Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Feb 13 2022

The Beauty of the Beatitudes

Click here for daily readings “Behold, your reward will be great in heaven.” “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied...

Feb 12 2022

A Heart That Beats With Love For Us

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been so hungry that you were in danger of collapsing? Jesus is not usually prone to hyperbole, so his comment here seems factual: if he sends the crowd that has been foll...

Feb 11 2022

Be Opened!

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Mark tells the story of Jesus healing the man who was deaf and had a speech impediment. Jesus put His fingers in the man’s ear, put spit on his tongue, and look...

Feb 10 2022

Escape

Click here for daily readings I think it is good for us to see Jesus in this moment. Jesus, fully God, is also fully human. We see Jesus experience the full range of human emotions in the Gospels. Jesus weeping for Lazaru...

Feb 09 2022

The Cultivation of Interior Devotion

Click here for daily readings The parable Christ tells in today’s Gospel would have been difficult for the people of His time. There were strict laws on what constituted clean food and unclean food but now Jesus is ...

Feb 08 2022

Far From Him

Click here for daily readings Today we have the classic verse that people sometimes use to say that Jesus doesn’t care about the law as long as you are a good person. Of course, this couldn’t be further from ...

Feb 07 2022

Verdant

Click here for daily readings There is a lot to unpack in the 4 sentences that make up today’s Gospel. The word verdant has stayed with me throughout my prayer, reflection and study. During my reflection there were ...

Feb 06 2022

United in the Mass, Today’s Fishers of Men

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading from Isaiah, we hear something similar to that said in the Mass: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!” I...

Feb 05 2022

Jesus, Our Teacher

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm is taken from Psalm 119 which repeatedly mentions the commands of God, the statutes of God, the Word of God. So often we want to have God in our lives, but we...

Feb 04 2022

Kings and Commoners

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings offer us something that we in this current age of television, movies and mystery novels are pretty familiar with — the flashback. In the First Reading, Sirach fla...

Feb 03 2022

Memorial of St. Blaise: There’s a Saint for Everyone and Everything

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of St. Blaise. St. Blaise was the Bishop of Sebastia in Armenia, which is a city located midway between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Blaise lived during the early ...

Feb 02 2022

Healing in His Wings

Click here for daily readings “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” Where in your life is Jesus speaking that to you? With this freedom from fear, let’s take a look at today’s readings. The main theme t...

Feb 01 2022

St Brigid of Kildare

Click here for daily readings I love St Brigid! An abbess and the only female Patron Saint of Ireland, she is also known as “Mary of the Gael” or the “Mother Saint of Ireland.” Founder ...

Jan 31 2022

No One Sees ME

Click here for daily readings I wonder what the man dwelling among the tombs with an unclean spirit experienced on the “inside.” We know how other people experienced him: he was a scary, out of control, posses...

Jan 30 2022

Be Set Free From Evil

Click here for daily readings As the disciples’ boat arrives at Gerasa a man with an “unclean spirit” comes from the tombs towards them. It is much like a modern-day horror film that would cause fright ...

Jan 29 2022

Two Important Questions

Click here for daily readings The Old Testament today has the messenger Nathan astounded at what David has done, especially since David is the anointed of the Lord. David’s sin is forgiven by the Lord. There are, ho...

Jan 28 2022

God’s Mysterious Mercy

Click here for daily readings “With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in pri...

Jan 27 2022

What’s Your Secret?

Click here for daily readings Today is the memorial of Saint Angela Merici (and my wife’s birthday.) Perhaps you have heard of Saint Angela or know very little about her. One of our daughters that writes a blog he...

Jan 26 2022

The Soil of Our Souls

Click here for daily readings If you’re like me, you probably can’t even count the number of times you’ve heard or read today’s Gospel, Mark’s version of the sower and the seed. That familiar...

Jan 25 2022

On The Conversion (And Transformation) Of Saul/Paul

Click here for daily readings Saul becomes Paul. Are they the same person? Yes and no. We know that Christ has come to make us a new creation. He makes the whole world new, and each of us new. He proclaims in today&rsquo...