Category Archives: Sr. Kathryn

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...

Nov 18 2022

Hanging On Jesus’ Every Word / Atento a Cada Palabra de Jesús

Click here for daily readings “Every day he was teaching…all the people were hanging on his words” (Luke 19: 47-48). Jesus, the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us, is our Teacher and Master. ...

Oct 21 2022

Accepting Jesus Changes Us Forever / Aceptar a Jesús nos Cambia Para Siempre

Click here for daily readings In the seventh grade, I did my first large paper on the weather. To this day I can recall how to forecast the weather from simple observation. Before the days when we could switch on the morn...

Oct 20 2022

Have I Come to Establish Peace on the Earth? / ¿He Venido a Establecer la Paz en la Tierra?

Click here for daily readings Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? The angels sang at Jesus’ birth: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests&rd...

Sep 22 2022

You Will Show Me The Path To Life / Me Enseñarás el Camino a la Vida

Click here for daily readings Recently I spent an hour with one of my dear friends. The room was quiet as we spoke together. Now in her eighties, she is no longer able to walk about freely and falls are frequent. She told...

Sep 21 2022

Jesus is Always Passing By / Jesús Siempre Está Pasando Cerca Nuestro

Click here for daily readings “As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew. He said to him, ‘Follow me.’” Jesus is where we are. Whether we are living a holy life, struggling with temptations in...

Aug 31 2022

Need Renewal? Find Your “Deserted Place” Today / ¿Buscas Renovarte? Encuentra Hoy Tu “Lugar Desierto”

Click here for daily readings At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. In today’s Gospel reading, we enter into just one of Jesus’ “days.” He had been teaching and healing non-stop for...

Aug 15 2022

Feast of the Assumption: Slip your hand into Mary’s hand / Fiesta de la Asunción: Pon Tu Mano Dentro de la Mano de María

Click here for daily readings My mother is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s. In the lovely summer weather this year, she and dad have spent a couple of hours every afternoon sitting outside in the lovely garden wh...

Jul 31 2022

God Is Longing For Your Heart / Dios Anhela Tu Corazón

Click here for daily readings To the words that begin our first reading at Mass today… “Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!” …let us add these word...

Jul 15 2022

Have You Never Read This? / ¿Nunca has Leído Esto?

Click here for daily readings “Have you never read this?” There is a touch of irony in Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel as he responded to the Pharisees who rebuked his disciples for plucking grain o...

Jun 30 2022

We Are So Important To The Divine Physician

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel reading is from the beginning of Chapter 9 of the Gospel of Matthew. Let’s take two steps back and get some perspective on where this healing narrative falls in the...

Jun 23 2022

You Play A Vital Role In The Story Of Salvation

Click here for daily readings “What then will this child be?” How many parents, marveling at the mystery of their newborn nestled in their arms have asked the same question. “What will this child be?&rdq...

May 26 2022

Now Heaven Is Present On The Earth

Click here for daily readings The Solemnity of the Ascension can be eclipsed for most of us by the Resurrection, Good Friday, and Christmas. For me, the Ascension is a liturgical feast that draws me inward and upward. Pop...

May 22 2022

You Have Been Called With A Purpose

Click here for daily readings The transition crisis from before the passion to the foundation wall of the holy city Jerusalem. Here at the end of the beautiful month of May and near the end of the Easter Season, the diffi...

Apr 30 2022

I’m Tired of Storms

Click here for daily readings I must admit that I am tired of storms. I’m worn out trying to find my life story—my Covid pandemic life story—reflected in the apostles’ experience of storms at sea.&...

Apr 16 2022

The Liturgy of the Magnificent Easter Vigil

Click here for daily readings Holy Saturday… A day of quiet and calm. A day of intimacy and hope. A day when all creation sighed in exhaustion after witnessing the sorrowful and tragic events of Calvary the day bef...

Mar 30 2022

I Will Never Ever Forget You

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, the Servant of the Lord is announcing freedom to the Jewish exiles in Babylonia: “In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; an...

Mar 16 2022

In Your Hands Is My Destiny

Click here for daily readings “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” The mother of the sons of Zebedee had figured out, perhaps, that the...