Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jan 13 2023

Showing Faith / Demostrando la Fe

Click here for daily readings The story in today’s Gospel has always stood out in my mind. It paints such a vivid picture. I can almost see the men making a hole in the roof and lowering their friend on a mat into ...

Jan 12 2023

Harden Not Your Heart / No Endurezcas Tu Corazón

Click here for daily readings Life does not go well for us when we go against God. Yet we go against him. It may not be overtly or even intentionally, but it happens. Paul is speaking about what happened in the desert whe...

Jan 11 2023

Jesus Prayed / Jesús Oraba

Click here for daily readings When do you pray? When you have a desperate need? At meals? Mainly on Sundays? On days when it’s convenient? Every day unless you’re just too busy? When did Jesus pray? It’s...

Jan 10 2023

Foundations / Los Cimientos

Click here for daily readings I always said I would never take up quilting. That was until I did. Seeing all those pieces come together can be a rather surreal experience. You cut out all these little triangles and ...

Nov 26 2022

Fix Your Gaze / Enfocar tu Mirada

Click here for daily readings It’s the last day of the liturgical year. It’s hard to believe, time flies so fast. Perhaps on this day, more so than on other days, it might be good to slow down and consider why...

Nov 26 2022

Giving Thanks First / Dar las Gracias Primero

Click here for daily readings Leprosy during Jesus’s time essentially meant your entire life was taken from you. You couldn’t be near your family and friends. You couldn’t be part of the community. You w...

Nov 25 2022

How Near Is The Kingdom Of God? / ¿Qué Tan Cerca Está el Reino de Dios?

Click here for daily readings **This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives.** As we draw near to the end of Ordinary Time, preparing to enter into Advent, the Gospel readings are… serious. Jesus is giving...

Nov 23 2022

Lord Prepare Me / Prepárame Señor

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the crowd to prepare themselves for persecution in His name. He continues: “You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head...

Nov 22 2022

Do Not Be Terrified/ No Tengas Miedo

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is not, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid&...

Nov 21 2022

Giving from Our Poverty / Dar De Nuestra Pobreza

Click here for daily readings As a teacher for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, I love teaching students about the gesture of Epiclesis (when the priest asks the Holy Spirit to come down upon the bread and wine to transfo...

Nov 20 2022

Solemnity of Christ the King / La Solemnidad de Cristo Rey

Click here for daily readings “Restore all things through Christ Jesus.” We are invited to welcome the King of Love into our lives and allow Jesus to “fix,” “restore,” and “renew&...

Nov 19 2022

God is “I Am” / Dios es “Yo Soy”

Click here for daily readings Many years ago, I heard a priest speak about God as the God of the present. He tells Moses, “I AM.” Not that he was or will be, but I AM. As in, now, the present. When I read both...

Nov 18 2022

Hanging On Jesus’ Every Word / Atento a Cada Palabra de Jesús

Click here for daily readings “Every day he was teaching…all the people were hanging on his words” (Luke 19: 47-48). Jesus, the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us, is our Teacher and Master. ...

Nov 17 2022

Knowing Christ, Our Peace / Conociéndo a Cristo, Nuestro Paz

Click here for daily readings In the Bible I keep on my desk at work, today’s Gospel passage has the heading “The Lament of Jerusalem.” That makes sense. Throughout the whole passage, Jesus is certainly lamenti...

Nov 16 2022

All We Need, And More / Todo lo Que Necesitamos y Hasta Más

Click here for daily readings Does your parish church have stained glass windows? From the outside, the windows look dark and dull, but when you are inside the Church, they are richly and brilliantly illuminated. That is another...

Nov 15 2022

Holiness / La Santidad

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, Jesus changed his plans. But it seems the only reason he ever changed his plans was out of love. In today’s Gospel, Jesus intends to pass through Jericho, but his loving desi...

Nov 14 2022

Seeing is Believing / Ver es Creer

Click here for daily readings I have a confession to make: I don’t notice things. I’ll have spent half an hour with someone, and they’ll finally ask, “So what do you think of my new glasses?”...

Nov 13 2022

The End Is The Beginning / El Final es el Inicio

Click here for daily readings We’ve come to that point in time, the penultimate (second to last) Sunday of the Liturgical Year, when our readings for the day are all about the end of time. Death, destruction, doom a...

Nov 12 2022

We Can’t Out-Give God / No Podemos Dar Más Que Dios

Click here for daily readings My son was a college student at Ave Maria University. He benefited from a generous scholarship, but was otherwise footing his own bill. Though he participated in the work study program on cam...

Nov 11 2022

Reminding Us / Recordándonos

Click here for daily readings As the season of Advent quickly approaches, I thought I would try to focus my next several reflections on Advent and specifically the incarnation. The First Reading from today perfectly summa...