Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Sep 08 2018

A Humble Strength

Click here for daily readings I have always had a deep devotion to my confirmation saint, St. Joseph. We know very little about St. Joseph, but in today’s readings, we hear some of the only written accounts of this gr...

Sep 07 2018

Changed For Good

Click here for daily readings Change is hard. Change means switching things up and usually, it means no longer doing what is easy or comfortable. Then again, change can be easy if the ultimate reason is worth it. A coach I had i...

Sep 06 2018

Trust In Him

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel from Luke has so much activity that it can be hard to see beyond the surface: the lake, the boats, the crowd, the nets, the catch, and finally, the fishermen leaving their fishi...

Sep 05 2018

Worth and Reliance

Click here for daily readings I have always struggled with humility. I think it is because I am such a positive person and for a long time I saw humility as putting ourselves down; we are just measly worms who can do nothing rig...

Sep 04 2018

The Conquering Healer

Click here for daily readings One of my favorite books in high school was Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” There was one detail of the story in particular that intrigued me. Dracula, even though he was spectacularly po...

Sep 03 2018

Openly Humble

Click here for daily readings “I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, so that your ...

Sep 02 2018

Beyond The Law

Click here for daily readings In today’s beautiful readings we see Jesus rebuking the Pharisees for following the letter of the law solely for the sake of the law instead of understanding the more profound point, rela...

Sep 01 2018

Francis, Reformer Of The Church

Click here for daily readings “…God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,…” 1 Cor 1:27 The readings today are very timely to help address...

Aug 31 2018

His Weakness

Click here for daily readings “The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.” -G.K. Chesterton The first reading is quite the encounter with Christ: explicit yet enigmatic, demanding yet alluring. I frequently go to...

Aug 30 2018

Join Me In Prayer And Fasting For Our Church

Click here for daily readings Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” What first comes to mind when you read that quote from today’s readings? Fear, sham...

Aug 29 2018

Take Courage, Have Hope

Click here for daily readings In Today’s Readings we hear the story of St. John the Baptist. Whenever I hear this story, I can’t help but imagine the gruesomeness of his beheading. I am not one that can handle the si...

Aug 28 2018

# Blessed

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo, one of my favorite saints. St. Augustine was a privileged man, with wealth and education given to him. He was also son of St. Monica (who went throu...

Aug 27 2018

Woe To You Hypocrites

Click here for daily readings Yesterday I wrote about the importance of true love and relationship that we saw in the beautiful readings. Today we see a sort of switch in language, Jesus is not happy. “Woe to you, scribes ...

Aug 26 2018

Be Subordinate To One Another

Click here for daily readings I was not originally scheduled to write a post for today, but I am glad it worked out the way it did. I went to Mass last night and heard the most amazing homily unpacking two of the readings from t...

Aug 25 2018

How I Look

Click here for daily readings Thanks to the fallenness that is ours due to the Original Fall, our human nature wants to continually put our own selves first, consider our own desires first, make sure we are taken care of first (...

Aug 24 2018

To Be Without Guile

Click here for daily readings Do you know what it is to be without guile? I’ll give you a minute to look it up if you don’t know. (Tick, tick, tick…) Ok. Times up. Today is the feast day of St. Bartholomew the...

Aug 23 2018

Invitation To The Wedding Feast

Click here for daily readings As I prayed with today’s readings I kept going back to the kingdom of heaven being similar to a wedding feast for a king’s son, like in the gospel and the first reading when the Lord say...

Aug 22 2018

Laborers In The Vineyard

Click here for daily readings This Gospel of the laborers in the vineyard is probably one of the hardest for us to understand. It goes against the grain of our modern mentality, with our fair wage laws and beliefs that those who...

Aug 21 2018

I Have To Give Everything?

Click here for daily readings “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who ...

Aug 20 2018

The Gift Of Grace

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel stands out as one of my favorites. We hear the story of the man who wants to gain eternal life and he asks Jesus what he must do. It’s important to remember here that Jesu...