Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

Jan 10 2023

Foundations / Los Cimientos

Click here for daily readings I always said I would never take up quilting. That was until I did. Seeing all those pieces come together can be a rather surreal experience. You cut out all these little triangles and ...

Jan 03 2023

Am I a Student or a Disciple? / ¿Soy Estudiante o Discípulo?

Click here for daily readings What does it mean to be devoted to the Most Holy Name of Jesus? Or one could ask, what does it mean to be a disciple? There is an important distinction to be made between a disciple and...

Dec 21 2022

A Little Advent, A Little Christmas Everyday / Un Pequeño Adviento y un Pequeño Navidad Todos los Días

Click here for daily readings I am principal of a lovely little Catholic School. Father taught a new Advent song to our students this year. One of the lines is “Advent is a time to wait, not quite time to celebrate....

Dec 04 2022

Waiting / Esperar

Click here for daily readings Many years ago, on a bright and perfect Michigan morning, my husband and father-in-law decided to take our 14 foot daysailer out on a channel that led to Lake Michigan. Since the boat was too...

Nov 21 2022

Giving from Our Poverty / Dar De Nuestra Pobreza

Click here for daily readings As a teacher for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, I love teaching students about the gesture of Epiclesis (when the priest asks the Holy Spirit to come down upon the bread and wine to transfo...

Nov 04 2022

Be like the Dishonest Steward…Wait…What? / Ser Como el Mayordomo Deshonesto… Un Momento… ¿Cómo?

Click here for daily readings True to the nature of parables, this parable raises more questions than it answers. In the parable of the Dishonest Steward, the steward of a wealthy man finds out he is about to lose h...

Oct 24 2022

Be Imitators of God / Ser Imitadores de Dios

Click here for daily readings Not only are we created in the image and likeness of God, we are to be imitators of Him who created us. God is love. Love is a creative force. Love cannot be withheld and turned inward....

Oct 01 2022

The Little Way / El Caminito

Click here for daily readings Prayer Simplicity Obedience to God’s will These principles are the foundation of St. Therese’s Little Way. In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives the Disciples insight into th...

Sep 24 2022

In Every Age, O Lord / Por Todas las Edades, Señor

Click here for daily readings We have officially started fall, one of my favorite times of the year. I love the cooler weather, the need for a sweater in the mornings and the evenings. I am a teacher so it is a time of ge...

Sep 01 2022

Following in Peter’s Footsteps / Siguiendo en las Huellas de San Pedro

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel of Luke today, Jesus calls Peter to follow him. While Jesus was asking Peter to fill a unique role in the Kingdom of God, (After all, there can only be one first Pope, right?) w...

Aug 22 2022

Fulfillment of Every Effort of Faith / El Cumplimiento de Cada Esfuerzo de Fe

Click here for daily readings “We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesu...

Aug 03 2022

The Lord Will Guard Us as a Shepherd Guards His Flock / El Señor Será Nuestro Pastor

Click here for daily readings Shepherds use a tool called a shepherd’s hook. It is used to beat off those who would hurt the flock, to support weak or hurt sheep and to draw back a sheep who is wandering off. Today&...

Jul 23 2022

Walls / Las Paredes

Click here for daily readings “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” This is the first line from one of my all time favorite poems, The Mending Wall by Robert Frost. As human beings, w...

Jul 03 2022

Practice / La Práctica

Click here for daily readings We most closely image God when we are in union with one another. It is together, in the giving and receiving of love, that we image God and give others a glimpse of His great love. Today the ...

Apr 18 2022

Fearful Yet Overjoyed

Click here for daily readings Think back on a moment of life where everything changed. One of those crystal moments, where you know things will never be the same. Think of that moment when something you had been looking forward ...

Aug 14 2021

St. Lawrence

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/10/21, so we are posting it now.** “This side is done. Turn me over and take a bite.” My amazing husband is an incr...

Jul 24 2021

That’s His Job

Click here for daily readings “To some God and Jesus may appeal in a way other than to us: some may come to faith in God and to love, without a conscious attachment to Jesus. Both nature and good men besides Jesus ...

Jul 10 2021

Proclaim His Wondrous Deeds

Click here for daily readings To proclaim something, we have to know it. To know something, we need to give it our attention. Recently, I was asked how God was working in my life. And I went blank. I mean, absolute...

Jun 24 2021

Joy in His Presence

Click here for daily readings John the Baptist was in such anticipation of his relationship with Jesus that he lept within his mother’s womb. Today, we celebrate the birth of this man who was so excited about...

Sep 23 2020

Pray, Hope, Don’t Worry

Click here for daily readings When I taught preschool, we put this phrase to the tune of “Old MacDonald’s Farm.” When I run into the parents of my former students, I often hear about how they are still ...