan 30 2026

Seeds of Plenty / Semillas en abundancia

Click here for daily readingsOur Gospel today talks about a very familiar topic, planting seeds. I find it interesting how the Lord implies that we do nothing but plant the seed, for God Himself supports the sprouting, the fruit, and the plentiful harv...

Jan 29 2026

More to the One Who Has / Más para el que tiene

Click here for daily readingsWhen we hear “To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away” (Mk 4:25), our brains may resist this teaching. On the surface level it seems like Jesus is saying that th...

Jan 28 2026

Good Soil / Tierra fertil

Click here for daily readings We want to be good soil. We want the Word to grow in us and bear much fruit. The reality is that sometimes we are the ground along the path, sometimes the rocky ground, and even sometimes we are surrounded by thorns...

Jan 27 2026

Saint Angela Merici / Santa Ángela Merici

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast of St. Angela Merici. If you have never heard of her, I invite you to look up her biography and see what an incredible young lady she was. She lived in the 15th century. Orphaned at a very y...

Jan 26 2026

Have I Blasphemed Against the Holy Spirit? / ¿He blasfemado contra el Espíritu Santo?

Click here for daily readings “I’m afraid I’ve committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and I’m going to hell.” With trembling hearts, very good Catholics have confided this fear quietly to me. For whatever reason, their minds have zeroed in ...

Jan 25 2026

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand” / “Conviértanse, porque ya está cerca el Reino de los cielos”

Click here for daily readings In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus’ first public words are, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” These were likewise the words of St. John the Baptist (Matt. 3:2), and now that John has been arrested for speaking...

Jan 24 2026

Bits and Pieces / Solamente fragmentos

Click here for daily readings Let’s say every day you go to work, you take the city bus. You get on and there are already people riding that route. While most people riding a bus adhere to a strict code of silence, some people inevitably start c...

Jan 23 2026

At Least One True Friend / Por lo menos un verdadero amigo

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is one of those very short readings where it helps to read a few verses before and after to better understand the context and help us learn more about what the passage offers. In the verses before (Ma...

Jan 22 2026

The Gift of Life / El don de la vida

Click here for daily readingsToday we pause to reflect on the primordial gift of all gifts: life. Without life itself, we cannot partake in any of the other wonderful gifts God grants. I have taken part in many pro-life activities throughout the years....

Jan 21 2026

Equipped and Called / Equipados y Llamados

Click here for daily readings Today we hear the classic story of David and Goliath. When I was teaching high school theology classes on Scripture this was one of my favorite examples to bring up when telling the class that the Bible is not a chi...

Jan 20 2026

The Sabbath: A Time to Rest / El Sabbat: Un Tiempo para Descansar

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus and His disciples walk through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and the hungry disciples begin to pick heads of grain to eat. The Pharisees accuse them of harvesting, which would have violat...

Jan 19 2026

What Does God Want From Us? / ¿Qué quiere Dios de nosotros?

Click here for daily readings There have been many times in my life when the feelings of frustration and despair have overwhelmed me to the point that I looked upward toward heaven and asked God, “What am I supposed to do? What more can I do?” ...

Jan 18 2026

I Know a Guy / Conozco a un tipo

Click here for daily readings Before he became an Apostle and author of the fourth Gospel, John was a disciple of an unusual man who lived in the desert and ate locusts. The Baptist, as he was known, explained to his followers that he had been t...

Jan 17 2026

Field Hospital / Hospital de Campaña

Click here for daily readingsIn today’s Gospel the Pharisees ask Jesus’ disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Although the Pharisees are not asking out of genuine curiosity, but rather to trip up Jesus, I lean in to His re...