Category Archives: Ordinary Time

May 29 2018

Grace as Gift

Click here for daily readings Amazing! A whole reading on salvation and not a list of things for us to do to attain it. When a young woman enters religious life (which I did 40 years ago this year), she begins to organize her s...

May 28 2018

Look of Love

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel contains what may be the most reassuring words in all of Scripture. A young man has run up to Jesus to ask him a question about the demands of discipleship. After Jesus reminds...

May 27 2018

Hope In Suffering

Click here for daily readings Today is Trinity Sunday and the readings today make me recall all that God has brought me through in the past year: my OCD diagnosis, my doubts and fears of life transitions he has brought my way, ...

May 26 2018

Like Children Before God

Click here for daily readings What kind of man is this, who speaks with authority yet is so approachable that the young mothers and children come near to be touched and blessed by him? This is no stern and critical Rabbi, judgin...

May 25 2018

Be Fair, Be Safe, Be Kind

Click here for daily readings “Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged.” (James 5:9) The first line of today’s first reading hit me like a rock right between the eye...

May 24 2018

Causing Scandal

Click here for daily readings On the internet there are a lot of jokes, tweets and memes that touch on the topic of cutting toxic people off. These social media commentaries are all about cutting bad friends, ex-boyfriends, etc....

May 23 2018

Words Matter

Click here for daily readings I have decided to start a campaign to reclaim the meaning of words. Adorable does not mean cute (I’ll get to that word later) and scandal does not mean worthy of a newspaper headline. The Cate...

May 22 2018

Two Minds, Fractured Heart

Click here for daily readings Beloved: “Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but ...

May 21 2018

Our Mother and Reason for Hope

Click here for daily readings Everyone needs a mother, and actually, everything needs a mother. Everything has a genesis, a backstory, a context. And very often when we really want to understand anything we try to look for the r...

May 20 2018

Have You Got Spirit?

Click here for daily readings How often do you hear this phrase? “Our team has spirit”; “Our class has spirit”; “I shopped at my school Spirit Store today and got the Spirit shirt!”. The &ldqu...

May 19 2018

Holy Spirit Come

Click here for daily readings The readings for today have been challenging me. My initial reaction to the first reading is, ugh, Paul imprisoned for a long time, yet a faithful witness. OK, really not the path I want to see myse...

May 18 2018

Do You Love Me?

Click here for daily readings As a young adult currently in the “dating phase,” today’s Gospel immediately reminded me of a romantic relationship. I know for a fact that even now, I ask my boyfriend of two year...

May 17 2018

Set Free

Click here for daily readings “For it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.” After Readings today’s First Reading, I can’t help but be captivated by St. Paul’s heroic courage...

May 16 2018

Consecrate Them in Truth

Click here for daily readings Consecrate-from the latin, consecrare; to render sacred Render-cause to be or become; make Sacred: dedicated to a religious purpose, sanctified, holy Today’s Gospel is part of what is known as...

May 15 2018

Beginnings and Endings

Click here for daily readings In these final days before the great Solemnity of Pentecost, the Mass readings speak of endings and beginnings. We know that something new is about to happen: The Church is about to be born through ...

May 14 2018

Everlasting Joy

Click here for daily readings “As the Father loves me, so I also love you.” (Jn 15:9) It is so easy to gloss past these familiar words, but let them sink in for a moment. Just how deeply does the Father love the Son...

May 13 2018

A Light to the World

Click here for daily readings “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.” Today is a big day. Not only is it Mothers day, but it is also the Ascension of our Lord into heaven. On a more perso...

May 12 2018

A Life of Prayer

Click here for daily readings If you’re anything like me, you talk to God a lot, and most of that conversation has to do with something you want. I’ve always taken the adage to ask God for help to heart, often to the...

May 11 2018

Joy Is Everlasting

Click here for daily readings Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she i...

May 10 2018

Being a Witness in the World

Click here for daily readings An image of St. Teresa of Calcutta, some of her quotes in frames, and a rosary on my desk. This is how I witness to the power of Christ in my classroom, which is located in a public school setting. ...