Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Jun 25 2018

Called to Proclaim

Click here for daily readings I recently attended a Steubenville Adult Conference in which a speaker took the stage and gave an extremely vocal, Catholic rally call. He shouted and asked us to loudly repeat after him. At first, ...

Jun 24 2018

Forerunner of Christ

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist and on August 29 the Memorial of his Passion, a requiem of sorts of his decapitation. Yes, as gory as that sounds we celebrate th...

Jun 23 2018

The Real Cure for Stress

Click here for daily readings Stress. There cannot be one person reading this who hasn’t experienced it as a major factor in their lives. We’re all stressed, it seems, from the moment we get up in the mornings until ...

Jun 22 2018

Treasures of Heaven

Click here for daily readings Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither ...

Jun 21 2018

Our Father

Click here for daily readings The Catechism of the Catholic Church ends with a study of the Lord’s Prayer and the final paragraph of that last section is: “By the final ‘Amen,’ we express our ‘fiat&...

Jun 20 2018

With an Eye to Eternity

Click here for daily readings How often have you, as I have, looked to human praise? How often have we manipulated someone, or some situation, looking for affirmation of our deeds? I am as guilty as the next person, doing or say...

Jun 19 2018

Love One Another

Click here for daily readings The verse announcing the Gospel today is crystal clear: “I give you a new commandment; love one another as I have loved you”. John 13:34 So why is it that I have said, &ldqu...

Jun 18 2018

A Lamp To My Feet – A Light To My Path

Click here for daily readings In ancient pagan ceremonies, the lighted candles on Candlemas day had many meanings, one of which was to mark the middle of winter, looking forward to the coming of spring. In the traditions o...

Jun 17 2018

Constant Conversion

Click here for daily readings Someone once asked my friend, “If your boat sank and you could only save one of your parents, which one would you save?” Without hesitation, she answered, “My dad.” Everyone ...

Jun 16 2018

Jesus is the New Way

Click here for daily readings Jesus is intent on making clear that what he brings to the world is the fulfillment of the Old Law. The Old Law was good, and it drew hearts that were open into the truth, but there was more to come...

Jun 15 2018

Why Are You Here?

Click here for daily readings “Elijah, why are you here?” That’s the question the voice of the Lord poses to the Old Testament prophet in our first reading today from the First Book of Kings (19:9a, 11-16). Eli...

Jun 14 2018

Journey with Faith

Click here for daily readings After reading an article written by a former potato farmer, I was reminded of a movie I watched several years ago entitled “Faith Like Potatoes”. The films depicts a struggling family wi...

Jun 13 2018

The Power of God

Click here for daily readings “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” Matthew 22:29 This verse from Matthew coupled with the first readin...

Jun 12 2018

Saved By Grace

Click here for daily readings On my ankle, I have a tattoo that reads I>˅˄ and it stands for I AM (Yahweh/God) is greater (>) than my highs(^) and my lows (v). It reminds me that no matter where I am in my life, ...

Jun 11 2018

Blessed Are They

Click here for daily readings When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is th...

Jun 10 2018

How Did You Know You Were Naked?

Click here for daily readings God created us with a desire to be like Him. We have a tendency to confuse that innate wanting to be like God with a desire to be God. In the first reading, Adam and Eve disobeyed God. God created t...

Jun 09 2018

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Click here for daily readings Today the Church celebrates the obligatory Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so the sequential readings are set aside so that we can hear in the Gospel something about the Heart of Mary. The...

Jun 08 2018

The Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings Sometimes people in the Church speak about devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as goopy spirituality. I prefer to think of our different expressions of devotion as a matter of preference. Some peo...

Jun 07 2018

Pray for Ireland!

Click here for daily readings Much has been written about Mary, the young woman of Nazareth who said ‘’yes” to God. The gentle Mother who calls us to her Son, known by so many names–the Morning Star, Imma...

Jun 06 2018

Dependent on God

Click here for daily readings Pope Francis appears to to be pretty concerned with something called “Pelagianism.” He has made multiple references to it throughout his pontificate, including his new Apostolic Exhortat...