Category Archives: Ordinary Time

May 26 2024

Trinitarian Love / El Amor Trinitario

Click here for daily readings There is nothing more terrifying to a teacher than giving a class on the Trinity. It is one of the easiest teachings to get wrong because it is hard for us as humans to wrap our minds around ...

May 25 2024

Solace Amid the Suffering / Consuelo en Medio del Sufrimiento

Click here for daily readings On this day, many years ago, my sister and I received the Sacrament of Confirmation. I always remember the date because it was very special to celebrate it with her as my closest sibling, both in ag...

May 24 2024

Strengths and Differences / Fortalezas y Diferencias

Click here for daily readings Several years ago, I participated in a staff enrichment program called “Living Your Strengths”. We all read through a book, learned more about ourselves and were reminded of some aspects...

May 23 2024

A Bold Prayer / Una Oración Audaz

Click here for daily readings How would you live differently if you knew the full glory that awaits you in heaven? I think we really need to stop and sit with that question, more so perhaps than our ancestors in the faith...

May 22 2024

A Puff of Smoke / Una Nube de Humo

Click here for daily readings As I read today’s First Reading, all I can think is “Ouch.” Because this one hits a little too close to home for me. I’m a planner, a “J” on the Myers-Brig...

May 21 2024

Grace to the Humble / Gracia a los Humildes

Click here for daily readings I tend not to get colds very often. Over the past few years, whenever I have gotten a cold, it usually has been quick and fairly mild. I am thankful that my immune system has been good to me ...

May 20 2024

Mary, Desolate / María, Desolada

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, things just don’t go the way we would like. Maybe we can even see it coming from a mile away, but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing, disheartening, or full of...

Feb 13 2024

Expect the Miraculous / Esperar los Milagros

Click here for daily reading In our Gospel today, Jesus tells the disciples to “guard against the leaven of the Pharisees.” His statement might seem strange to us, since it was strange to the disciples at the ...

Feb 12 2024

How Friendship Works / La Amistad Funciona de Esta Forma

Click here for daily readings I think we can all appreciate the very human moments that the Gospel authors capture for us. In today’s Gospel, I think we can all hear in our minds Jesus’ sighing, “from th...

Feb 11 2024

Nothing Frightens Jesus Away / Nada le Asusta a Jesús

Click here for daily readings Two words in this Gospel are almost terrifying: Jesus “touched him.” We are so far removed from what leprosy signified in biblical times, that this image of Jesus stretching...

Feb 10 2024

A Study in Contrasts / Un Estudio de los Contrastes

Click here for daily readings The story of Jeroboam and the feeding of the four thousand sets up a contrast which can help us recognize the patterns created by our fallen nature and see how trusting God can change our wor...

Feb 09 2024

Ephphatha! Be Opened! / ¡Effetá! ¡Abre!

Click here for daily readings The saint of the day fits with the theme of today’s readings. The Gospel Acclamation is: “Open our hearts O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.” When I do not open my ...

Feb 08 2024

Embracing Jesus’ Healing Scraps / Aceptar las Migajas Sanadores de Jesús

Click here for daily readings I want to draw our attention to two verses from Mark’s Gospel. The first, “He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.” Consider t...

Feb 07 2024

Purity and Peace / La Pureza y la Paz

Click here for daily readings Today is one of my sibling’s birthdays and it always brings me back to our childhood days all growing up under one roof. There were eight of us, five boys and three girls, and I always felt bl...

Feb 06 2024

Shhh…Enjoy the Silence / Shhh…Disfruta el Silencio

Click here for daily readings Jesus’ words in Mark 7:6-8 are particularly applicable today. We live in a time where the sounds of man are abundant. On any news channel or media outlet we are accosted with what man s...

Feb 05 2024

What’s in an Invitation? / ¿Qué Contiene Una Invitación?

Click here for daily readings If you’ve ever volunteered in a parish, you know that a challenge in ministry is just getting people across the threshold of the church. I frequently encounter generous volunteers, who ...

Feb 04 2024

Everyone is Searching For You / Todos Te Están Buscando

Click here for daily readings Ten years ago, I gave birth to our oldest son who was stillborn, but it feels like yesterday. It happened unexpectedly, without warning. At the time I thought I would never recover. How could...

Feb 03 2024

Busyness, Rest, and Transformation/ Estar Ocupados, el Descanso y la Transformación

Click here for daily readings When I read today’s Gospel, I thought, “I’m sure glad rest is holy.” After a more intense day than normal, I was exhausted. It was an annual event for which I no...

Feb 02 2024

The Power of Death / El Poder de la Muerte

Click here for daily readings That’s a pretty bleak title for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord isn’t it? I think it is important from time to time to think about the power that death has in our world....

Feb 01 2024

What is Your Mission? / ¿Cuál es tu Misión?

Click here for daily readings Jesus gave the Twelve authority and instructions, and then they went out and preached, drove out demons, anointed and cured. I had to stop and consider what I have been doing lately as a foll...