Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2020

Aug 20 2020

It’s a Relationship, Not a To-Do List

Click here for daily readings There are so many beautiful components to our faith. We have Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, the teachings of which Christ has given us to continue living the faith while we wait for H...

Aug 19 2020

Where Are You At in Your Journey?

Click here for daily readings The readings today are rich with imagery: sheep, shepherds, landowners, laborers, the earth, pastures, valleys, and vineyards, marketplaces and wages. Sit with those images for a few moments....

Aug 18 2020

ALL THINGS are Possible…For GOD

Click here for daily readings Our family was recently blessed to take a 5-day vacation in northern Michigan. Although our excursion didn’t take us to the Upper Peninsula, we were far enough north to feel the cool m...

Aug 17 2020

Where Is Your Treasure Stored?

Click here for daily readings In today’s gospel, we see a man asking Jesus what he needs to do to gain eternal life. Surprisingly, we don’t hear the ‘Grace Alone’ response of “Nothing at all...

Aug 16 2020

Are You In… Or Out?

Click here for daily readings Were you one of the cool kids at school? I wasn’t, not until the very end of my high school career when I earned some respect by being dramatically anti-cool (which comes to me quite n...

Aug 15 2020

It Is Fitting

Click here for daily readings “It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity intact in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she, who had carried ...

Aug 14 2020

What God Has Joined, Man Must Not Separate

Click here for daily readings “Because of the hardness of your hearts…” In today’s Gospel reading, we hear Jesus say this as a response to the Pharisees who tested him, questioning if it is lawful...

Aug 13 2020

Divine Forgiveness

Click here for daily readings Imagine the tangible power of forgiveness? Have you ever experienced it? In the fallen and broken world we live in, forgiveness is what can make us whole again, it is what can fill in t...

Aug 12 2020

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know, So We Need Each Other

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, we don’t know what we don’t know. Sometimes, we don’t know that the way we are reaching for our goals is hurtful to others or ourselves, or even that our goals ar...

Aug 11 2020

The One vs. the 99

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is one of the most well-known Gospel stories we have. We are told that, in order to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven we must become like a child. Children are not jaded, cyn...

Aug 10 2020

Letting Go

Click here for daily readings A colleague and I were discussing the age-old dilemma of finding new people to step up and share leadership in an organization. It doesn’t matter what type of organization you are in, t...

Aug 09 2020

Faith Over Fear

Click here for daily readings Ask any one of my friends – I’m a worrier. Maybe it’s a direct result of growing up with ever-changing Ohio weather and heartbreaking Cleveland sports that I tend to assume ...

Aug 08 2020

The Book of Habakkuk, Today

Click here for daily readings The first thing I noticed about today’s First Reading was that I had no idea that Habakkuk was even a book in the Bible. The second and more important thing I noticed was how, upon a mo...

Aug 07 2020

Follow Me

Click here for daily readings “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” (MT 16:24) This is the first line from today’s Gospel. It always catches my attention. This s...

Aug 06 2020

Lord, It Is Good That We Are Here

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. People often ask for signs in moments of despair or hopelessness. No greater sign can be given than the Transfiguration. In or...

Aug 05 2020

Spiritual Desert

Click here for daily readings If I can be completely honest I am facing a great time of spiritual dryness in my life. I have so many blessings and I know God is present in my life, and He always will be, but I feel so distant fr...

Aug 04 2020

Parish Priests: Saints or Sinners?

Click here for daily readings Today is the memorial of Saint John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests. We frequently discuss our pastors and their associates, especially when it comes to difficult or controversial decisions ...

Aug 03 2020

Trust in the Power of Christ

Click here for daily readings This is my all-time favorite passage in scripture. Firstly, we see Jesus go off by himself to pray. As if preparing for the opening night of a play or an amazing feat of strength, Jesus goes off by ...

Aug 02 2020

He Answers All Our Needs

Click here for daily readings When was the last time you felt like you were on your own? Where it felt as though it was all up to you? Perhaps you felt discouraged or alone facing a certain challenge. I for one have a habit of w...

Aug 01 2020

Peer Pressure

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear about one of the first documented and most intense cases of peer pressure. Because of a fear of the crowd, Herod murders John the Baptist. Now it may seem like this ...