Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2019

Aug 26 2019

Be Delighted

Click here for daily readings The Lord delights in you. Let that sink in for a moment. The Lord DELIGHTS in you. The Lord delights in YOU. Today, I invite us to reflect on the responsorial psalm and the way we can emphasize the...

Aug 24 2019

Come and See

Click here for daily readings I love the sweet simplicity of today’s Gospel. Philip was looking for Nathanel and as he finds him, shares that one whom the Jews were waiting for is here, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth....

Aug 23 2019

A Blueprint for Love

Click here for daily readings “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your...

Aug 22 2019

An Invitation of Love

Click here for daily readings I have written about this before, but I absolutely love when God’s love for us is described with marital imagery. As most of you know, having been recently married, it is a time in my life wh...

Aug 21 2019

A Joyful Celebration

Click here for daily readings Are you someone that gets to Sunday Mass ten to fifteen minutes early? Are you someone that seems to make it right on time? Or are you always running late, getting there after Mass has already star...

Aug 20 2019

Seasons of Hardship

Click here for daily readings Have you ever gone through a period of great suffering in your life, a time when you felt like enough was enough and just couldn’t go on? I mean, how many things can snowball into a stark rea...

Aug 19 2019

Fulfilled Hearts

Click here for daily readings As a young adult, I recognize myself in the young man that we read about in today’s Gospel. We want to know the rules, the step-by-step instructions, the exact path to walk down for perfectio...

Aug 18 2019

Set the World Ablaze

Click here for daily readings “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!&rd...

Aug 17 2019

Wholehearted Trust

Click here for daily readings Do you ever miss being a child? Some of you may read that question, roll your eyes, and say, “Who has time for questions like that?” Or maybe that seems so long ago, that you’ve ...

Aug 16 2019

Seeds of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings “I gave you a land you had not tilled and cities that you had not built, to dwell in; you have eaten of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.” -Josiah 24:13 Josiah is add...

Aug 15 2019

We Are Made For Heaven

Click here for daily readings Today’s official liturgical celebration is “The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” This is significant if we understand that there are three categories of c...

Aug 14 2019

A Saint for our Times

Click here for daily readings “The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.” -St. Maximilian Kolbe In this beautiful creation, there is much to be grateful for – community, nature, and wonders of the w...

Aug 13 2019

Children and the Kingdom of God

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is truly one of my favorites! Perhaps it’s because I’ve worked in schools for 3 years. But my favorite thing about being around kids, no matter what age they are, ...

Aug 12 2019

Subject of the Lord our God

Click here for daily readings “Something very deep and mysterious, very holy and sacred, is taking place in our lives right where we are, and the more attentive we become the more we will begin to see and hear it. The mor...

Aug 10 2019

Those Who Sow Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully

Click here for daily readings Today’s date marks an important day in my family’s history. It is the day my dad was ordained a Permanent Deacon. As of today, we have had an ordained minister in our family for 17 yea...

Aug 09 2019

Take up your Cross with a Smile

Click here for daily readings Last week Friday I was positive about the direction this post would take, based on today’s readings. I love the Deuteronomy reading when Moses, almost chiding the Israelites about the wonders...

Aug 08 2019

Praying with Peter

Click here for daily readings “Thou art Peter and upon this rock, I shall build my church.” These are the first words I saw when I walked into my new church. I had been offered my new job just a few days prior and w...

Aug 07 2019

It Just Has To Be Somebody

Click here for daily readings When I was in school—I went to a small Catholic girls’ school—I started writing. A lot. My reason for this burst of literary activity was revenge. I was most definitely not one of...

Aug 06 2019

Be Transformed

Click here for daily readings While sitting down to write the reflection for today’s Gospel I was stuck on what to say. I have felt lukewarm in my faith lately, struggling to find the passion and fire that I typically hav...

Aug 05 2019

In Our Pain

Click here for daily readings Have you ever watched a movie or read a book, then learned a fact about it that changes everything? That was me today. I’ve always heard Jesus’ miracle of the fish and the loaves, but ...