Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

Jul 02 2019

One Foot in Front of the Other

Click here for daily readings I’ve struggled to reflect on today’s readings without oversharing. So this is your fair warning, this post is not “Facebook” photo ready. It is about the day to day struggle...

Jun 28 2019

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. – Pope Leo XIII Can you pick just one thing that is great abou...

Jun 14 2019

An Antithesis of Ideas

Click here for daily readings An antithesis is a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by a connection of meaning through a connection of form. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus stands everyt...

May 27 2019

The Way, The Truth, The Life

Click here for daily readings “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” -Pope Paul VI “The Spirit of truth will te...

May 13 2019

Our Lady of Fatima

Click here for daily readings Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, 3 people will make their initial Consecration to Jesus through Mary in our parish. We have spent the last 33 days “on retreat” as we have read, po...

Apr 22 2019

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 ...

Apr 11 2019

The Final Leg

Click here for daily readings “So the Jews said to him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.’&...

Mar 22 2019

Decluttering and Finding Joy

Click here for daily readings There is a new system of organizing and decluttering that has people all abuzz. I will openly admit that I am not an expert in this area. There are parts of our home that could use a good declutter...

Mar 11 2019

One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Click here for daily readings As a part of Tom (mi esposo)’s discernment and formation for the diaconate, we have taken several classes on the Creed. So, when this last class came to the marks of the Church, I thought, &ld...

Feb 19 2019

The Leaven of Language

Click here for daily readings I love making artisan bread. It sounds fancy, tastes fantastic and yet is so simple to make. Every time, I wonder, “Why I don’t do this more often?” My basic recipe includes flour,...

Feb 04 2019

What Have You to do with Me?

Click here for daily readings There are 3 retellings of today’s Gospel; Matthew 8:28-34, Luke 8:26-39 and today’s reading, Mark 5:1-20. Nothing in the Bible is repeated without a purpose. Summarizing the three...

Jan 17 2019

Following the Rules

Click here for daily readings I am the firstborn of my parents. My mom knew just what she wanted her daughter to be like. I started dance classes when I was three in the hopes that I would become graceful and elegant. I did all ...

Jan 03 2019

Walking the Talk

Click here for daily readings This is my note to myself at the beginning of 1 John. John is making a point. The community that John is writing to is under attack from false teachers. There were those who denied Jesus was the Chr...

Dec 19 2018

Miraculous Through the Ordinary

Click here for daily readings When we receive our writing assignments, we “sign up” by putting our names by the dates for which we want to reflect and respond to the readings. I’d love to be able to say that I ...

Dec 04 2018

The Ocean of Mission

Click here for daily readings In the Bible I use as my study Bible, the second half of today’s Gospel is labeled, The Privileges of Discipleship. Jesus tells his disciples that they are blessed because they get to see and ...

Nov 27 2018

A Firm Disposition to do the Good

Click here for daily readings “A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person to not only perform good acts but to give the best of himself.” CCC #1803 As I write this, it is Thanksg...

Oct 15 2018

The Faith Of St. Teresa Of Avila

Click here for daily readings Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the person I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me. “This generation is an evil generation; it seek...

Oct 03 2018

Beauty And The Beast And Our Catholic Faith

Click here for daily readings “I consider all things rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him.” You know how sometimes someone says something or makes a new connection for you and not only does a light bul...

Sep 15 2018

Our Lady Of Sorrows

Click here for daily readings “‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold your mother.'” Biblical historians generally agree on which disciple this was of the twelve. Yet, he i...

Sep 03 2018

Openly Humble

Click here for daily readings “I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, so that your ...