Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Aug 24 2021

Lord, We Ask For Your Mercy

Click here for daily readings This past week I moved a dear friend of mine home from an assisted living facility to his own place. He was placed there after a week in the hospital to recover from an illness. The illness h...

Aug 24 2021

Lord, We Ask For Your Mercy

Click here for daily readings This past week I moved a dear friend of mine home from an assisted living facility to his own place. He was placed there after a week in the hospital to recover from an illness. The illness h...

Aug 23 2021

Let Your Actions Speak

Click here for daily readings When I read daily Mass readings, I don’t usually think of a Second Reading that would have fit nicely, I just reflect on those readings. Today, though, I was reminded of James 2:14-26 a...

Aug 22 2021

The Queenship of Mary

Click here for daily readings The feast of the Queenship of Mary was established sixty seven years ago by Pope Pius XII on the 22nd of August, giving closure to the octave of Mary which began last Sunday with the Assumpti...

Aug 21 2021

God’s Generosity

Click here for daily readings As a child, my parents taught me to tithe 10% of every dime I made. I started delivering newspapers when I was nine years old and babysitting when I was eleven or twelve, so each week I would...

Aug 20 2021

The Significance of Love

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, the Pharisees asked Jesus what the greatest commandment was. He responded: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and w...

Aug 20 2021

The Significance of Love

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, the Pharisees asked Jesus what the greatest commandment was. He responded: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and w...

Aug 18 2021

Fair vs Just

Click here for daily readings Even in the time of Jesus there was tension between what was “fair” and what was “just”. Usually, today or way back when, a situation is considered “fair”...

Aug 18 2021

Fair vs Just

Click here for daily readings Even in the time of Jesus there was tension between what was “fair” and what was “just”. Usually, today or way back when, a situation is considered “fair”...

Aug 17 2021

Give up my stuff?

Click here for daily readings Is Jesus asking us to renounce all our worldly goods? Maybe. Jesus suggests the ideal, give up house and family and land for his name. He certainly would like us to be less attached to them i...

Aug 16 2021

No Minced Words

Click here for daily readings There are definitely no minced words in today’s readings. The children of Israel began serving other gods, so the Lord got angry with them and allowed them to suffer disastrous conseque...

Aug 15 2021

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Mother has so many names which we can use to relate to her. This starts in the First Reading with the “Ark of the Cove...

Aug 14 2021

Misericordia

Click here for daily readings “For I will re-establish my covenant with you” (Ezekial 16:62). God is so good! He is so righteous, so wondrous, so powerful, so awesome… and so merciful! The last month, a...

Aug 14 2021

Repetitive Forgiveness

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/12/21, so we are posting it now.** Today I am scheduled for a repeat C-section. As I write, I don’t know if I will go into labor...

Aug 14 2021

Making Him Known

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/11/21, so we are posting it now.** “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them.”&...

Aug 14 2021

St. Lawrence

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/10/21, so we are posting it now.** “This side is done. Turn me over and take a bite.” My amazing husband is an incr...

Aug 14 2021

From Despair to Hope

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/8/21, so we are posting it now.** Have you ever had a moment where you just wanted to give up on something? Whether work or a situati...

Aug 13 2021

Mirroring the Trinity

Click here for daily reading There simply isn’t enough time to meditate on our Gospel today. Pope Saint John Paul II spent weeks meditating on it, as it was one of the critical inspirations for his Theology of the B...

Aug 13 2021

Mirroring the Trinity

Click here for daily reading There simply isn’t enough time to meditate on our Gospel today. Pope Saint John Paul II spent weeks meditating on it, as it was one of the critical inspirations for his Theology of the B...

Aug 09 2021

God’s Will

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, there was one thing that stood out to me. In my daily readings, I highlighted “For the Lord, your God, […] has no favorites [and] accepts no bribe...