Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jul 16 2018

Jesus IS Lord

Click here for daily readings You might be scratching your head or recoiling in dismay when you read or hear the Readings for today. Isaiah’s word from the Lord is jarring: “Trample my courts no more! Bring no more w...

Jul 15 2018

The Greatest Gift Of Grace

Click here for daily readings If the only Catholic Doctrine question for my students was, “What is Ms. Ciancibello’s favorite word?”, than the majority of my students would get an A+ in their religion class.&nb...

Jul 14 2018

May We Thrive On The Cross

Click here for daily readings As I type, a heatwave has descended upon Western Michigan and surely much of the country. Mid-July is not known for the most pleasant of weather, especially for one who sports a 30–week pregna...

Jul 13 2018

Sheep In The Midst Of Wolves

Click here for daily readings “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” -Matthew 10:16 I am on the road currently for some parish visits. I spent...

Jul 12 2018

The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand

Click here for daily readings Sometimes that’s hard to believe. It’s easy to look out over the landscape of what humanity has done to the world and believe that this isn’t what God had in mind for us. We’...

Jul 11 2018

Trust

Click here for daily readings Since they do not fear the LORD, what can the king do for them? I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the times in my life that are marked by providence are also the times that I chose...

Jul 10 2018

Called To Preach

Click here for daily readings St. Augustine calls Matthew the Teaching Gospel. Jesus is our teacher, the Incarnate Word, the Logos. So what are we to learn from today’s Gospel reading? At first glance, it appears more like...

Jul 09 2018

Risen From The Dead!

Click here for daily readings We know that we must believe in order to be saved. Sometimes, we must admit that our belief is little more than lip-service. But we owe God all of us, as the Sh’ma states: “the Lord is o...

Jul 08 2018

Have Faith

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Jul 06 2018

Hear This, You Who Trample Upon The Poor!

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Jul 06 2018

Giving All We Have

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are what everyone worries about: money. “Do we have enough to …” “Should we donate to this group or that?” “How will the government’...

Jul 05 2018

Your Sins Are Forgiven

Click here for daily readings “Your sins are forgiven”. Four words that are so very powerful. These words give me such peace when the priest confessor says them to me as I receive a blessing at the close of each and ...

Jul 04 2018

We Belong to God Alone

Click here for daily readings Today is an exceptional day in the history of America. Many, many things come to mind in commemorating our independence as a nation that did not exist until 1776. Our history is not as extensive as ...

Jul 03 2018

One Nation Under God

Click here for daily readings This week, I cried for our world. I watch the news, I follow social media, I talk with coworkers, so I am painfully aware of our world’s struggle. I am aware of the situation happening to immi...

Jul 02 2018

Think of God

Click here for daily readings Does it ever scare you how easily it is to fall into bad habits? Reading about some of the transgressions of the time in the Book of Amos today, I realize once again how alive and applicable Scriptu...

Jun 30 2018

Miracles are Real

Click here for daily readings I am an extreme optimist, or maybe optimist is already an extreme? I could be on a sinking cruise ship and be thankful that I will get to see the 80% of the ocean that we have not yet explored. Ok, ...

Jun 29 2018

Conversions Woven Throughout Life

Click here for daily readings On this feast day of St. Peter and St. Paul I look back upon the journey the Lord has led me on and where He has me going. It seems like my life has been filled with conversions; some conversions ve...

Jun 28 2018

Exile and Return

Click here for daily readings Earlier this week at daily Mass we began hearing readings from the second Book of Kings. We’re being introduced to ancient kings from Assyria and Babylon who have one intent: to overthrow the ...

Jun 27 2018

Remain in Me

Click here for daily readings “Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord”, is the responsorial psalm for today. I don’t know about you, but I need this constant reminder. I must focus on the decrees of the Lord ...

Jun 26 2018

Trust in the Lord

Click here for daily readings Imagine you are an ancient king, responsible for a vast area and the lives of many people. Neighboring kings have joined forces and are destroying nearby kingdoms, and now send the message that you ...