Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2019

Jul 11 2019

God, the Master Change Artist

Click here for daily readings It is truly amazing how God can turn around a horribly difficult situation and use it for the good. I wonder if in the moment, Joseph was able to catch a glimpse of that. I mean, his brothers hated...

Jul 10 2019

How I View the World

Click here for daily readings I am amazed. How is it that scripture written 2000 years ago is still applicable in contemporary society? Think about this for a while. Human nature is quite fascinating and frightening. Yet, we cl...

Jul 09 2019

Just Ask

Click here for daily readings Genesis gives us the graphic, if not also cryptic, story of Jacob wrestling with God. And much to our surprise, Jacob prevails. And once again, as we have seen before in the Scriptures, God changes...

Jul 08 2019

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Click here for daily readings I will start with a confession: I’m a junkie, and my drug of choice is English mystery shows. Foyle’s War, Grantchester, Single-Handed, Christie… the list goes on and on. I like ...

Jul 07 2019

The Sky is Falling

Click here for daily readings Warm ash falls from the tops of buildings as the brightest light imaginable makes our pupils dilate to the size of a pen head. There is a heat that can only be described as that of a blazing furna...

Jul 06 2019

The Wedding Feast

Click here for daily readings I absolutely love when God’s love and our relationship with him are described in wedding terms. I especially love when those terms include food. Think back to the most delicious wedding recep...

Jul 05 2019

He Desires Mercy

Click here for daily readings A couple of weeks ago, I shared my story of a homeless man asking for change and how I was embarrassed for wanting to give him less than a dollar. I thought I was golden for having realized that I ...

Jul 03 2019

Belief in the Son

Click here for daily readings “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. –C.S. Lewis I often think about what it would be like...

Jul 02 2019

One Foot in Front of the Other

Click here for daily readings I’ve struggled to reflect on today’s readings without oversharing. So this is your fair warning, this post is not “Facebook” photo ready. It is about the day to day struggle...

Jul 01 2019

Following Wherever

Click here for daily readings Shorter Gospel readings may seem easy – a point or two, quickly understood. But they always intrigue me and prompt a question: Why did the Church choose just these five verses? What...

Jun 29 2019

Faith of the Martyrs

Click here for daily readings Today is the last day of the U.S. bishop’s annual “Religious Freedom Week”. This week is a recognition of the importance to pray, reflect, and take action on Religious Freedom. It...

Jun 28 2019

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. – Pope Leo XIII Can you pick just one thing that is great abou...

Jun 27 2019

The Power of Storytelling

Click here for daily readings The first humans, we learned in school, domesticated fire, and in so doing they changed their species’ trajectory dramatically. Now humans could cook food. Now they could live in colder clima...

Jun 26 2019

He Remembers Forever His Covenant, which He Made Binding for a Thousand Generations

Click here for daily readings Can you even fathom a thousand generations? By today’s standard of 20-25 years per generation, we would go back, from today, 20,000 to 25,000 years. Calendars didn’t even exist then, to...

Jun 25 2019

Leave our Quarreling

Click here for daily readings It seems that everywhere we look there is strife among kinsmen, just like in today’s First Reading. Whether it be jealousy, hurtful words, constant comparisons, or simple differences of opini...

Jun 24 2019

Call Me John

Click here for daily readings I’ll be the first to tell you: I had no idea that today’s feast day existed until recently. Hold off for a minute before you Google the answer. A few days ago, I was sitting at my desk ...

Jun 22 2019

Don’t Worry

Click here for daily readings The readings today have always challenged me. Each reading has hit me differently with every season of life, most especially when I had my youngest child, was in the process of changing jobs, going...

Jun 21 2019

The greatest treasure my dad would never let go of

Click here for daily readings Recently I spent a week cleaning out my parents’ house with them so it could be put on the market. Typical of any family home that had been lived in for over 50 years, we had to deal with the...

Jun 20 2019

The Heart of Baptism

Click here for daily readings “What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?” &ndash...

Jun 19 2019

Called Out

Click here for daily readings Y’all, after going over today’s readings, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt more called out in my life. Yesterday, I was backing out of a parking space of my church when a hom...