Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jun 04 2024

Being Tested / Puesto a Prueba

Click here for daily readings Question: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word, “Testing”? Testing happens in many circumstances and in numerous ways, not just in school or the docto...

Jun 03 2024

Visible Interior Change / Un Cambio Interior Visible

Click here for daily readings It’s pretty incredible how our bodies react to certain stimuli. For example, what a difference rays of warm sunshine make after a couple months of cloudy cold. Out come the sweatshirts, the sa...

Jun 02 2024

Panis Angelicus – Bread of Angels / Pan de los Ángeles

Click here for daily readings Music is a way to express emotion when words are otherwise limited. As I have always found prayer difficult, I’ve been trying to better develop my relationship with God through various ...

Jun 01 2024

Live an Exultant Life / Vivir una Vida Gloriosa

Click here for daily readings It’s all about Jesus. Do you believe he is the Son of God or not? Do you believe he is who he says he is? If you do, it seems like we are not to question him. But I question him often. ...

May 31 2024

Haste and Humility / La Prisa y la Humildad

Click here for daily readings Love does not take a delayed approach to the needs of others, but rather “hastens” to bring whatever help is possible. The deeper the love, the less concern one has about calculat...

May 30 2024

Take Courage and Get Up / ¡Animo! Levántate

Click here for daily readings Bartimaeus, a blind man, sat by the roadside begging; as Jesus was passing by he yelled out, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” This may sound familiar to anyone who kn...

May 29 2024

What Will You Leave Behind to Follow Christ / ¿Qué Dejarás Atrás Para Seguir a Cristo?

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocean Archives.** I had a lot of crazy things to bemoan during my teenage years. Most were embarrassing or even downright stupid, such as: smoking, swea...

May 28 2024

Is Jesus Foremost in Your Life? / ¿Jesús es lo Más Importante en tu Vida?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, we hear that Peter said to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus responded and said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no...

May 27 2024

Having Riches vs Being Rich / Tener Riquezas o Ser Rico

Click here for daily readings I’m sure that you recognize today’s Gospel reading. It’s a story about a rich man who came up to Jesus and asked about his salvation. First of all, this is not a parable. It&rsq...

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...