Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jul 31 2021

Paving the Path to Heaven

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel reading today, we read the story of the beheading of John the Baptist. According to Matthew, at Herod’s birthday celebration, Herodias’ daughter performed a dance th...

Jul 30 2021

Where Do I lack faith?

Click here for daily readings This is such an interesting Gospel, it begins with Jesus preaching and the people who hear him are astonished, they acknowledge his wisdom. But that mood quickly changes as they realize who J...

Jul 29 2021

Martha and Mary Moments

Click here for daily readings One of the newer memorials in the Roman Catholic Church, today we celebrate Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Previously, only Saint Martha was celebrated on July 29; however, back in January, Pope...

Jul 28 2021

Giving it All

Click here for daily readings It is good for me to remind myself, when I get mired down in the daily mess of life, that my time on earth is transitory. In the entirety of my existence, beginning with conception and contin...

Jul 27 2021

Wheat, Weeds, and We

Click here for daily readings Today we hear Jesus’ explanation of the parable that was read at Mass on Saturday (Matt 24-30). The Son of Man sows the good seed that is the “children of the Kingdom” (tha...

Jul 26 2021

Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of Mary, Friends Who Love You

Click here for daily readings I was thinking today how wonderful it would have been to live next door to Saints Joachim and Anne, listening to each other’s stories, crying and laughing with them. It would have been ...

Jul 25 2021

Hearing Anew

Click here for daily readings Spend any amount of time in the Scriptures or attending Mass, and you may be tempted to let your mind drift during the readings with the misleading rationale, “I’ve heard this all...

Jul 24 2021

That’s His Job

Click here for daily readings “To some God and Jesus may appeal in a way other than to us: some may come to faith in God and to love, without a conscious attachment to Jesus. Both nature and good men besides Jesus ...

Jul 23 2021

Good Soil

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear Christ’s explanation of a parable that I’m sure we’re all familiar with: the Parable of the Sower. He explains that the four different ...

Jul 22 2021

Stay with Me

Click here for daily readings Mary stayed. There are some lines in Scripture that speak so much louder than their few words. When we read today’s Gospel slowly, we see it was a busy morning for Mary Magdalene.&nbsp...

Jul 21 2021

The Gift of Life

Click here for daily readings The mystery of human life is truly amazing. I can’t believe how my kids love to lay on my belly, rub it and give it kisses. They can’t wait for their little sister to come out! Ju...

Jul 20 2021

Stretch Out Your Hand

Click here for daily readings When I prepare to write my blog posts, I usually listen to an uplifting Christian song when or before I read the readings. I put my music on shuffle play and the song Confidence by Sanctus Real came...

Jul 19 2021

Harden Not Your Heart

Click here for daily readings The Gospel Acclamation today is what links the readings for me. ‘If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.’ Ps 95:8 In the First Reading, Pharaoh, the Egyptians and the...

Jul 18 2021

The Comfort of Letting God Lead Us

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings provide such comfort to our hurting world! Each of them provides a beautiful description of God’s loving, generous care. No matter what anyone has done to you to...

Jul 17 2021

Alive

Click here for daily readings “Are you alive in Christ?” There was a decently loud response from the crowd, a rumbling of “Yes.” Fr. Agustino Torres wasn’t satisfied with that response, thou...

Jul 16 2021

What Would Make You Sad?

Click here for daily readings I’ve been working with a client who is writing her memoir, and it’s got me thinking about the things we keep and the things we discard as we move through the different seasons of...

Jul 15 2021

True Rest

Click here for daily reading Today, the Lord tells us that He can give us true rest, beyond that which the world gives. Christ invites us to take His yoke upon us and learn from Him, but this claim is much more significan...

Jul 14 2021

An Attitude of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings It’s always interesting to hear the reactions when we have a period of cool days during our short Michigan summer. Some are in seventh heaven, pull out their sweat shirts, stoke the bon...

Jul 13 2021

Conversion and Courage

Click here for daily readings Today, we hear about one of the unsung women who is an absolute hero in the Bible. Think back to the situation that is described in today’s First Reading. During this time in Egypt, al...

Jul 12 2021

The Lord’s Help Amid the Nightmare

Click here for daily readings As I was sharing with my sister-in-law all that my son has been through, I told her this felt like the song that never ends. She responded, “more like the nightmare that never ends&rdqu...