Category Archives: Sr. Kathryn

Feb 11 2024

Nothing Frightens Jesus Away / Nada le Asusta a Jesús

Click here for daily readings Two words in this Gospel are almost terrifying: Jesus “touched him.” We are so far removed from what leprosy signified in biblical times, that this image of Jesus stretching...

Jan 26 2024

In Awe of All God Does / Asombrados por Todo lo que Dios Hace

Click here for daily readings I’ll be the first to admit I don’t have a green thumb. My attempts at gardening and planting are very limited. Perhaps for this very reason, I am still in awe when some green thin...

Jan 25 2024

The Conversion of St. Paul / La Conversión de San Pablo

Click here for daily readings Paul had no way of knowing when he awoke on the day he planned to descend on Damascus and take the followers of Jesus captive and put them in prison, that he himself stood on a threshold&hell...

Dec 24 2023

“Let Our Adoration Never Cease!” / “¡Que Nunca Dejemos de Adorarlo!”

Click here for daily readings I can remember cherished moments as a child turning the living room lights low on Christmas eve and sitting with a cup of hot chocolate before the nativity scene. I loved singing Christmas ca...

Dec 04 2023

No Shortage of Christ This Christmas / Cristo No Hará Falta esta Navidad

Click here for daily readings Yesterday the verses of O Come, O Come Emmanuel were a welcome massage for my heart. Hearing the name of God-with-us cracks open our hearts to receive the light, the Light of the World. The i...

Nov 29 2023

Facing Reality With Courage / Enfrentando la Realidad con Valentía

Click here for daily readings How could the same Jesus who promised me security and safety also tell me that I would be betrayed, persecuted, handed over, hated, and possibly lose my life? For many years I pushed today&rs...

Oct 25 2023

Doing the Master’s Will Until the End / Haciendo la Voluntad del Maestro Hasta el Final

Click here for daily readings If there is one thing of which we are all certain, it is that we will one day die. We don’t know the circumstances of that moment in which we will close our eyes to this earth and open ...

Sep 24 2023

We All Receive More Than We Deserve / Todos Recibimos Más De Lo Que Merecemos

Click here for daily readings The parable of the landowner and the laborers hired to work in his vineyard is, on one level, about abundance. The landowner had a large enough vineyard that he needed to hire laborers repeat...

Aug 26 2023

The Immeasurable Privilege of Being Jesus’ Disciple / El Inconmensurable Privilegio de Ser Discípulo de Jesús

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus sets up two different models of religious observance, that of the Pharisees and that of the disciple of Christ. The Pharisees were an ancient Jewish group of la...

Jul 30 2023

Surprised by the Kingdom of Heaven / Sorprendido por el Reino de los Cielos

Click here for daily readings Every few years or so the discovery of lost treasure troves makes the news. As technology has improved it has become more common that gold coins, gemstones and priceless jewels worth millions...

Jun 24 2023

When the Time is Ripe, God Will Act / Cuando Llegue el Momento Oportuno, Dios Actuará

Click here for daily readings “What, then, will this child be?” This is the question that fills the hearts of parents in those first years of a child’s life. They begin to notice what the child gravitate...

May 25 2023

God Loves Me, We Can Each Say It / Dios Me Ama, Todos Lo Podemos Decir

Click here for daily readings God loves you. But I don’t feel God’s love. God loves you. But how could God love me when I’ve messed up? God loves you. But how can I know God loves me? Really know for cer...

May 11 2023

The Secret of Being Totally Blessed / El Secreto Para Ser Totalmente Bendecido

Click here for daily readings About a year ago I met a Communications Director in a parish nearby who has since become a friend. In that first conversation, he said something that startled me. I asked him, “Ho...

Apr 24 2023

The Bread of Life / El Pan de Vida

Click here for daily readings The thirst for God is present in every person on the face of the earth. The yearning for fulfillment beats in every human heart. The people in today’s Gospel had been miraculously fed a...

Mar 25 2023

Do Not Be Afraid / No Temas

Click here for daily readings “Do not be afraid, Mary.” Through the centuries, the Annunciation has inspired many artists who have sought to capture in their paintings this most sacred and pivotal moment in th...

Feb 25 2023

Get Up and Follow Christ / Levántate y Sigue a Cristo

Click here for daily readings “Leaving everything behind, [Levi] got up and followed him.” Jesus invites people individually and personally to follow him. Levi, despite the fact that he was truly an unlikely c...

Jan 25 2023

The Conversion of St. Paul / La Conversión de San Pablo

Click here for daily readings Today the Church celebrates the conversion of one of the greatest followers of Jesus: the apostle Saint Paul. When we first meet Paul in the Acts of the Apostles, he is clearly a young rabbi ...

Dec 31 2022

Jesus: God’s Free and Generous Gift / Jesús: El Don Gratuito Y Generoso De Dios

Click here for daily readings “But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God.” We are on the threshold of a new year yet still in the midst of the celebration of the birth of Our Lord...

Dec 16 2022

Jesus Cares About Us Always / Jesús Siempre se Preocupa por Nosotros

Click here for daily readings Every Advent, the prophet John the Baptist, a larger than life figure, points us directly toward Jesus. “Behold the Lamb of God,” he told his two disciples, directing them t...

Nov 29 2022

What Only A Child Could Believe / Lo Que Solo un Niño Podría Creer

Click here for daily readings In the liturgy on this third day of Advent, the Church expands our hearts to take in the length and breadth and height and depth of God’s love in Christ. We are immediately reminded, as...