Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2019

Aug 03 2019

Do Not Deal Unfairly

Click here for daily readings I admit it. I did not want to write today’s blog. It chose me. In 1985, this was a day of jubilee. I married the man I loved. Our family and friends gathered, and we celebrated life and new ...

Aug 02 2019

Living the Liturgical Year

Click here for daily readings I LOVE this time of year! The pace of summer touched with the anticipation of another school year. As a teacher, I am so grateful for the change of pace of summer and the opportunity to step back a...

Aug 01 2019

Bad Fish

Click here for daily readings What could be worse than bad fish? Not much and Jesus tells us in the parable in today’s Gospel that bad fish are thrown away, and “thus it will be at the end of the age.” The &ldq...

Jul 31 2019

Destined for Radiance

Click here for daily readings The first reading today from Exodus describes a fascinating transformation that happened to Moses at Mt. Sinai. After conversing with God on the mountain, and whenever he spoke with God in the taber...

Jul 30 2019

Mercy Always and Everywhere

Click here for daily readings I was with a group of amazing young women the other night. They are in that time of life where they are pretty recently married and starting their families. As they shared their stories of the antic...

Jul 29 2019

Have Eyes Only For Jesus

Click here for daily readings Much ink has been spilled around Jesus’ words to Martha: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.” Does this mean the contem...

Jul 27 2019

Modern Day Wheat

Click here for daily readings Upon reading the first few lines of today’s Gospel, I thought to myself, “Yes, the Parable of the Sower! I can write about this!” Then I kept reading, and I panicked. This parable,...

Jul 26 2019

Sanctify Your Mind

Click here for daily readings Your words, Lord, are more precious than gold. “Yes, Lord, we agree, we wholeheartedly accept that first reading today…the commandments you have delivered through Moses. Why? Because yo...

Jul 25 2019

From Death to Life

Click here for daily readings When reading the book of Genesis, I try to put myself into the perspective of Adam and Eve. Here are two people who had a perfect love with God and each other, they had no suffering, pain, despair, ...

Jul 24 2019

The Parable of the Sower

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear a parable that I’m sure we’re all familiar with: the Parable of the Sower. If you continue to read Matthew 13, you will find Christ’s explanation th...

Jul 23 2019

Tell Your Story

Click here for daily readings “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the childre...

Jul 22 2019

Through the Tears

Click here for daily readings “Jesus said ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?’” I love these words from today’s gospel. I imagine these words being said in the most gentle and com...

Jul 20 2019

Wishing To Go Unnoticed

Click here for daily readings I wonder how many times in the Gospels Jesus tells those he has healed not to tell anyone about it, or not to make Him known. It seems contradictory, doesn’t it? I mean, isn’t the whole ...

Jul 19 2019

I Desire Mercy

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel has Jesus saying, “I desire mercy,not sacrifice...” In an article by Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, he explains the concept this way: The Latin word, which is ...

Jul 18 2019

My Burden is Light

Click here for daily readings The headphones go in, the music or Netflix goes on, and for just a while we can forget that we are human, that we have responsibility, so much so that we call it vegging. The height of the human ex...

Jul 17 2019

Growing Up

Click here for daily readings Today is my birthday and I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to wish for when I blow out my candles. I began to run through the list of things I wanted but realized that there’s ...

Jul 16 2019

Finding Our Essence

Click here for daily readings Picture a chair in your mind’s eye. What do you see? What kind of chair is it? Where do you use it? Is it a rocking chair? Your favorite recliner? Did you picture a chair unique to your home ...

Jul 15 2019

Where You Lead

Click here for daily readings “If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy.” –Pope Francis Today’s Gospel reading quotes ...

Jul 13 2019

Forgiven, Again and Again

Click here for daily readings An IMDb search of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes up with the following description: “In this filmed adaptation of the long-running musical, we see the story of Joseph, son...

Jul 12 2019

Sheep Amidst Wolves

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel may make us think twice about being disciples of Jesus! He has called the Twelve and begun to give them instructions about their mission in the world, and he is very straightfo...