Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jul 18 2023

Getting Away with Murder / Esquivar el Castigo del Asesinato

Click here for daily readings Our readings today begin with the story of Moses, and how his mother hid him as a baby, but he was discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, who raised him as his own. Unlike his fellow Hebrews...

Jul 17 2023

We Must Lose Our Lives for God / Debemos Perder Nuestras Vidas Por Dios

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel today, we hear Jesus tell His followers that “whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” What does He mean by that? Of course, we know that anyone who becomes...

Jul 16 2023

Tending the Soil of Our Souls / Cuidando el Terreno de Nuestras Almas

Click here for daily readings The Parable of the Sower helped me understand the transformative power of spending time daily with the Word of God, especially in overcoming obstacles to living the Catholic faith. Although t...

Jul 15 2023

Focus / Enfocarse

Click here for daily readings Have you ever had your attention repeatedly drawn to a word, concept, or phrase throughout your day or over a period of time? What if the time is actually throughout your whole life, not just...

Jul 14 2023

St. Kateri Tekakwitha / Santa Kateri Tekakwitha

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. She has always been one of my favorites for some rather shallow reasons… because I have a niece named Kateri and because I just love pronouncing t...

Jul 13 2023

Our Instructions / Nuestras Instrucciones

Click here for daily readings At first glance, today’s Gospel may seem to merely recount the instructions Jesus gave to his disciples. Within those instructions, however, are nuggets of wisdom for us to keep in min...

Jul 12 2023

Eleven Faithful Men and One Traitor / Once Hombres Fieles y Un Traidor

Click here for daily readings Jesus sent his twelve apostles. Twelve is more than a number to the Jewish people. It is a sacred number, the number of the sons of Jacob, the number of the tribes of the nation of Israel. Je...

Jul 11 2023

Sheep Without a Shepherd / Ovejas Sin Pastor

Click here for daily readings “At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36). Every Gospel passage h...

Jul 10 2023

Alive and Well / Vivo y Sano

Click here for daily readings “How are you?” The question is so common that we barely give it a second thought. And if someone really starts to tell us how they are, we are startled at such honesty, such vulne...

Jul 09 2023

Taking the Time to Rest / Tomarse el Tiempo Para Descansar

Click here for daily readings I’d like you to take a moment and trace the past week of your life. Other than sleeping, did you take any intentional rest? We just finished the Independence Day holiday here in the Uni...

Jul 08 2023

Praise the Lord / Alaba al Señor

Click here for daily readings I know there are people who think I’m crazy because I enjoy living in Michigan, which is likened to a frozen, sunless tundra for close to half of the year. I always explain to them that I love...

Jul 07 2023

Finding Fulfillment in God / Encontrando Realización en Dios

Click here for daily reading Our readings today present us with two scenarios of radical trust in God. In the first, Abraham directed his servant to find a wife for Isaac from among his own people, even though they were l...

Jul 06 2023

The Lamb of God / El Cordero de Dios

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading always strikes me as both terrifying and odd. Why would God make Abraham almost kill his own son? It always frustrated me, because even for the Old Testament God, it feel...

Jul 05 2023

God is Always Good / Dios es Siempre Bueno

Click here for daily readings Jesus is powerful. He heals everything. Even demons listen to him. The world is sick. It’s easy to feel discouraged seeing all the suffering. So many teenagers and young adults struggle...

Jul 04 2023

Anchor Us Lord / Sujétanos Señor

Click here for daily readings My kids and I often listen to David Suchet’s reading of the Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally Lloyd Jones. It is a classic that I highly encourage families of young children to ch...

Jul 03 2023

Faithful Friends / Los Amigos Fieles

Click here for daily readings On the first Easter Sunday, Jesus appeared to the disciples, St. John tells us that Jesus came upon them without using the doors. His body already glorified, Jesus was no longer bound by mate...

Jul 02 2023

Why So Much Talk About Death? / ¿Por Qué se Habla Tanto de la Muerte?

Click here for daily readings Death is a scary thing. Even with all the medical advances and prescriptions that we are blessed with in the 21st century, we still fear death. Stories of people dying much too soon seem to t...

Jul 01 2023

Lessons from a Centurion / Las Lecciones de un Centurión

Click here for daily readings For the first 10 years of my education, I was a Centurion. My grade school’s nickname was Centurion. Now, when I was in grade school, I didn’t entirely understand what a centurion was. T...

Jun 30 2023

The Blessings of Obedience / Las Bendiciones de la Obediencia

Click here for daily reading “See how the Lord blesses those who fear him” (Ps. 128:1). This is the antiphon of our Psalm, and we hear this sentiment expressed frequently throughout Scripture. The focus of our...

Jun 29 2023

Humility and Trust / La Humildad y la Confianza

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate two great saints, Peter and Paul, who helped grow and form the Church from its earliest days. As I read the readings, I was struck by the humility, trust, prayer, and perse...