Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jul 06 2026

Faith and Hope / Fe y Esperanza

Click here for daily readings All is lost. The official’s child has died. Those who love her are already mourning. The woman in the crowd is an outcast, unclean and unseen; no one can help her. What changes things for them? Faith. The official seeks Jesus for his child: “come lay your hand on her, [...

Jul 05 2026

Non-Negotiable Naptime / La siesta no negociable

Click here for daily readings Naptime was non-negotiable in my house when the kids were young. Sleep was not required, but if they were home in the afternoon, they had to lie down and rest. My youngest struggled with this. The only way my little girl would relax enough to fall asleep was if I […]

Jul 04 2026

True Freedom / La libertad verdadera

Click here for daily readings Have you ever stopped to think about how many contradictions we find in our faith? I mean, just look at the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit…blessed are those who mourn…? Or how about when Jesus tells us He has not come to bring peace on earth but rather […]

Jul 03 2026

To Our Level / A nuestro nivel

Click here for daily reading Today is the feast of St. Thomas. At first, Thomas did not believe Jesus had risen from the dead, since he did not see Him in the flesh at the same time the rest of the disciples did. He did not believe that Jesus had died definitely—he simply withheld his […]

Jul 02 2026

When Jesus Saw Their Faith / Cuando Jesús vio su fe

Click here for daily readings This story of Jesus healing the paralytic man was always one of my childhood favorites. Though I must confess, it had more to do with the bright colorful illustrations in my picture book than with the content of the story. Reading it as an adult, I’m struck by the peop...

Jul 01 2026

What Jesus Can Do / Lo que Jesús puede hacer

Click here for daily readings Today the Gospel reading provides us with Matthew’s account of the healing of the Gadarene demoniacs. Jesus has just crossed the sea with His disciples. During that trip He demonstrated that even the winds and the sea are at His command. Now, upon coming into the territ...

Jun 30 2026

The Storms of Life / Las tormentas de la vida

Click here for daily readings My favorite thing to think about after hearing today’s Gospel is that Jesus was asleep. While the Apostles are likely panicking, trying to bail out water, fearing for their lives in the storm, Jesus slept until they came to Him. Jesus might have seemed inaccessible to t...

Jun 29 2026

Saints Peter and Paul / Santos Pedro y Pablo

Click here for daily readings Today is the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, as well as one of my son’s birthday. He was born 100 years to the day after my paternal grandmother. What a blessing to be surrounded by family as well as having the incredible examples of our saint friends in Heaven! […]

Jun 28 2026

Be a Link for Jesus / Sé un vínculo para Jesús

Click here for daily readings These are the last two paragraphs of the Mission Discourse in the Gospel of Matthew. If we look at chapter 10 as one unit, we could hear Jesus saying to us: “I’m sending you out, giving you authority to be in the world as an extension of the mission you […]

Jun 27 2026

Faith Check / Un chequeo de fe

Click here for daily readings Today we hear a familiar Gospel passage. Coming into Capernaum, Jesus is greeted by a centurion who tells Him about a servant who is in really bad shape. At this point, it is easy to see that the centurion really cares about this man, so much so that even being […]

Jun 26 2026

If You Wish / Si tu quieres

Click here for daily readings As human beings, we are constantly making decisions, and each one has its own consequences, whether they be good or bad. But there are situations where we bear the consequences not of our own decisions, but of circumstances beyond our control, such as illnesses that app...

Jun 25 2026

Building a Relationship with Jesus / Construir una relación personal con Jesús

Click here for daily readings Do you know Jesus? More importantly, as our Gospel alludes to today, does Jesus know you? Today’s verses from Matthew, found at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, give us three things to think about. First off, not everybody who cries, “Lord, Lord!” will be saved. Cryi...

Jun 24 2026

John’s Calling to Call Others / El llamado de Juan a llamar a otros

Click here for daily readings In a former life, many moons ago, I was consecrated to our Lord as a lay person, making promises of poverty, chastity and obedience. This happened on the feast of John the Baptist’s death that we celebrate in August. Today we celebrate his birth, the coming into the wor...

Jun 23 2026

Where to Throw Our Pearls / Dónde arrojar nuestras perlas

Click here for daily readings “Don’t bother with those dogs and swine because you are so much better than they are.” Is that what Jesus is telling the multitude on that hillside? Can’t be. That just doesn’t sound like Jesus. Already by this point in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has offered the cro...

Jun 22 2026

Learning not to Judge / Aprender a no juzgar

Click here for daily readings This Gospel passage gets me every single time. I unfortunately have a judgmental nature and I dislike it. This is one more example of how good our Lord is. He knows us. He knows and speaks to our weaknesses. He doesn’t pretend they don’t exist nor does He let us […]

Jun 21 2026

The Great Gift / El Gran Regalo

Click here for daily readings “It’s not fair!” said my son, holding up his sixth-grade homework. “What’s not fair?” I answered, knowing his homework-stalling tactics. “Adam and Eve really messed us up!” he shot back. “Please, just do your homework,” I said, adamantly. That day at schoo...

Jun 20 2026

Don’t Worry, Trust God / No te preocupes, confía en Dios

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus warns us about serving two masters: “You cannot serve God and mammon.” If you’re like me, you aren’t certain exactly what mammon means. It’s anything in this world – such as material wealth, money, or possessions – that we look to for security i...

Jun 19 2026

The Inside Matters / Lo que importa es el interior

Click here for daily readings I would sum up the Gospel with the sentence, “What is inside is what matters.” Have you ever seen a row house? These are attached houses built all in a row, each one looking pretty much like the one next to it. Where I lived in New York there were […]

Jun 18 2026

Do You Really Want Forgiveness? / ¿De verdad quieres el perdón?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus shares with us the core prayer of our faith, the Our Father. I find it most interesting that of all the different elements of this prayer, Jesus chooses to reiterate the section about forgiveness. He could have explained further what it means to...

Jun 17 2026

Truly Seen by the Father / Verdaderamente vistos por el Padre

Click here for daily readings There is a quiet kind of courage required to do good when no one is watching. Of course, it is easy to be generous, prayerful, or devout when there is an audience. The harder, deeper thing is to give, to pray, and to fast in the secret places of the heart. In […]