Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jan 27 2024

Faith / La Fe

Click here for daily readings The text in today’s Gospel triggers many reactions in me. You know the story. Jesus gets in the boat with the apostles. He falls asleep on a cushion in the back of the boat. A violent s...

Jan 26 2024

In Awe of All God Does / Asombrados por Todo lo que Dios Hace

Click here for daily readings I’ll be the first to admit I don’t have a green thumb. My attempts at gardening and planting are very limited. Perhaps for this very reason, I am still in awe when some green thin...

Jan 25 2024

The Conversion of St. Paul / La Conversión de San Pablo

Click here for daily readings Paul had no way of knowing when he awoke on the day he planned to descend on Damascus and take the followers of Jesus captive and put them in prison, that he himself stood on a threshold&hell...

Jan 24 2024

Persistence and Faith / La Persistencia y la Fe

Click here for daily readings I am currently running RCIA at our parish and during one of the very first classes one of our parishioners asked me what happens if they get through the class and they still struggle with som...

Jan 23 2024

Brothers and Sisters of Christ / Hermanos y Hermanas de Cristo

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus told the crowd, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” What does He mean by that? Just as we all belong to our ...

Jan 22 2024

An Eye for an Eye?/ ¿Ojo por ojo?

Click here for daily readings When I read about something in the news that makes me angry, I have an overwhelming feeling to respond to the evil. For about a microsecond, though, I sometimes think of repaying evil with ev...

Jan 21 2024

To Answer the Call / Contestar la Llamada

Click here for daily readings Something very profound is going on in this brief passage about the call of the first apostles. Jesus calls, they follow. It’s a pretty simple cause and effect scenario. Yet, you and I ...

Jan 20 2024

Jesus Heals / Jesús Sana

Click here for daily readings *** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. *** In today’s reading from the Gospel of Mark, crowds of people surrounded Christ and His disciples. They approached Christ bec...

Jan 19 2024

When Evil Rocks Our World / Cuando el Mal nos Saca de Quicio

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading reminds me that the twelve men Jesus chose to be his Apostles were just regular people. In particular, thinking about the character and the fate of Judas helps me...

Jan 18 2024

Jesus Still Heals / Jesús Sigue Sanando

Click here for daily readings I wonder what it would have been like being among the throngs of people trying to get near Jesus. I suspect I’d feel fear and anxiety. If I needed his healing (and who doesn’t?), ...

Jan 17 2024

Emanating Holiness / Irradiar la Santidad

Click here for daily readings Oh, St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items. How many of us have prayed to him for intervention to locate something we just can’t find? Since today is the feast of St. Anthony, it&rsquo...

Jan 16 2024

The Sabbath was Made for Man / El Sábado se Hizo para el Hombre

Click here for daily readings There are 7 days in a week, 24 hours a day, which gives us 168 hours a week. God understands that much of our time is used in caring for our families, our homes, our physical selves. The Lord...

Jan 15 2024

The Utterly Unique Bridegroom / El Novio Absolutamente Único

Click here for daily readings Jesus is utterly new. He teaches something utterly new. He is not to be sewn into an old cloak or poured into an old wineskin. Rather, he completes the old cloak in a surprising way! He requi...

Jan 14 2024

Called By Name / Llamado por Nombre

Click here for daily readings Don’t you enjoy the nostalgia of pleasant memories, such as the beginning of a beautiful friendship? How wonderful it is to relive the moment when Jesus called His first followers. I lo...

Jan 13 2024

God Calls Us by Name / Dios Nos Llama por Nuestro Nombre

Click here for daily readings During the time of Christ’s life, a Jew working as a tax collector was considered nothing less than a traitor, not just to his fellow Jews, but even to God. Willing cooperation with the...

Jan 12 2024

Spiritual Healing / La Sanación Espiritual

Click here for daily readings “Which is easier, to say…“Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and take your mat and walk’?” Christ’s question is meant to be thought...

Jan 11 2024

Wholeness / La Plenitud

Click here for daily readings Today’s brief Gospel gives us a biblical preview for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Pope Francis offered a beautiful Angelus reflection in 2015 on today’s Gospel that I would li...

Jan 10 2024

Your Servant is Listening / Tu Siervo te Escucha

Click here for daily readings “The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” We hear Samuel’s response, but we don’t get the exact words that God speaks to Samuel. We have the 2...

Jan 09 2024

One Having Authority / Una Persona de Autoridad

Click here for daily reading “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes” (Mark 1:22). As we begin Ordinary Time, we are also beginning Mark&r...

Dec 02 2023

The Pressure to Celebrate / La Presión para Celebrar

Click here for daily readings I admit it. This is a time of the year when I feel the pressures of the world way too much. Ever since they took down the back to school signs in the stores, the Christmas aisles have been fi...