Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2020

Sep 29 2020

Angels

Click here for daily readings It seems many of us don’t give angels a lot of thought. When we do think about them, we tend to think about them in either a childish way (“Angel of God, my guardian dear…...

Sep 28 2020

Alone Together

Click here for daily readings As a Christian, I feel as though it’s easy to talk about Jesus’ suffering and death, but it’s a lot harder to understand my own. What do you do, for example, when you&rsquo...

Sep 27 2020

What is Your Opinion?

Click here for daily readings The Gospel for today basically describes 2,000 years of moral teaching with one simple question, “What is your opinion?” Jesus asks this to the chief priests and elders and gives...

Sep 26 2020

You Are Our Refuge

Click here for daily readings We are certainly living in a quickly changing time. When I was in grade school in the 50’s (gulp), adults talked about great occurrences 5, 10, 20 or 30 years prior. These days, someth...

Sep 25 2020

An Appointed Time For Everything

Click here for daily readings Time. An interval that constantly ticks forward, one second, one blink, one breath, to the next. There is no judgement or bias, right or wrong. It just continues on. The lines from Ecclesias...

Sep 24 2020

Seen by Jesus

Click here for daily readings “Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed… …And he kept trying to see him.” This line always makes me chuckle. I understa...

Sep 23 2020

Pray, Hope, Don’t Worry

Click here for daily readings When I taught preschool, we put this phrase to the tune of “Old MacDonald’s Farm.” When I run into the parents of my former students, I often hear about how they are still ...

Sep 22 2020

We Are Family

Click here for daily readings “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” Today’s Gospel is one of the ones that critics use to argue against Mary’s perpetual vir...

Sep 21 2020

Follow Me

Click here for daily readings My family just moved to a small town outside the city. My boys now enjoy abundant playtime outside in our expansive backyard, and we sleep better at night without all the cars and motorcycle...

Sep 20 2020

So What’s In It For Me?

Click here for daily readings “Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?” As a cradle Catholic, I’ve found myself getting envious of people who are ...

Sep 19 2020

Listening and Learning

Click here for daily readings “Let everyone who has ears attend to what he has heard.” Jesus invites everyone present in this Gospel reading to listen and learn. He desires all of us to be with him in Heaven ...

Sep 18 2020

How Will You Serve In The Body Of Christ?

Click here for daily readings When Jesus traveled from town to town, proclaiming the Good News, He was rarely alone. In addition to His twelve apostles, who usually accompanied Jesus in His travels, women were also prese...

Sep 17 2020

Superpowers?

Click here for daily readings When I was a child preparing for my first confession, it seemed to me that Jesus had “superpowers” in the Gospel stories I heard. I was amazed that the people walking down the st...

Sep 16 2020

How Old Do We Sound?

Click here for daily readings Sometimes you just can’t win. My friend recently lost both her cats to illness and old age, and I’ve been trying to be supportive of her… but some days that’s more d...

Sep 15 2020

She Cries With Us

Click here for daily readings The Catholic Church has always fostered a devotion to the Mater Dolorosa, or Sorrowful Mother. It is actually one of my favorite days of the year. The Tradition of honoring Our Lady of Sorro...

Sep 14 2020

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Click here for daily readings “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”- John 3:16 This is one of the most famo...

Sep 13 2020

The Strength to Show Mercy

Click here for daily readings There is a common psychological phenomenon in which a person attributes others’ behavior to character or personality, but his or her own behavior to the situation and outside circumsta...

Sep 12 2020

A Cracked Foundation

Click here for daily readings Back in the day when lords and ladies were more of a thing, their titles held authority. The peasants listened to and obeyed the lord. (It may not have been a willing consent, but that is irr...

Sep 11 2020

Yearning for Our Heavenly Home

Click here for daily readings Today is September 11th. It has been 19 years since that tragic day that claimed so many lives, that day that will live on in our memories forever. I can’t believe so much time has pass...

Sep 10 2020

Authentic Love

Click here for daily readings Me: “Hi, Sweetie, can I help you find a spot?” Second Grade Sweetie: “I know why you call me Sweetie.” Me: (feeling slightly panicked) “Why?” Second Grade...