Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jul 14 2021

An Attitude of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings It’s always interesting to hear the reactions when we have a period of cool days during our short Michigan summer. Some are in seventh heaven, pull out their sweat shirts, stoke the bon...

Jul 13 2021

Conversion and Courage

Click here for daily readings Today, we hear about one of the unsung women who is an absolute hero in the Bible. Think back to the situation that is described in today’s First Reading. During this time in Egypt, al...

Jul 12 2021

The Lord’s Help Amid the Nightmare

Click here for daily readings As I was sharing with my sister-in-law all that my son has been through, I told her this felt like the song that never ends. She responded, “more like the nightmare that never ends&rdqu...

Jul 11 2021

Our Smallness and God’s Strength

Click here for daily readings My kids’ bedtime stories consist of a good mix of library books, super hero conquests, animal adventures, outer space voyages and Bible stories. But about once a month, they pull out th...

Jul 10 2021

Proclaim His Wondrous Deeds

Click here for daily readings To proclaim something, we have to know it. To know something, we need to give it our attention. Recently, I was asked how God was working in my life. And I went blank. I mean, absolute...

Jul 09 2021

Laughter

Click here for daily readings Today my coworker led our morning prayer and ended with, “Father, all I ask is that we find ourselves laughing today. I ask for nothing more than the beautiful gift of laughter.” ...

Jul 08 2021

What You Have Received

Click here for daily readings There are so many places to launch a reflection from in today’s Gospel. Jesus’ sending of the disciples is full of vivid imagery and specific instructions on how, where and why t...

Jul 07 2021

Chosen and Sent

Click here for daily readings I was on the edge of my Kindergarten seat, hoping to be called by the teacher to run the weekly errand of taking the attendance sheet to the Principal’s Office (which was practically n...

Jul 06 2021

The Privilege of Being a Laborer for the Kingdom of God

Click here for daily readings “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Mt 9:32-38 My grandfather’s humble service ...

Jul 05 2021

True Freedom

Click here for daily readings We just celebrated the Fourth of July and the Alleluia before the Gospel today really got me thinking about freedom. The reading says, “Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and ...

Jul 04 2021

The Faith of Paul

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear of Jesus returning to His native place and preaching in the synagogues. Those he encounters, however, doubt and question Him. Mark recounts that “&hellip...

Jul 03 2021

St. Thomas the Apostle

Click here for daily readings Going through my morning email last week a quotation from another famous Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas really caught my attention. “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To on...

Jul 02 2021

Dinner with Christ

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we read that the Pharisees questioned why Jesus sat for a meal with tax collectors and sinners. Jesus responded: “Those who are well do not need a physician, bu...

Jul 01 2021

A Question You Should Never Ask

Click here for daily readings The Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and sinners in Matthew’s house, in the house of the man Jesus had chosen, called, loved, and they asked the question, “Why ...

Jun 30 2021

The Lord Hears Our Cries

Click here for daily readings The First Reading and the Responsorial Psalm tie in really well together today. In the First Reading, we hear the story of Hagar and her son Ishmael, the son of Abraham. In this story, Abraha...

Jun 29 2021

Noble and Holy Joy

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. We celebrate them together because of their leadership in the early Church and the foundation they set for the Church as we know it to...

Jun 28 2021

A Greater Calling

Click here for daily reading Today we see the gravity of following Christ. In the center of our readings, we are reminded of the beauty of our call, a call to remain in the presence of the kind and merciful Lord. In the s...

Jun 27 2021

A Leap of Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is all about faith. Though the “star of the show” of today’s excerpt from Mark is the healing of the Synagogue official’s daughter (and there is much I c...

Jun 26 2021

I Will Come

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear those very familiar words of the Centurion. In the previous Gospel, Jesus had just come down from the mountain. After preaching and teaching, he was healing p...

Jun 25 2021

Jesus

Click here for daily readings While thankfully not a leprosy sufferer, I have dealt with eczema for many years, including a severe bout on my hands that left them virtually unusable. At their worst, swollen with horrendou...