Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Sep 16 2024

Tempering Our Vices Through Prayer / Moderar los Vicios con la Oración

Click here for daily readings I will be the first to admit that I am not a very patient person. Sure, I could blame it on how the world we live in offers immediate gratification, information at our fingertips or food through a d...

Sep 15 2024

Humility / La Humildad

Click here for daily readings I have always been so easily influenced by others’ opinions of me. I want to be loved, or at least well-liked, by all I meet. It is a natural human tendency. The compulsive need to chec...

Sep 14 2024

More Than Commonplace Spirituality / Más que una Espiritualidad Ordinario

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading we hear the all too familiar complaints that come from broken humanity. I say all too familiar because we all complain about various things in our spiritual jou...

Sep 13 2024

St. John Chrysostom / San Juan Crisóstomo

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, a Doctor of the Church from the late 300’s. He was known for his incredibly powerful preaching. The title, “Chrysostom,&rd...

Sep 12 2024

Forgive and Give / Perdonar y Dar

Click here for daily readings We are created in the image and likeness of God, and the goal of life is to realize this image and likeness and act according to the truth of it. The first step is coming to some understandin...

Sep 11 2024

The Savior Seeks Our Attention / El Salvador Busca Nuestra Atención

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage begins with a profoundly divine moment, as Jesus, the embodiment of love, lifts His eyes towards His disciples. Imagine being there, and suddenly, your gaze meets...

Sep 10 2024

Pray, Act, Serve, Repeat / Rezar, Actuar, Servir, Repetir

Click here for daily readings I tell my sister to ask me two questions when I get all out of sorts. Are you praying the rosary everyday? Are you writing? Praying the rosary roots me by contemplating Jesus ...

Sep 09 2024

A Merciful Approach / Un Enfoque Misericordioso

Click here for daily readings Suppose a new employee at your company was struggling. She is overwhelmed and not completing her tasks. Recently she burst into tears and went home in the middle of the day. She was gone for ...

Sep 08 2024

Nativity of Mary: Open to God’s Grace / La Natividad de María: Apertura a la Gracia de Dios

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, God’s sense of humor is hard for me to ignore. When I opened my Bible to begin penning this reflection in a quiet adoration chapel, it took all my strength to muffle the invo...

Sep 07 2024

Christ, in Human Weakness / Cristo, en su Debilidad Humana

Click here for daily reading St. Paul admonishes the Corinthians in our first reading, criticizing their distinctions, boasting, and wealth. This is not the life of a disciple of Christ, or at least not the life of an apo...

Sep 06 2024

Doing What is Necessary / Hacer lo Necesario

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been questioned about your Catholic practices, told “you’re too Catholic” or “not Catholic enough”? A common objection to Catholicism is often &ldq...

Sep 05 2024

Our Nothing vs God’s Everything / Nuestra Nada y el Todo de Dios

Click here for daily readings Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like doing absolutely nothing? You stare at your computer screen or the full basket of laundry or your tool box and you don’t move a single mu...

Sep 04 2024

Heavenly Food / Comida Celestial

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading Paul calls everyone spiritual babies without actually calling them spiritual babies. He makes the analogy that he has been feeding everyone with milk because th...

Sep 03 2024

Chewing On Scripture / Masticando las Escrituras

Click here for daily readings This year I have been volunteering in my parish’s catechesis program. We are so blessed to have two atriums, or classrooms, that are dedicated to using the Catechesis of the Good Shephe...

Sep 02 2024

The Power and Wisdom of God / El Poder y la Sabiduría de Dios

Click here for daily reading “When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. . . . my message and my proclamation were not with persuas...

Sep 01 2024

Blessed Are the Pure of Heart / Bienaventurados los Puros de Corazón

Click here for daily readings The heart is “the depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God” (CCC 368). In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus defines purity of heart by telling us...

Aug 31 2024

There’s No Time Like the Present / No Hay Mejor Momento que el Presente

Click here for daily readings It’s the last Saturday of August, the unofficial end of the summer season and Labor Day weekend. Where did the time go? I haven’t finished the projects or spent time with the peop...

Aug 30 2024

One Step Ahead / Un Paso Adelante

Click here for daily reading “Stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour” (Matt. 25:13). Our Gospel reading ends with these words, a stark reminder that we should be ready for the Second Coming, or ...

Aug 29 2024

The Best Food for Children / El Mejor Alimento para los Niños

Click here for daily readings When my oldest son was four years old, he was playing one day in our tiny fenced-in yard. I had the front door open and was keeping an eye on him when a service man pulled up in a van and app...

Aug 28 2024

Inspecting Our Insides / Revisando Nuestro Interior

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection has been reposted from Diocesan Archives.** Does your outside match your inside? Actions, as they say, speak far louder than words. We reveal so much more of ourselves by o...