Category Archives: Shauna Occhipinti

Nov 05 2026

Rejoice With Me / Alégrense conmigo

Click here for daily readings I sit on the beach as I read today’s Gospel. I hear my sister call for her youngest as she scans the shoreline, finding her building sandcastles not too far away. My mind then journeys back to a beach trip over 40 years ago when this same sister was just […]

Sep 15 2026

The Pierced Heart of Our Lady of Sorrows / El corazón traspasado de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

Click here for daily readings I settled into my prayer chair, the heaviness of this week wrapped around my heart like a weighted vest. Two funerals of friends gone too soon, a catastrophic stroke of a faithful prayer warrior, and open-heart surgery scheduled for a third brother. Has this really all ...

Jul 09 2026

Proclaiming God’s Kingdom to All Lands / Proclamar el Reino de Dios a todas las tierras

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate 120 saints who made God’s Kingdom known to the people of China. They embraced Jesus’ instruction to the Apostles in today’s Gospel, “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (Mt 10:7). This mission of evangelization wasn’...

May 06 2026

Remaining Connected to the True Vine / Permanecer unidos a la Vid Verdadera

Click here for daily readings Two children sat on the floor with me in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium as I read the same words we hear in today’s Gospel, “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me […]

Mar 17 2026

Do You Want to Be Well? / ¿Quieres curarte?

Click here for daily readings Thirty-eight years…The man in today’s Gospel had been ill for thirty-eight years. I inhale deeply when I hear that number. Thirty-eight was the age when I was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, a diagnosis that found me running to the Divine Healer’s river of me...

Jan 04 2026

Transformed by the Light of the World / Transformada por la Luz del Mundo

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