Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Dec 08 2018

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Click here for daily readings Today, our blessed mother Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the greatest Marian feasts of the year, but also one of the most widely misu...

Dec 07 2018

Pity and Faith

Click here for daily readings Son of David, have pity on us. We hear this phrase frequently in the Gospels. Today, we hear these words out of the mouths of blind men in the Gospel of Matthew. Although they could not have seen th...

Dec 06 2018

Feast of St. Nicholas

Click here for daily readings The readings today speak of our trust and faith in the Lord. Both instruct us to have our Rock of faith as the Lord and keep our foundations in solidarity with Him, otherwise our houses, our lives w...

Dec 05 2018

God Will Provide

Click here for daily readings Today we are reminded that God will provide for us. “The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,” and provide for us. No matter our struggle, God is good. In today’...

Dec 04 2018

The Ocean of Mission

Click here for daily readings In the Bible I use as my study Bible, the second half of today’s Gospel is labeled, The Privileges of Discipleship. Jesus tells his disciples that they are blessed because they get to see and ...

Dec 03 2018

Let’s Go Together

Click here for daily readings The Church in her wisdom immediately reminds us at the very beginning of the Advent season that in these days of expectation, we are not only reliving the waiting of our ancient fathers, the centuri...

Dec 02 2018

Christ Reminds us of Who We Are

Click here for daily readings “Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” Often when I read verses li...

Nov 30 2018

Fishers of Men

Click here for daily readings Today, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew, an apostle of Christ. In the readings, we see Saint Andrew called from his father’s boat along with his more celebrated brother, Saint Peter, and...

Nov 29 2018

The Harlot and the Bride

Click here for daily readings In the first reading today, John describes the apocalyptic fall of the great city of Babylon. While there’s debate among Scripture scholars over whether John’s vision of Babylon represen...

Nov 28 2018

Remain Faithful

Click here for daily readings “To suffer and to be despised — what bitterness, but what glory!” -St. Therese of Lisieux Being Catholic is not easy; following the way of Christ is not easy. But if we think about...

Nov 27 2018

A Firm Disposition to do the Good

Click here for daily readings “A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person to not only perform good acts but to give the best of himself.” CCC #1803 As I write this, it is Thanksg...

Nov 26 2018

Spirit of Giving

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is short and sweet and yet beautiful deep and reflective. “He said, ‘I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made ...

Nov 24 2018

Living in Love

Click here for daily readings Is there anything better? My fiancé and I have been engaged for about four months and we are thrilled! We’ve both seen the fruits of the Spirit as we grew in our “...

Nov 23 2018

Simplicity like St. Francis

Click here for daily readings I wonder how many of you are spending today much as I have before. Ah, yes, the simultaneously boring and thrilling adventures of Black Friday shopping. I would be lying if I said that I have only b...

Nov 22 2018

Gratitude is the Memory of the Heart

Click here for daily readings “Gratitude is the memory of the heart,” an old French proverb by Jean-Baptiste Massieu. What a fitting thought for today, Thanksgiving Day, when all of the Scripture readings center on t...

Nov 21 2018

Called To Give Our Talent

Click here for daily readings Today is the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the First Reading, we hear this descriptive vision that St. John experienced Heaven. He writes about these visions in detail ...

Nov 20 2018

Christ Has No Body But Yours

Click here for daily readings The Tuesday before Thanksgiving finds many folks in the USA preparing on multiple levels. While some are getting grocery shopping done so a feast may be readied, others are cleaning in order to welc...

Nov 19 2018

Have Pity On Me!

Click here for daily readings I don’t know about all of you, but sometimes I feel pretty blind… No, I don’t mean blind in the sense that I should call up my optometrist for a check-up, but in the sense that li...

Nov 17 2018

Remember Your Death

Click here for daily readings “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on Earth?” This is the question that today’s Gospel leaves us to reflect on. Jesus being Jesus, He knows if there will be faith o...

Nov 16 2018

It Only Takes A Moment

Click here for daily readings It’s easy to think, sometimes, that our lives are on a steady and pretty much predictable—even boring—course. That the days are standard-issue: we get out of bed, do our morning ro...