Category Archives: Ordinary Time

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...

Aug 14 2024

We Belong to Each Other / Somos el Uno para el Otro

Click here for daily readings Every time I watch the altar server carrying the cross and leading the procession to the altar while the entrance hymn is sung, I feel slightly overwhelmed. We are being gathered together by ...

Aug 13 2024

Eat, Child / A Comer, mi Hijo

Click here for daily readings There are two themes in the readings today that caught my eye: to eat and children. As a parent, auntie, uncle, grandparent or child care provider, you know what it’s like to feed littl...

Aug 12 2024

God’s Version of Generosity / La Versión Divina de la Generosidad

Click here for daily readings Jesus always tells us the truth, as portrayed in today’s Gospel where he speaks clearly and doesn’t mince his words. Jesus not only predicts His death but shares with his disciple...

Aug 11 2024

The Words of Eternal Life / Las Palabras de Vida Eterna

Click here for daily readings “The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happine...

Aug 10 2024

Like a Grain of Wheat / Como un Grano de Trigo

Click here for daily readings As I write this, we are counting down the days, God-willing, until my husband will be ordained as a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Kalamazoo. We have been preparing for this day for...

Aug 09 2024

Death and Life / La Muerte y la Vida

Click here for daily readings As a young adult who was single for many years before getting married, I was able to travel quite a bit. I went on mission trips, hiking trips, camping trips, white water rafting trips – just ...

Aug 08 2024

Declaring Christ as Peter Did / Declarando a Cristo como San Pedro

Click here for daily readings When reading Scripture, I often place myself as a character in the verse I am reading. In this case, I put myself in Peter’s place, but to my surprise, this question stumped me. “...

Aug 07 2024

A Humble Faith / Una Fe Humilde

Click here for daily readings This is one of those challenging Gospel passages. So much can be said, and so much can be misunderstood. I found myself inspired by a quote from St. Thomas Merton from Word on Fire Gospels wh...

Aug 06 2024

Meeting our Heroes / Conocer a Nuestros Héroes

Click here for daily readings Think for a moment about one of your heroes. Someone who you have looked up to for a long time and who in one way or another has influenced your life. For me, Jon Foreman from the band Switch...

Aug 05 2024

Offering Ourselves Fully to the Lord / Ofrecernos Plenamente al Señor

Click here for daily readings The death of St. John the Baptist means his mission as the Precursor, the one crying out in the wilderness, is finished. This news sends Jesus to a deserted place to pray and reflect on the n...

Aug 04 2024

A Hard Reset / Un Reinicio Completo

Click here for daily readings It is so important to take breaks from the daily grind. While routines are important and foster stability, a fresh perspective and a change of atmosphere often stimulate growth. Let’s consider...