Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Nov 15 2018

The Hidden Kingdom

Click here for daily readings The question asked by the Pharisees is one that is running like static electricity throughout the Hebrew world: When will the Kingdom of God come? For thousands of years, they have been waiting for ...

Nov 14 2018

Heart Of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings How does one have a heart of gratitude during the rise of a “Me” culture? This individualism and quest for entitlement has allowed whole generations to believe that they are owed everyth...

Nov 13 2018

What Do We Say?

Click here for daily readings “Thank you.” Of the many habits my parents have helped form in me (brushing my teeth before and after the day, scraping my plate before loading it into the dishwasher, making my bed (whi...

Nov 12 2018

A Perfect Paradise

Click here for daily readings “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the one through whom they occur. Can you imagine a paradise where there is no sin, no hate, no war, no suffering of any kind? It has be...

Nov 11 2018

Be Not Afraid

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been at the rock bottom, feeling like you are falling into a pit of despair and hopelessness? This could come from many things; problems with family, work, friends, or health. There ar...

Nov 09 2018

The Church’s One Foundation

Click here for daily readings “The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord…” A beautiful hymn we sing from time to time as the priest processes toward the altar. These words serve as an importan...

Nov 08 2018

Every Sinner Has A Future

Click here for daily readings “Every Saint Has A Past – Every Sinner A Future” -Oscar Wilde Let me tell you a story I heard on NPR’s Story Corps project, which is a collection of stories taped around the ...

Nov 07 2018

What Is Truly Important?

Click here for daily readings I have recently taken on a few side jobs. Yes, on top of my full-time teaching position. I have done so as a means of stability. Emergencies and bills seem to continue to pile up and overwhelm me. A...

Nov 06 2018

Sharing Is Caring

Click here for daily readings We’ve all heard the term “sharing is caring,” but what happens when it’s someone we don’t necessarily care for? In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us a parable of a ...

Nov 05 2018

Finding Inner Peace

Click here for daily readings We have 3 short passages from the Bible today. As I sit with them, I realize that I have found my peace, just as our psalm today asks us to respond. Hmmm…That has not been true during most of...

Nov 04 2018

First Comes Love

Click here for daily readings The words in today’s First Reading from Deuteronomy are pivotal in the Mosaic Law and are now known as the Shema, part of the monotheistic profession of faith recited by Jews twice a day and t...

Nov 03 2018

Baptized Into His Death

Click here for daily readings “For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.” The past few days of readings have been about death. Today we hear that death is gain and yesterday we heard that we are baptized into Chri...

Nov 02 2018

Hope Of The Faithful Departed

Click here for daily readings “May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.” It’s something my family has said at the end of every prayer before we eat since I was very y...

Nov 01 2018

Power, Pleasure, Prestige, Position, Possessions

Click here for daily readings The Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes. We have heard them so often, seen them on posters, Facebook art, Instagram, even our daily planners… maybe we forget how revolutionary these words of ...

Oct 31 2018

O Death, Where Is Your Victory?

Click here for daily readings Recently my five-year-old and four-year-old sons were having a discussion about how Jesus was born on Christmas and rose on Easter, and at one point they ask, “So what happened to Jesus on Hal...

Oct 30 2018

A Seed And A Sprinkle

Click here for daily readings What IS the Kingdom of God like? To what can we compare it? If you’ve spent any time thinking about the “ends of things,” the “final things,” the end point of existence...

Oct 29 2018

Children Of Light

Click here for daily readings Within this past year, I have been diagnosed with narcolepsy & cataplexy. If you’re familiar with these diseases, you know that it is a large cross to carry. I’m still trying to figu...

Oct 28 2018

Closed Off From The World

Click here for daily readings As I was preparing writing this, my sister left me inspiration in a voicemail. Her words were: “Today in religion class, they told us to put down our phones and interact. The importance of in...

Oct 27 2018

Cultivating A Life In The Truth Of Love

Click here for daily readings Standing in front of a class of students for 8 hours a day is one big test of humility it seems. I really did believe I was good in that department. I didn’t need any more circumstances to gro...

Oct 26 2018

Gratitude And Wisdom

Click here for daily readings We have a clue to the probability that in today’s Gospel Jesus is addressing those who are against him rather than the crowd of goodwill followers by his use of the word “hypocrites,&rdq...