Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Aug 14 2026

Even When It’s Hard, Have Faith / Incluso cuando sea difícil, ten fe

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel passage, the Pharisees are questioning Jesus about divorce. They brought up Moses, who allowed a man to issue a bill of divorce and dismiss his wife. Jesus responded, “Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but ...

Aug 13 2026

Give What You’ve Been Given / Dar lo que has recibido

Click here for daily readings “Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart.” (Matthew 18:34-35) Jesus’ parable is vivid, gripping and aptly describes th...

Aug 12 2026

A Visible Church / Una Iglesia visible

Click here for daily readings A common misunderstanding today is that faith should consist only of a personal relationship with Christ. Popular videos have circulated for years claiming that Jesus did not come to start a religion, but simply to offer us a personal connection with Him. The problem wi...

Aug 11 2026

Only the Childlike May Enter / Solo los que tienen espíritu de niño pueden entrar

Click here for daily readings The disciples are often asking questions that Jesus refuses to answer on their own terms. Instead, Jesus fashions an answer that leads them to new perspectives. So when the disciples are asking who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven (perhaps wanting to achieve suc...

Aug 10 2026

Giving in Abundance / Dar en abundancia

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast of St. Lawrence, a deacon and martyr, executed in 258 during the rule of Emperor Valerian. The readings reflect who he was, how he lived, and why he was martyred. As a deacon, he exemplified the virtue of charity while caring for the poor an...

Aug 09 2026

The Union of Heaven and Earth / La unión del cielo y la tierra

Click here for daily readings During the Holy Triduum this year, I was battling a cold that just wouldn’t go away. I had already been sick for over a week and was still coughing. Nevertheless, I had volunteered to be a lector for the Holy Thursday liturgy, as they hadn’t been able to find enough […]

Aug 08 2026

What am I Missing in Prayer? / ¿Qué me falta en la oración?

Click here for daily readings My go-to response when my prayers weren’t answered used to be to take it as a personal failure of faith. If only I had prayed harder, said all the right words, picked the perfect novena, then God would have given me what I asked for! I erroneously believed that my […]

Aug 07 2026

The Cross of Self Denial / La cruz de la abnegación

Click here for daily readings Almost every line in today’s Gospel is a warning from Jesus. We have all heard that we should take up our cross. We have all heard or even said ourselves, “That is their cross to bear.” We understand the weight of the cross in human terms, that it would be […]

Aug 06 2026

Mountaintop Experiences / Experiencias en el monte

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings describe events that are difficult for us to imagine: Daniel’s burning bright vision of God, the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven to receive everlasting glory and kingship, mountains melting “like wax before the Lord”, Jesus on a high mountain ...

Aug 05 2026

Courage, Persistence and Faith / Valor, perseverancia y fe

Click here for daily readings Many hard emotions are present in today’s Gospel reading. We might feel confidence, fear, boldness, persistence, joy, faith, trust, and gratitude. Which ones do you perceive? The first thing that comes to my mind is that seeing a daughter (or son) in such pain with no w...

Aug 04 2026

Faith Amid the Storm / La fe en medio de la tormenta

Click here for daily readings They were in the waves and the wind, yet they did not fear the storm. According to Matthew’s account, they weren’t terrified until they saw someone walking across the water. As fishermen, they understood the nature of storms, but seeing a person doing something that’s p...

Aug 03 2026

Are You Sure? / ¿Estás seguro?

Click here for daily reading Today we hear a very interesting exchange between the prophet Hananiah and the prophet Jeremiah. Hananiah prophesies that Israel will be freed from Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah does not rebuke him; rather, he says that he too would like to see Israel freed, and cautions the ...

Aug 02 2026

The Food That Satisfies / El alimento que sacia

Click here for daily readings The snack food industry has perfected the balance of salt, sugar, and fats, and when coupled with just the right crunch, these foods have become irresistible. This concept of perfecting the amount of sweet and salty is known as the “bliss point,” and companies track thi...

Aug 01 2026

The Power of Words / El poder de las palabras

Click here for daily readings “But at a birthday celebration for Herod, the daughter of Herodias performed a dance before the guests and delighted Herod so much that he swore to give her whatever she might ask for” (Matt 14:6-7). When Herod ordered the execution of John the Baptist, he knew he would...

Jul 31 2026

Persevere / Perseverar

Click here for daily readings In our first reading today, we hear Jeremiah proclaim a message of truth that the people must turn from evil, obey the prophets, and turn back to God, or they will be punished. And the response of the people is to revolt against Jeremiah and decide that he must be […]

Jul 30 2026

In the Nets of God’s Mercy / En las redes de la misericordia de Dios

Click here for daily readings “Thus it will be at the end of the age…” But for now, the Kingdom of Heaven is a net that is cast wide, thrown into the sea, and fish of every kind find themselves caught in it. At the end of the age there will be a sorting out, […]

Jul 29 2026

Gifts and Talents / Los dones y talentos

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Martha laments to the Lord and asks Him to justly intervene and ask Mary to help in the work of hospitality. We can guess this is not the first time Martha has complained about Mary’s priorities. Martha likely has had to pick up work that Mary didn’t ...

Jul 28 2026

Weeds and Wheat / La cizaña y el trigo

Click here for daily readings This section of Matthew includes many parables about the Kingdom of God. It is interesting that of all the parables Jesus told, the parable of the weeds and the wheat is the one the Apostles needed a further explanation of. It would follow that this parable holds an esp...

Jul 27 2026

Increase Our Faith / Aumenta nuestra fe

Click here for daily readings When I finished reading today’s Scriptures passages, the song “If we had faith like a mustard seed…” came to mind. A mustard seed is between one and 2.5 millimeters, almost the size of a grain of sand. It is extremely small and to those of us who are nearsighted, almost...

Jul 26 2026

The Pearl of Great Price / La perla muy valiosa

Click here for daily readings What would you ask for if God appeared to you tonight and said, “Ask something of Me and I will give it to you”? It is a question worth sitting with honestly, because the answer reveals a great deal about the condition of our hearts. When that very moment came […]