Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Aug 07 2023

Give Us This Day What We Need For This Day / Danos Hoy lo que Necesitamos Para Hoy

Click here for daily readings As the Israelites were wandering in the desert without a way to raise their own food (and complaining incessantly about missing the food of Egypt, while they were slaves), God provides miracu...

Aug 06 2023

Awe and Wonder / Impresionado y Asombrado

Click here for daily readings Ever since I was a little kid I have always enjoyed magic shows. I remember going to some shows with my dad and getting hooked on the idea of something happening right before your eyes that y...

Aug 05 2023

Peer Pressure / Presión de Grupo

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. ** In today’s Gospel, we hear about one of the first documented and most intense cases of peer pressure. Because of a fear of the...

Aug 04 2023

Allowing Christ to Lead Us on the Path to Salvation / Permitiendo que Cristo nos Guíe por el Camino de la Salvación

Click here for daily readings Jesus returned to His hometown to teach in the local synagogue. Initially, the people were amazed and astonished. Then they questioned where Jesus had gained such wisdom and miraculous powers...

Aug 03 2023

God Beckons to All / Dios Nos Llama a Todos

Click here for daily readings “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.” (Mt 13:47) The Kingdom of heaven is not some far off, far away place. The Kingdom of ...

Aug 02 2023

The Value of the Kingdom / El Valor del Reino

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a treasure and to a merchant searching for pearls. Both comparisons show us the value of the Kingdom of which Jesus speaks as ...

Aug 01 2023

Being Present in Prayer / Estar Presente en la Oración

Click here for daily readings “I pray better when I’m at church.” How many times have you heard someone say that? Or, better yet, how many times have you said that yourself? I know I’m guilty. I tend to p...

Jul 31 2023

Allow His Grace In / Permitir Entrar la Gracia

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of one of my favorite saints, Ignatius of Loyola. I was introduced to him by a friend who suggested we pray his Spiritual Exercises together, and we did. It was an amazing ...

Jul 30 2023

Surprised by the Kingdom of Heaven / Sorprendido por el Reino de los Cielos

Click here for daily readings Every few years or so the discovery of lost treasure troves makes the news. As technology has improved it has become more common that gold coins, gemstones and priceless jewels worth millions...

Jul 29 2023

Promises To Keep / Guardar las Promesas

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, the Israelites make a bold promise: “When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice...

Jul 28 2023

The Parable of the Sower / La Parábola del Sembrador

Click here for daily readings If you’re a gardener, you’ve probably already harvested some of what you planted in the spring. Maybe some of the flowers are already adorning your home. Maybe you’ve eaten ...

Jul 27 2023

Storytelling / Narrando Cuentos

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel Jesus is speaking to his disciples. They are asking him why he speaks in parables? As you are reading Scripture, do you ever wonder why Jesus speaks this way to the crowds...

Jul 26 2023

Allow Jesus to Bear Fruit in Your Life / Permitir Que Jesús Dé Frutos en tu Vida

Click here for daily readings Sowing: Jesus invites us in this Gospel to allow our faith to bear fruit in our lives. We are invited to turn to Christ so that our hearts can be changed and Jesus can be our Lord and Sa...

Jul 25 2023

Can You Drink from My Chalice? / ¿Puedes Beber de Mi Cáliz?

Click here for daily readings I would like to say that I relate to St. James because I am a good leader or because I am strong enough to stand up and offer my life as a martyr. But the truth is that I relate, not to St. J...

Jul 24 2023

God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways / Los Caminos de Dios no Son los Nuestros

Click here for daily reading “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above yo...

Jul 23 2023

The Vineyard of Faith / La Viña de la Fe

Click here for daily readings *** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. *** Today’s Gospel message is one that I struggle with quite often. I find myself saying, “I got here first” or &ldq...

Jul 22 2023

The First Foot / El Primer Pie

Click here for daily readings In Rome, there are many churches. In those churches, there is a lot of history. Part of that history includes some interesting relics. There are so many relics that some of them are tucked aw...

Jul 21 2023

What’s the Point? / ¿Cuál es el Punto?

Click here for daily readings I was recently talking with another mom about the struggles of exercising. She’s a piano teacher, so yoga is hard because of the stress it puts on her arms. She can’t run long str...

Jul 20 2023

My Yoke is Easy / Mi Yugo es Fácil

Click here for daily readings Having grown up on a farm I am very familiar with the imagery of a yoke that is talked about in the Gospel today. The idea is that a wooden plank would be put between two animals in order to ...

Jul 19 2023

The Burning Bush / La Zarza Ardiente

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading from the book of Genesis reminds me of my father-in-law who died from cancer nine years ago. During the twenty years prior to Dad’s death, he and his w...