Category Archives: Ordinary Time

Sep 03 2024

Chewing On Scripture / Masticando las Escrituras

Click here for daily readings This year I have been volunteering in my parish’s catechesis program. We are so blessed to have two atriums, or classrooms, that are dedicated to using the Catechesis of the Good Shephe...

Sep 02 2024

The Power and Wisdom of God / El Poder y la Sabiduría de Dios

Click here for daily reading “When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. . . . my message and my proclamation were not with persuas...

Sep 01 2024

Blessed Are the Pure of Heart / Bienaventurados los Puros de Corazón

Click here for daily readings The heart is “the depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God” (CCC 368). In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus defines purity of heart by telling us...

Aug 31 2024

There’s No Time Like the Present / No Hay Mejor Momento que el Presente

Click here for daily readings It’s the last Saturday of August, the unofficial end of the summer season and Labor Day weekend. Where did the time go? I haven’t finished the projects or spent time with the peop...

Aug 30 2024

One Step Ahead / Un Paso Adelante

Click here for daily reading “Stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour” (Matt. 25:13). Our Gospel reading ends with these words, a stark reminder that we should be ready for the Second Coming, or ...

Aug 29 2024

The Best Food for Children / El Mejor Alimento para los Niños

Click here for daily readings When my oldest son was four years old, he was playing one day in our tiny fenced-in yard. I had the front door open and was keeping an eye on him when a service man pulled up in a van and app...

Aug 28 2024

Inspecting Our Insides / Revisando Nuestro Interior

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection has been reposted from Diocesan Archives.** Does your outside match your inside? Actions, as they say, speak far louder than words. We reveal so much more of ourselves by o...

Aug 27 2024

Healthy Hearts / Corazones Sanos

Click here for daily readings Is your heart healthy? No, I’m not talking about the organ, though that’s important too. I’m talking about the part of you that shows mercy, justice, faithfulness – al...

Aug 26 2024

In Good Times and in Bad / En los Buenos y los Malos Momentos

Click here for daily readings One of the many perks of homeschooling is the ability to extend summer break. While many are enduring the back to school rush and deliberating how to coordinate morning drop offs, my family is enjoy...

Aug 25 2024

Jesus, I Trust in You / Jesús, en Ti Confío

Click here for daily readings Fear of rejection is one of my greatest struggles. Jesus, who came down to Earth in the Flesh to experience every Human emotion, was rejected both by those who didn’t know Him and His c...

Aug 24 2024

God Reads Hearts / Dios Lee Corazones

Click here for daily readings I have a special fondness for Philip who gave the Good News to Bartholomew, otherwise known as Nathaniel. I was part of the first group of men to be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate in 27 year...

Aug 23 2024

Called to Love Our Neighbor / Llamados a Amar al Prójimo

Click here for daily readings How do we love our neighbor as ourselves? We pray for them, we serve them, and we want for them what we want for ourselves. Want to truly love your neighbor as God commands? What about ...

Aug 22 2024

Invited Into Everlasting Joy / Invitados al Gozo Eterno

Click here for daily readings Ancient wedding feasts lasted many days, and a royal wedding feast was a thing to behold, a glorious celebration of joy and abundance! Do any of the invitees to the king’s wedding feast...

Aug 21 2024

What Do We Deserve? / ¿Qué Merecemos?

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings give us two different views of ourselves. In Ezekiel, we are sheep, and in Matthew’s Gospel, we are laborers. Today’s society doesn’t really have a ve...

Aug 20 2024

Stewardship of Gifts / Administración de los Dones

Click here for daily readings Money is one of those things that often brings out the worst in people. It can also bring out the best through charitable donations and helping the poor, but quite often money corrupts. It is...

Aug 19 2024

Letting it Go / Soltar las Cosas

Click here for daily readings In this Gospel passage, a young man is told that to have eternal life, he should sell his stuff and follow Jesus. That’s a big ask. It’s something that scares me and seems impract...

Aug 18 2024

A Radical “Unless” / Unas Palabras Radicales

Click here for daily readings “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.” There is no other way to look at it. Jesus says, &ldqu...

Aug 17 2024

Childlike Faith / Fe Como la de un Niño

Click here for daily readings In the broader context of our Gospel passage for today, the disciples have just finished listening to Jesus field some difficult questions from the Pharisees. They had asked Jesus to explain ...

Aug 16 2024

Marriage, a Sacred Commitment / El Matrimonio es un Compromiso Sagrado

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel from Matthew, we hear Jesus say: “the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wi...

Aug 15 2024

Maternal Love and Care / Amor y Cuidado Maternal

Click here for daily readings My relationship and understanding of Mary, the Mother of God wasn’t always great. (And I was even named after her!) I understood that I needed to respect her in a Fourth Commandment typ...