Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

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 ...

Aug 15 2018

Out Of Whack

Click here for daily readings “Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its head were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars of the sky.&rdquo...

Aug 03 2018

Familiarity And Miracles

Click here for daily readings In his book, Catholic Christianity, Peter Kreeft sets out the 3 C’s of any religion; Creed, Code, and Cult. Our Creed is what we believe, the words we speak. Our Code is how we live; our works...

Jul 25 2018

Do The Right Thing

Click here for daily readings “They’ll do the right thing if I have to drag them kicking and screaming all the way!” Ever said anything like this? I know I have and if you are like me, we are in good company wi...

Jul 18 2018

Daughters And Sons Of The King

Click here for daily readings Ah-hoy! There are a series of short oracles or prophesies, which are called the “hoy” oracles, because each one begins with the word “hoy” or “Ah!”. Sometimes tra...

Jul 10 2018

Called To Preach

Click here for daily readings St. Augustine calls Matthew the Teaching Gospel. Jesus is our teacher, the Incarnate Word, the Logos. So what are we to learn from today’s Gospel reading? At first glance, it appears more like...

Jun 21 2018

Our Father

Click here for daily readings The Catechism of the Catholic Church ends with a study of the Lord’s Prayer and the final paragraph of that last section is: “By the final ‘Amen,’ we express our ‘fiat&...

Jun 10 2018

How Did You Know You Were Naked?

Click here for daily readings God created us with a desire to be like Him. We have a tendency to confuse that innate wanting to be like God with a desire to be God. In the first reading, Adam and Eve disobeyed God. God created t...

May 23 2018

Words Matter

Click here for daily readings I have decided to start a campaign to reclaim the meaning of words. Adorable does not mean cute (I’ll get to that word later) and scandal does not mean worthy of a newspaper headline. The Cate...

May 16 2018

Consecrate Them in Truth

Click here for daily readings Consecrate-from the latin, consecrare; to render sacred Render-cause to be or become; make Sacred: dedicated to a religious purpose, sanctified, holy Today’s Gospel is part of what is known as...

May 08 2018

A Light in the Darkness

Click here for daily readings “When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.” Being a prison guard was a toug...