Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2019

Sep 19 2019

It is God Who Changes Us

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like certain aspects of your life are like the song that never ends? Never-ending diapers, never-ending cooking, washing, drying, never-ending home improvement projects, drywall, mu...

Sep 18 2019

Our Teacher

Click here for daily readings After reading the Gospel for today, I told my husband, “Now I know why they called Jesus ‘Teacher’. This reading feels like a day in my life!” Now hear me out–I’...

Sep 17 2019

Moved with Pity

Click here for daily readings Think back to the last time you prayed. Maybe it was a few minutes ago, or maybe it’s been a few days. You might have knelt down on a very used kneeler in a church before our Lord or made t...

Sep 16 2019

Love Your Enemies

Click here for daily readings My father and his family lived through the German occupation of France in World War Two. For the duration of the war, uniformed strangers lived—literally—in his home, told him where he...

Sep 15 2019

Uniting our Sorrows to the Cross

Click here for daily readings My heart has been deeply compelled to draw closer to Our Lady as of lately. As a convert to the Catholic faith, it has taken me a long time to get to this point, but I finally feel a strong devoti...

Sep 14 2019

Do You Trust Me?

Click here for daily readings We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, Because by your Cross you have redeemed the world. The other day, my Pastor was sharing how he studied Greek in his undergrad seminarian years. He loved i...

Sep 13 2019

Consecrated in Truth

Click here for daily readings “Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.” Oh my goodness! Did you know there is a wikiHow on “How to Consecrate Yourself to God”? What a hoot! In the...

Sep 11 2019

Recognize- Then Count- Your Blessings

Click here for daily readings I chose this specific date for a reason. For several reasons, really. Can anyone live September 11th each year without recounting the events of the Twin Towers? Today is also my Father’s bir...

Sep 10 2019

Walking Closely with Christ

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear who Jesus named the Twelve Apostles. After calling them, they were surrounded by a great crowd of people. People from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal re...

Sep 09 2019

For the Sake of Suffering

Click here for daily readings As I read through today’s readings in preparation for this post, one phrase hit me like a ton of bricks. Redemptive suffering. It’s a phrase you’ve probably heard before but mayb...

Sep 07 2019

Staying out of the Ditches

Click here for daily readings What’s with the Pharisees? Haven’t they learned by now that they couldn’t win an argument with this wandering rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth? Still, they continue to challenge him and ...

Sep 06 2019

The Changing Seasons

Click here for daily readings The changing of seasons is always so bittersweet. Beach season turns into orchard season. Shorts are exchanged for pants. Evenings and mornings turn cool, and if they hit the 50’s, you might...

Sep 05 2019

A Drop in the Ocean

Click here for daily readings “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” –St. Teresa of Calcutta Today we celebrate the f...

Sep 04 2019

Purpose, Focus, Direction

Click here for daily readings I love the Gospel reading today because it shows the unmatched power of Jesus as the son of God while at the same time showing his incredible focus for the end goal. Purpose-focus-direction. These...

Sep 03 2019

Transformed for Good

Click here for daily readings Today is the birthday of my best friend, my love, my husband. I picked this day to write a reflection for a few reasons – one of the reasons being to dedicate this to my husband, but also to...

Sep 02 2019

Labor Day

Click here for daily readings Today is the 125th time the United States of America celebrates this national holiday. “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the ...

Aug 31 2019

Good and Faithful Servant

Click here for daily readings “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” “You wicked, lazy servant.” Secretly I hope one day to hear the first sentence addressed to me by God and not the second. An...

Aug 30 2019

What: Me, Holy?

Click here for daily readings For a very long time, I thought I might have a vocation to the religious life. It turned out that I didn’t, but I gave the possibility a lot of time and thought and prayer. My everyday life ...

Aug 29 2019

True Freedom

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist. The Gospel recounts the story of this event, and in it, there are two men, King Herod, and John the Baptist, one of them imprisoned an...

Aug 28 2019

Feast of St. Augustine

Click here for daily readings My friends, today on the memorial of St Augustine, the Church has given us readings in the Liturgy and in the Office of Readings that focus on the amazing attraction of Jesus on our souls. St Paul...