Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Nov 10 2022

Where is the Kingdom of Heaven? / ¿Dónde Está el Reino de los Cielos?

Click here for daily readings We live in a “both/and” Church, rather than “either/or”. Jesus is both true God and true man. Mary is both virgin and mother. We believe in Jesus’ death and resu...

Nov 09 2022

God is In Control / Dios Tiene el Control

Click here for daily readings Why is it that the more anxious we are, the more we cling to our vices? As each day brings us closer and closer to my husband’s surgery next week, I find myself getting into the kids&rs...

Nov 08 2022

Order Up! / Ya Está Lista la Orden

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings can be a bit harsh; however, it is all laid out for us. We are essentially given a good examination of conscience in the First Reading, followed by a good reminder of our goal...

Nov 07 2022

Truly Called to Holiness / Verdaderamente Llamados a la Santidad

Click here for daily reading Many of us have probably heard about the universal call to holiness, present throughout the Church’s history and prominently proclaimed by the Second Vatican Council. Our readings remind...

Nov 06 2022

The Joys of the Afterlife / La Alegría de la Vida Eterna

Click here for daily readings “They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise.” I love to think about death. While many find the topi...

Nov 05 2022

Leaning on God and Others / Apoyándnos en Dios y los Demás

Click here for daily readings I remember several moments as a child when something would strike my mom as particularly funny and she would laugh and laugh until she cried. She would try to speak but couldn’t get a s...

Nov 04 2022

Be like the Dishonest Steward…Wait…What? / Ser Como el Mayordomo Deshonesto… Un Momento… ¿Cómo?

Click here for daily readings True to the nature of parables, this parable raises more questions than it answers. In the parable of the Dishonest Steward, the steward of a wealthy man finds out he is about to lose h...

Nov 03 2022

Inviting People In / Invitar a la Gente Entrar

Click here for daily readings What was it about Jesus that drew people near to him? I guess the whole Son of God thing must have helped. But this is something I think about often as someone who wants to evangelize as best...

Nov 02 2022

Passing through Fire / Pasando por el Fuego

Click here for daily reading All Souls’ Day is a wonderful opportunity to pray for the dead, uniting our personal intentions to the prayers of the Mass. The month of November also gives us the opportunity for indulg...

Nov 01 2022

Our Heavenly Reward / Nuestra Recompensa Celestial

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus gives us the Beatitudes. These are words we all know well. But given our political climate today and the persecution that many have faced because of the...

Oct 31 2022

Start Small / Empezando Pequeño

Click here for daily readings Modern society would have us declare today is Halloween. Costumes, jack o’ lanterns, trick-or-treating, candy. Our Catholic faith, on the other hand, would instead remind us that today ...

Oct 30 2022

Our Patient Father / Nuestro Padre Paciente

Click here for daily readings People love to make fun of the songs we sang at church in the early 1970s, but I was a little girl then and I remember many of them fondly. Today’s Gospel took me back to that time inst...

Oct 29 2022

A Seat at the Table / Un Asiento en la Mesa

Click here for daily readings I grew up with a fairly large extended family. If you combine both my mom and dad’s sides, I have about 30 cousins. As one of the oldest cousins, I know a thing or two about jockeying f...

Oct 28 2022

Turn to the Lord / Volver al Señor

Click here for daily reading On this feast of two apostles, Sts. Simon and Jude, we’re reminded of how Jesus chose the Twelve. “Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God&rd...

Oct 27 2022

Where Do You Keep Your Armor? / ¿Dónde Guardas tu Armadura?

Click here for daily readings It is no secret that we live in trying times. How could things like this happen in our world and our country and at such a fast pace? We wake up in the morning hoping that God will snap his finge...

Oct 26 2022

Be an Active Participant / Ser un Participante Activo

Click here for daily readings Coasting through life can be such a temptation! Modern conveniences make it even easier: I can donate to my son’s school by shopping online using the coupon code my computer saved. I c...

Oct 25 2022

The Kingdom of God / El Reino de Dios

Click here for daily readings The Gospel reading today is only four lines. The parable about the kingdom of God in Luke 13:18-21 is a favorite of mine, among others, as images of a mustard seed immediately come to mind. W...

Oct 24 2022

Be Imitators of God / Ser Imitadores de Dios

Click here for daily readings Not only are we created in the image and likeness of God, we are to be imitators of Him who created us. God is love. Love is a creative force. Love cannot be withheld and turned inward....

Oct 23 2022

Freedom in Humility / La Libertad en la Humildad

Click here for daily readings When looking up the definition of humility, I came across two different responses. It was first defined as a modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness. The second def...

Oct 22 2022

Fruitless Fruit Trees / Árboles Frutales Sin Frutos

Click here for daily readings Some people in Jesus’ time believed that there was a direct correlation between a person’s sins and their sufferings – sick people must surely have sinned and were receiving...