Category Archives: Tami Urcia

Apr 26 2024

The Warmth of a Fire / El Calor de una Fogata

Click here for daily readings Last fall I began working at a Christian facility with a homey, country feel to it. The basic structures were all built in a log cabin style and the grounds were truly an oasis. One of their favorit...

Apr 06 2024

Living Easter to the Max / Vivir la Pascua al Máximo

Click here for daily readings Alleluia! He is Risen! Christ has Risen indeed! In our fast-paced culture, we often want to skip from one great event to another. Once Christmas is done, we move right into Valentine’s D...

Mar 25 2024

Hide and Seek: Adult Version / Escondidas: Versión de Adultos

Click here for daily readings As children, most of us enjoyed playing hide and seek. Whether outside among the trees or inside among the furniture or in the dark simply standing in a corner, we felt a surge of adrenaline when th...

Mar 02 2024

Christ’s Universal Love / El Amor Universal de Cristo

Click here for daily readings Several months ago, I had the privilege of serving as Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion for the first time at a Sunday Mass. Although I had jumped in a time or two to help out during daily Ma...

Feb 28 2024

Uncomfortable Being Uncomfortable / Incómodos con la Incomodidad

Click here for daily readings Today my oldest brother turns 52 years old. Sometimes it blows my mind. It seems like just yesterday we were all growing up together in a big white house in West Michigan, playing outside all day ev...

Feb 07 2024

Purity and Peace / La Pureza y la Paz

Click here for daily readings Today is one of my sibling’s birthdays and it always brings me back to our childhood days all growing up under one roof. There were eight of us, five boys and three girls, and I always felt bl...

Jan 30 2024

Extremes / Dos Extremos

Click here for daily readings Sometimes life seems to be full of extremes. Either it’s hot or it’s cold. Either it’s too rainy or too dry. Either it’s eerily quiet or it’s annoyingly loud. Having li...

Jan 04 2024

Leading Others to Christ / Llevar a Otros a Cristo

Click here for daily readings Almost three and a half years ago, my family embarked on the great adventure of homeschooling. Our shelves were filled with books, our rooms were furnished with desks and our hearts were filled with...

Dec 14 2023

Christmas, or the Cross? / ¿La Navidad o la Cruz?

Click here for daily readings When we were first married, my husband had no idea what it meant when I said “maybe that’s your cross” while he was going through a hard time. I tried to explain it to him a few ti...

Dec 08 2023

Mary’s Sinlessness and Simplicity / María, Sencilla y Sin Pecado

Click here for daily readings It has been my mission lately to live as simply as possible. One of my mottos has become: “Make Due”. In other words, if I want green beans for supper but only have broccoli on hand, I w...

Nov 26 2023

Christ Our King / Cristo Rey Nuestro

Click here for daily readings It seems that only when our lives are turned upside down do we realize what is truly important. Only when what we deemed important is no longer there, do we understand that so many things are actual...

Nov 15 2023

Drought / La Sequía

Click here for daily readings A drought hit Michigan early this past spring, bringing its climate straight from snow to squelching heat. No April showers to bring May flowers this year. No sprinkles to coax the seeds to sprout f...

Oct 28 2023

The Feast of St. Jude / La Fiesta de San Judas

Click here for daily readings The Feast of St. Jude has always been one of my favorite days. Not only did I grow up in St. Jude Parish and attend elementary school there, I also feel the need to invoke his name with certain freq...

Sep 23 2023

It’s the Simple Things / Las Cosas Sencillas

Click here for daily readings It was another Sunday morning and we had all five kids in tow. The oldest in his inquisitive preteen stage asking me questions during the whole Mass. My timid one asking me over and over again if we...

Sep 09 2023

Pouring Rain / Lluvia Torrencial

Click here for daily readings We’ve all heard the cliche, “When it rains, it pours”, usually referring to times of particular hardship. But what happens when it literally pours rain and there’s nothing yo...

Aug 27 2023

Give Thanks to the Lord With All Your Heart / Den Gracias al Señor de Todo Corazón

Click here for daily readings It’s hard to believe, but summer is winding down already. It seems like just yesterday that the snow was finally behind us and my kids were actually ASKING to go outside, instead of us telling...

Aug 14 2023

Grief and Joy / Pena y Alegría

Click here for daily readings Today is the Feast of one of my favorite saints, Maximilian Kolbe. I am always so inspired by the ultimate sacrifice he made for a fellow prison, one that he probably didn’t even know. As a fa...

Jul 14 2023

St. Kateri Tekakwitha / Santa Kateri Tekakwitha

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. She has always been one of my favorites for some rather shallow reasons… because I have a niece named Kateri and because I just love pronouncing t...

Jul 08 2023

Praise the Lord / Alaba al Señor

Click here for daily readings I know there are people who think I’m crazy because I enjoy living in Michigan, which is likened to a frozen, sunless tundra for close to half of the year. I always explain to them that I love...

Jun 01 2023

Turn That Frown Upside Down / En Lugar de Poner Mala Cara, Sonreir

Click here for daily readings Sometimes your tongue just gets away from you, doesn’t it? I know mine does. I just feel the “need” to complain about that one little thing and before I know it, I’m ranting ...