Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

Oct 10 2024

How We Pray / Como Rezamos

Click here for daily readings What do I pray about and what does that say about me? If you do a quick search of Bible commentaries, the consensus is that Jesus’ message for us in today’s parable is to be...

Sep 10 2024

Pray, Act, Serve, Repeat / Rezar, Actuar, Servir, Repetir

Click here for daily readings I tell my sister to ask me two questions when I get all out of sorts. Are you praying the rosary everyday? Are you writing? Praying the rosary roots me by contemplating Jesus ...

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 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...

Jul 08 2024

The Power of Touch / El Poder del Tacto

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel gives us two examples of Jesus performing healing miracles. The woman who was hemorrhaging blood and the dying child of the official. In both of these stories, we are mis...

Jun 20 2024

Perfect? Really? / ¿Ser Perfecta? ¿De Verdad?

Click here for daily readings As a frustrated perfectionist, this Gospel reading is hard. Really hard. I get all lost in perfectionism, the attempt to be as perfect as a perfectly imperfect human being can be. My own hang...

Jun 10 2024

He Wants it All / Dios lo Quiere Todo

Click here for daily readings At the risk of stating the obvious, Jesus’ ways are not our ways. I will even go so far as to say that it is as true today as it was when Jesus and the Disciples walked the earth. In to...

May 13 2024

Listen, Believe and Be Faithful / Escuchar, Creer y Ser Fiel

Click here for daily readings Mary’s message at Fatima, and wherever she appears, is foreshadowed in today’s Gospel. A woman calls out a blessing to Jesus’ mother after hearing him teach. In return...

May 10 2024

Joy is Coming / La Alegría Está por Venir

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel starts with the words, “Jesus said to his disciples…” It doesn’t say, “Jesus said to those who were close to him physically.” It does...

Apr 19 2024

To Whom Shall We Go? / ¿A Quién Iremos?

Click here for daily readings Recently, we listened to a priest talk about the Legion of Mary so that we could prayerfully discern whether or not we should begin a group in our parish. It sounded amazing. You get together...

Apr 10 2024

Choose Light / Elige la Luz

Click here for daily readings Recently, I was teaching a group of students about the Mass. We had reached the end of the Liturgy and were focused on the dismissal: “Go and proclaim the Gospel with your life.” ...

Mar 20 2024

Am I Right or Am I Right? / ¿Tengo la Razón o Tengo la Razón?

Click here for daily readings At the time of Jesus’s life, many of the Jews were looking for the Messiah. The Pharisees used the letter of the law to do everything just right, in the hopes that they would be prepare...

Mar 11 2024

A New Heaven and a New Earth / Un Cielo Nuevo y una Tierra Nueva

Click here for daily readings The Bible starts out by establishing that everything that exists is created by God. As God created the world and all that is in it, He declared it good. God doesn’t stop at simply good,...

Feb 20 2024

Forgive, Yes. Forget, No. / Perdonar, Sí. Olvidar, No.

Click here for daily readings I love this reading! I love this wording of a familiar prayer that I can recite so easily. I love it because this version doesn’t roll so easily off the tongue and as I trip over the wo...

Feb 10 2024

A Study in Contrasts / Un Estudio de los Contrastes

Click here for daily readings The story of Jeroboam and the feeding of the four thousand sets up a contrast which can help us recognize the patterns created by our fallen nature and see how trusting God can change our wor...

Jan 10 2024

Your Servant is Listening / Tu Siervo te Escucha

Click here for daily readings “The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” We hear Samuel’s response, but we don’t get the exact words that God speaks to Samuel. We have the 2...

Dec 09 2023

The Way of Truth / El Camino de la Verdad

Click here for daily readings I have been struggling with what I call the “theme-parking” of our culture. We spend endless hours planning and more money than I want to think about to go to places that make our...

Dec 02 2023

The Pressure to Celebrate / La Presión para Celebrar

Click here for daily readings I admit it. This is a time of the year when I feel the pressures of the world way too much. Ever since they took down the back to school signs in the stores, the Christmas aisles have been fi...

Nov 03 2023

Deep Thoughts / Pensamientos Profundos

Click here for daily readings Recently, a young middle school aged friend asked if we could get a cup of coffee and talk about God and the Church. She had some thoughts. It turned out she had some pretty deep thoughts.&nb...

Oct 03 2023

Let Me Get My Hammer / Déjame Traer Mi Martillo

Click here for daily readings They say, “When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” I think we see this mentality in James and John in today’s Gospel. Jesus and the ...