Category Archives: Ordinary Time

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...

Jun 24 2021

Joy in His Presence

Click here for daily readings John the Baptist was in such anticipation of his relationship with Jesus that he lept within his mother’s womb. Today, we celebrate the birth of this man who was so excited about...

Jun 23 2021

Be Like Abram

Click here for daily readings There’s a detail in today’s First Reading that was brought to my attention several years ago which changed the way I see this story now. Abram was questioning God’s plan. Go...

Jun 22 2021

When God Asks You To Uproot Your Life

Click here for daily readings The invitation to Abram to uproot his life—a life he knew, a life he had built, a life that had security guaranteed, a life surrounded by his things, his people, his culture—is t...

Jun 21 2021

Judging and Tiny Cups

Click here for daily readings “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Sometimes, this ver...

Jun 20 2021

Be Not Afraid

Click here for daily readings “Do not be afraid! Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure. He alone can give full meaning to life, he alone is the center of history. Live by him!” – Pope St. John Paul ...

Jun 19 2021

Do not worry

Click here for daily readings Three simple words that begin a short list of things Jesus tells us to not worry about – food, drink, clothes. I do not worry about those things, I have more important things to w...

Jun 18 2021

Storing the Right Treasures

Click here for daily readings As many blog posts and reflections begin, I have a confession to make. I probably have too much yarn. Now I know, the “probably” I put in should probably be removed, but I’...

Jun 17 2021

Leading, and Living, by Example

Click here for daily readings As I was reflecting on today’s passage, I was reminded of my high school days in JROTC. While the program had its pros and cons, I learned some important lessons about leadership there...

Jun 16 2021

Keeping it Simple

Click here for daily readings I often try to imagine what life was like in the early Church, in the first century, a Church still struggling to understand what it was meant to be, to become. My field of studies is the me...

Jun 15 2021

Praise Amid the Storm

Click here for daily readings I read a really good reflection the other day by Dr. MaryRuth Hackett, who writes for Blessed Is She. It spoke about the suffering of another woman who was questioning why God would allow her...

Jun 14 2021

Response Required

Click here for daily readings I remember studying today’s Gospel passage all the way back in high school – my sophomore year spring semester New Testament class, to be exact. We obviously spent a lot of time ...

Jun 13 2021

Seeds for the Kingdom

Click here for daily readings “If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.” (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) In today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus tell the disciples that the Kingdom of God can be c...

Jun 12 2021

Be Childlike

Click here for daily readings Today, on the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we get a glimpse of what it must have been like raising Jesus. Kind of nerve-wracking, if you ask me. Jesus, my son, the Son of God, lo...

Jun 11 2021

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings In my Grandma and Grandpa B’s home there were two large lighted framed paintings, one of Mary and the infant Jesus over the mantle and another of Jesus on the opposite side of the livin...