Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Oct 21 2024

Discerning What We Store / Discernir lo que Guardamos

Click here for daily readings The seasons continue to change and turn. As the fall and winter holidays begin to dominate the secular scene, Catholics take a rather different approach to their arrival. In our Gospel, Jesus...

Oct 20 2024

The Problem of Evil / El Problema del Mal

Click here for daily readings The problem of evil is a tough one. When we look around the world we see so much suffering, pain and sin, and it is natural to ask the question, “Why?” For thousands of years the ...

Oct 19 2024

Badly or Boldly? / ¿Mal Hecho o Hecho con Valentía?

Click here for daily readings Do we speak the truth of our faith badly or boldly? In today’s readings, it is about being bold, about relying on the Holy Spirit. Way back in May, we celebrated the feast of Pentecost ...

Oct 18 2024

Saint Luke / San Lucas

Click here for daily readings Why 72 disciples? Biblical numbers always have significance. Genesis describes the division of the non-Jewish world into 70 nations. Moses was directed to bring 70 elders to the door of the T...

Oct 17 2024

Plans, Monuments and Keys / Planes, Monumentos y Llaves

Click here for daily readings If you scroll down to the “About the Author” section at the bottom of this reflection, you’ll see I call myself “a regular guy.” I have not been ordained nor hav...

Oct 16 2024

Woe is Me! / ¡Ay de Mí!

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel passage Jesus confronts the Pharisees and experts of the law with a series of woes, highlighting their hypocrisy and neglect of justice and love. One of the woes...

Oct 15 2024

Cleaning The Outside Isn’t Enough / Limpiar el Exterior no es Suficiente

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan archives. ** Have you ever seen a surgical team scrub up before an operation? It puts mere handwashing to shame! It’s a good thing, of cour...

Oct 14 2024

Am I Serving God? / ¿Estoy Sirviendo a Dios?

Click here for daily readings This Gospel passage hints at one question we should all be asking ourselves: Am I serving God? This question guided Pope Saint John Paul II, as can be seen through his meditations and reflect...

Oct 13 2024

By His Poverty We are Filled / Por Su Pobreza Somos Saciados

Click here for daily readings “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” (Mk 10:21) Particularly in today’s society, we tend to...

Oct 12 2024

Faith and Our Lady / La Fe y Nuestra Madre

Click here for daily readings I love that the Catholic Church dedicates two months of every year to celebrate Mary, the mother of God during October and May. Mary’s faith is referred to in the Catechism of the Catho...

Oct 11 2024

Growing Gray With God / Envejeciéndonos con Dios

Click here for daily readings Well, the day has arrived. I made it. I have reached the point of true middle age. I am now 45 years old. And now that I have, what should I do with that? Should I run off and have me an honest to g...

Oct 10 2024

How We Pray / Como Rezamos

Click here for daily readings What do I pray about and what does that say about me? If you do a quick search of Bible commentaries, the consensus is that Jesus’ message for us in today’s parable is to be...

Oct 09 2024

Lord, Teach Me to Pray / Señor, Enséñame a Rezar

Click here for daily readings Lord, teach me to pray. It never occurred to me to ask that of Jesus. I’d assumed that after years of Catholic education and church-going, I should just know how to pray. I could rattle...

Oct 08 2024

Distracted Visits with Jesus / Visitas Distraídas con Jesús

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Martha, busy serving and fretting, loses sight of just who it is she has welcomed into her home. In light of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival, I wish to ex...

Oct 07 2024

Imitate Mary, the Good Samaritan / Imitar a María, la Buena Samaritana

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear the parable of the Good Samaritan. The scholar questioning Jesus wishes to clarify who his neighbor is, no doubt to exclude some people he sees as unworthy. J...

Oct 06 2024

Listening and Loving / Escuchar y Amar

Click here for daily readings Jesus insists that the little children can come to Him. He is available to them just as much as He is to the adults, much to the shock of the adults surrounding Him. Jesus then asks those sho...

Oct 05 2024

I Have Given You Power / Les He Dado Poder

Click here for daily readings The Lord is always inviting, always giving, always guiding. He invites us into His Mission, He gives us all we need to fulfill our part of it, and He is always guiding us in the surprising pa...

Oct 04 2024

St. Francis’ Mission is Ours Too / La Misión de San Francisco También es la Nuestra

Click here for daily readings On this day, we recall the great St. Francis of Assisi, an extraordinary Saint who lived his faith in such a way that he helps restore it in others. He founded the Franciscan order based on v...

Oct 03 2024

Do You Trust Him? / ¿Confías en Dios?

Click here for daily reading It might help to briefly summarize the Book of Job, since the book is so condensed in the readings we hear this week. After Job is afflicted, losing everything and everyone he loves most, losi...

Oct 02 2024

Childlike Trust / La Confianza Como los Niños

Click here for daily readings Now that I have two little boys I am often thinking about all the times in Scripture that children are depicted as the height of sanctity. On one hand, this doesn’t make a whole lot of ...