Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Oct 22 2018

Taking It To Your Grave

Click here for daily readings Let me share this quote with you. I’m paraphrasing, as I can’t remember the exact wording. See if you can guess who might have said this. Hint – it’s a famous person: “...

Oct 21 2018

He Lived It, He Gets It

Click here for daily readings I love Jesus. And the older I grow, the more I grow in understanding of Him and love of Him. Despite my failings, He continues to transform from the historic, static figure that I knew as a child in...

Oct 19 2018

Worth More Than Many Sparrows

Click here for daily readings “Beware… (but) do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.” In this Gospel, Jesus goes from warning to reassuring. He first warns his close disciples to beware of the...

Oct 18 2018

Sent In Pairs

Click here for daily readings Jesus sent them in pairs. In today’s Gospel, he sent them in pairs to go out the cities he would later visit. He essentially told them to bring nothing but their faith. He also knew full well ...

Oct 17 2018

Obeying Out Of Love

Click here for daily readings This Gospel challenges us, as Jesus challenges the Scribes and Pharisees. It can also be easily misinterpreted to mean that the Law is not important. But a true interpretation recognizes that all th...

Oct 16 2018

Cleaning The Outside Isn’t Enough

Click here for daily readings Have you ever seen a surgical team scrub up before an operation? It puts mere handwashing to shame! It’s a good thing, of course, that the team puts so much effort in, and there’s an exc...

Oct 15 2018

The Faith Of St. Teresa Of Avila

Click here for daily readings Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the person I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me. “This generation is an evil generation; it seek...

Oct 11 2018

Ask, Seek, Knock, Find… What?

Click here for daily readings Quite a few years ago while working with RCIA inquirers, I have a vivid memory of a young woman who never prayed. She was self-sufficient, a small business owner – a very confident and intelli...

Oct 10 2018

Our Father

Click here for daily readings The gospel today is the short version of the Our Father prayer we know so well. I find myself called to go deeper and share with you an expanded version of this prayer, inspired by St. Francis of As...

Oct 09 2018

The Better Part

Click here for daily readings Today’s brief Gospel presents a scene that most of us can relate to on some level. We know that Mary and Martha are sisters (and Lazarus is their brother) and that this family is one of those ...

Oct 08 2018

Be Available, Be Generous

Click here for daily readings The Good Samaritan; a difficult story to reflect upon without being banal and writing a thought that has been shared before. This is a story that is so integrated into our society that we even have ...

Oct 07 2018

Acts Of Random Kindness

Click here for daily readings My Catholic faith has taught me more than any teacher, parent, or person ever has! Aside from the obvious “good morals,” Catholicism has taught me the value of family and friendship. It ...

Oct 05 2018

Knowing Vs. Inviting

Click here for daily readings Kyra, my new student in 6th grade has never even heard about Jesus. We’re in the middle of the first quarter, Catholic Doctrine curriculum for a 6th-grade level (assuming all others have built...

Oct 04 2018

The Memorial Of St. Francis Of Assisi

Click here for daily readings The readings today are so so fitting as we celebrate the memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis, like Job in the first reading, had a privileged life, both being from upper-middle-class ...

Oct 03 2018

Beauty And The Beast And Our Catholic Faith

Click here for daily readings “I consider all things rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him.” You know how sometimes someone says something or makes a new connection for you and not only does a light bul...

Oct 02 2018

Childlike Faith

Click here for daily readings “Unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.” -MT 18 A child is a perfect example of living in the world but not of the world. They often have thi...

Oct 01 2018

True Faith

Click here for daily readings “The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD!” What is Faith? The dictionary defines it several ways. Some say complete trust in another. Others say a bel...

Sep 30 2018

Trustworthiness

Click here for daily readings Growing up in an Italian family, there are certain phrases or loud words of advice I should say, that are engraved in my mind. Of course, if I’m telling you that I’m Italian, I have to l...

Sep 28 2018

The Truth Of The Incarnation

Click here for daily readings “Jesus was praying in solitude.” Luke 9:18 We hear these words in the Gospel, and they can quickly fly by us like a falling leaf during the fall months, without much awareness. But these...

Sep 27 2018

Renewing Our Commitment

Click here for daily readings I have wondered if Herod was haunted by his past, much like the murderer in the Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe; the murderer seems to hear his victim (which eventually gives him away), and Herod...