Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Aug 11 2022

The Sword that Frees / La Espada Que Libera

Click here for daily readings Our Gospel today can be read and dismissed as too challenging, too divisive, too radical. But it comes from Jesus Himself, so we must pause and take a closer look. I find G.K. Chesterton&rsqu...

Aug 10 2022

Dying That We Might Live / Morir Para Vivir

Click here for daily readings Twenty years ago today, on the feast of St. Lawrence, my dad was ordained a permanent deacon. I clearly remember the day because I got a “front row seat” as I was asked to photogr...

Aug 09 2022

Am I One Of The Greatest? / ¿Soy Yo Uno de los Mejores?

Click here for daily readings “Who is the greatest?” Who is the richest? Who is the fastest? Who is the thinnest? Who has the most followers? Who is the most beautiful? Who has the most “likes”? Wh...

Aug 07 2022

Faith as Realized Hope / La Fe Como la Esperanza Realizada

Click here for daily readings How many people when they hear the word faith immediately think of that iconic scene in Indiana Jones where he takes the step out into the apparent void only to be caught by an unseen trail...

Aug 06 2022

It Is Good That We Are Here / Que a Gusto Que Estamos Aquí

Click here for daily readings Every year when the Feast of the Transfiguration comes around, I wonder “What were Peter, John, and James thinking?” As they climbed the mountain with Jesus were they thinking abo...

Aug 05 2022

God’s Wrath / La Ira de Dios

Click here for daily reading This probably isn’t the sort of Psalm we expected to hear: “It is I who deal death and give life.” It is not often that our readings cause us to reflect on the vengeance of G...

Aug 04 2022

Heart / El Corazón

Click here for daily readings The readings and Psalm for today are a really great fit on this memorial day of St. John Vianney. Heart is what keeps catching my attention. In the First Reading from the prophet Jeremiah w...

Aug 03 2022

The Lord Will Guard Us as a Shepherd Guards His Flock / El Señor Será Nuestro Pastor

Click here for daily readings Shepherds use a tool called a shepherd’s hook. It is used to beat off those who would hurt the flock, to support weak or hurt sheep and to draw back a sheep who is wandering off. Today&...

Aug 02 2022

Walking on Water / Caminando Sobre las Aguas

Click here for daily readings In all three of today’s readings there is a message that, despite the many struggles we may face in our Earthly lives, the Lord is greater than any of our missteps and can intercede on ...

Aug 01 2022

First Things First / Lo Primero es Lo Primero

Click here for daily readings I love Catholic memorabilia. I can’t control myself in Catholic bookstores and I usually don’t walk out of one without spending at least $100 on books and other cool merchandise. My wat...

Jul 31 2022

God Is Longing For Your Heart / Dios Anhela Tu Corazón

Click here for daily readings To the words that begin our first reading at Mass today… “Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!” …let us add these word...

Jul 30 2022

Reform Your Ways and Deeds / Corrijan su Conducta y sus Obras

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, we hear Jeremiah tell the people: “Reform your ways and your deeds; listen to the voice of the Lord your God.” If we take time to reflect on Jeremi...

Jul 29 2022

The Law of Inertia / La Ley de la Inercia

Click here for daily readings I really struggle with the law of inertia. You know, that rule of physics that states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest. Yup, that&r...

Jul 28 2022

Potter and Clay / Alfarero y Arcilla

Click here for daily readings Abba, Abba Father. You are the potter; we are the clay, the work of Your hands . . . That is the beginning of a song I remember singing often at morning Mass when I was an 8th grader in...

Jul 27 2022

What is Your Pearl? / ¿Cuál es tu Perla?

Click here for daily readings How far back can you remember what your favorite toy was? I can remember still, sleeping in a crib cuddling with my blankie and holding my little stuffed elephant. For some reason I never had a t...

Jul 26 2022

Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Virgin Mary / Santos Joaquín y Ana, Padres de la Virgen María

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, we are given clarity to the parable of the wheat and weeds in the field. Jesus shares that the Children of God are the good seed. The weeds are the children of th...

Jul 25 2022

Afflicted But Not Despaired / Afligido Pero No Desesperado

Click here for daily readings In 2015, our family experienced an extremely difficult time. We were afflicted, perplexed, struck down, and persecuted, yet, we held onto hope. These troubles came as my husband discerned the...

Jul 24 2022

Ask / Pídele

Click here for daily readings I think we are often afraid to ask God for things. We don’t want to seem greedy or selfish. We want to feel self-sufficient and capable. And what person hasn’t heard a comment lik...

Jul 23 2022

Walls / Las Paredes

Click here for daily readings “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” This is the first line from one of my all time favorite poems, The Mending Wall by Robert Frost. As human beings, w...

Jul 22 2022

Feast of Mary Magdalene / La Fiesta de María Magdalena

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the Apostles. As St. John Paul II shared, she is “the first eyewitness of the Risen Christ.” On the first day of...