Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Feb 07 2023

Very Good / Muy Bueno

Click here for daily readings “God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.” This passage always warms my heart, but I have still often wondered why God would desire to become human. It is easy...

Feb 06 2023

Creation / La Creación

Click here for daily readings Sometimes I get so excited about the readings. It’s silly because I’ve heard most, if not all, of them before, but there’s something about how the readings are always exactly what ...

Feb 05 2023

Called and Gifted / Llamados y Dotados

Click here for daily readings I know I am guilty of perceiving Jesus a certain way or putting words into his mouth when his actual words say something different. I hear him saying that he wants me to learn the intellectua...

Feb 04 2023

Rest Awhile with Jesus / Descansa Un Rato Con Jesús

Click here for daily readings Jesus’ words to the weary Apostles, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while,” appear just before the miracle of feeding the 5000. Busy tending to the n...

Feb 03 2023

Climbing the Ladder / Subiendo la Escalera

Click here for daily readings “…knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of G...

Feb 02 2023

The Light Enters The Temple / La Luz Entra en el Templo

Click here for daily readings “And suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord whom you seek, and the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming…” (Mal 3). This is what the Jewish ...

Feb 01 2023

Disciplined Disciples / Discípulos Disciplinados

Click here for daily readings It’s no coincidence that the words “discipline” and “disciple” both have the same Latin root of “discipulus,” which means follower, disciple, student, pupil...

Jan 31 2023

A Cloud of Witnesses / Una Multitud de Testigos

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading encourages us that “[s]ince we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere ...

Jan 30 2023

Jesus is Listening / Jesús Está Escuchando

Click here for daily readings I have been so blessed by these Gospel reflections. They cause me to pause and really delve into specific passages that perhaps I have glanced over before. They provide the Holy Spirit greate...

Jan 29 2023

Having Heavenly Happy Hearts / Tener Corazones Celestiales Felices

Click here for daily readings Throughout my experience as a Catholic, I have heard that the Beatitudes were hard to understand. Honestly, I think we have made an attempt to make it overly complex to pat ourselves on the back....

Jan 28 2023

The Faith of Abraham / La Fe de Abrahán

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings remind us of what faith is and call us on to greater faith. The author of Hebrews defines faith by saying it is the “realization of what is hoped for and evidence...

Jan 27 2023

The Growing Seed / La Semilla Creciente

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is a parable we have heard many times. Jesus uses a teaching style that he wishes us to use. He is speaking to a group of common folk who are mostly uneducated. He is...

Jan 26 2023

Stir into Flame the Gift of God / Reavivar el Don de Dios

Click here for daily reading Today we celebrate the feast of two of our first bishops, Sts. Timothy and Titus, friends and mentees of St. Paul. Depending on the option of the priest, you will hear a reading about one or t...

Jan 25 2023

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

Click here for daily readings Today the Church celebrates the conversion of one of the greatest followers of Jesus: the apostle Saint Paul. When we first meet Paul in the Acts of the Apostles, he is clearly a young rabbi ...

Jan 24 2023

I Come To Do Your Will, Lord / Vengo a Hacer tu Voluntad Señor

Click here for daily readings As we read in the Responsorial Psalm, “Here am I Lord; I come to do your will”, we are reminded of the importance of pursuing the will of God in our lives. Not running from it or ...

Jan 23 2023

Hope Reigns / La Esperanza Reina

Click here for daily readings Both the reading from Hebrews and today’s Gospel deal with God’s judgment and the salvation of souls. In the First Reading we hear of Christ’s new covenant with mankind, tha...

Jan 22 2023

Experience Living in the Light of Christ / Experiencia Viviendo a la Luz de Cristo

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, “Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 4:17). This repentance to which He calls us is so much more than ...

Jan 21 2023

The Other Side of the Mountain / El Otro Lado de la Montaña

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage is surprisingly short and could use some context. Just prior to these brief two verses, Mark relays how Jesus went up a mountain and called forth His twelve apost...

Jan 20 2023

We Are God’s People / Somos el Pueblo de Dios

Click here for daily readings In the First Reading today, we hear that the Lord said of the Israelites, “I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” That line has always given me such joy, for we ...

Jan 19 2023

The Relevance of the Mass / La Relevancia de la Misa

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today reminds us that in the New Covenant, we have a high priest, “who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister of the s...