Category Archives: Ordinary Time

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 ...

Oct 01 2024

Feeling Unwelcome / Sentirse No Bienvenido

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like you are not welcome? You are not alone in that feeling. Jesus was not welcome in many places. And often, when he went to places where he was welcome, the people who did ...

Sep 30 2024

Reflect and Pray / Reflexionar y Rezar

Click here for daily readings The last line in each of today’s readings really caught my attention. The first reading from Job says, “In all this Job did not sin, nor did he say anything disrespectful of God...

Sep 29 2024

Casting Off Sin / Deshacernos del Pecado

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we read that Christ said to His followers: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe [in me] to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone ...

Sep 28 2024

Meat and Potatoes / Comida Fuerte

Click here for daily readings I love getting the slightly controversial passages in Scripture that could have several different meanings. It is fun because I get to research what others who are much smarter than I have sa...

Sep 27 2024

Who Do You Say He Is? / ¿Quién dices que es Jesús?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks who people say he is. Some people think he is Elijah or another prophet. But then Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter t...

Sep 26 2024

God’s Individual Love / El Amor Individual de Dios

Click here for daily readings As the mother of multiple children, I have the distinct privilege of seeing just how unique each of them are. One could argue the hind leg off a horse, the other doesn’t ever want to grow up, ...

Sep 25 2024

The Lord Always Provides / El Señor Siempre Provee

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. ** I love the Gospel passages when Jesus summons the Twelve Apostles, gives them their mission and sends them forth. Maybe it’s b...

Sep 24 2024

Who Are Jesus’ Mother And Brothers? / ¿Quiénes son la Madre y los Hermanos de Jesús?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is one used by most non-Catholics to prove that the Blessed Virgin Mary was not a virgin, let alone a perpetual virgin. I’m sure some of you have heard a different tran...

Sep 23 2024

This Little Light of Mine / Esta Lucecita Mía

Click here for daily readings Most of us have sung the children’s song about “this little light of mine” and letting it shine. But what does this really require us to do? Jesus tells us that a lighted la...

Sep 22 2024

Increased Faith / Aumentar la Fe

Click here for daily readings It’s a funny thing trying to play God isn’t it? We all do it frequently and no matter how many times it goes poorly for us, we still think we have more power and authority than we...

Sep 21 2024

Risking Everything to Follow Jesus / Arriesgando Todo para Seguir a Jesús

Click here for daily readings Matthew was a finance guy. Not only did he extort money from his neighbors while collecting taxes, he also wrapped his whole life around the security money can bring. How many advertisements ...

Sep 20 2024

Accompanying Jesus / Acompañando a Jesús

Click here for daily readings We hear in today’s Gospel, “Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve a...

Sep 19 2024

Grace and Mercy / La Gracia y la Misericordia

Click here for daily readings Grace and mercy are gifts we receive from God. Which one do you want? Which one do you need? Can we have one without the other? They are gifts, unmerited, given out of love for us from the on...

Sep 18 2024

Love and Wisdom / Amor y Sabiduría

Click here for daily readings St. Paul’s discourse on love in today’s first reading might be the most famous discussion of love in the world, and far more learned people than I have reflected on it throughout ...

Sep 17 2024

A Great Prophet / Un Gran Profeta

Click here for daily readings The readings today demonstrate acknowledgement of the works of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Each person is called to be a great prophet according to the personal spiritual gifts given to us by the...

Sep 16 2024

Tempering Our Vices Through Prayer / Moderar los Vicios con la Oración

Click here for daily readings I will be the first to admit that I am not a very patient person. Sure, I could blame it on how the world we live in offers immediate gratification, information at our fingertips or food through a d...

Sep 15 2024

Humility / La Humildad

Click here for daily readings I have always been so easily influenced by others’ opinions of me. I want to be loved, or at least well-liked, by all I meet. It is a natural human tendency. The compulsive need to chec...

Sep 14 2024

More Than Commonplace Spirituality / Más que una Espiritualidad Ordinario

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading we hear the all too familiar complaints that come from broken humanity. I say all too familiar because we all complain about various things in our spiritual jou...

Sep 13 2024

St. John Chrysostom / San Juan Crisóstomo

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, a Doctor of the Church from the late 300’s. He was known for his incredibly powerful preaching. The title, “Chrysostom,&rd...