Category Archives: Tami Urcia

May 17 2023

True Contentment / Ser Verdaderamente Contentos

Click here for daily readings My husband and I often battle with “trying to make everybody happy”. If we decide to go to the museum, someone inevitably wants to go to the trampoline park. If we decide to watch a Chri...

Apr 25 2023

He Cares for You / Dios Se Preocupa Por Ti

Click here for daily readings Each and every one of us is a complex being made up of not only a body but sometimes a very complicated soul. We all have a past, circumstances that have marked us and caused us to act and react in ...

Mar 30 2023

In The Waiting / Mientras Esperamos

Click here for daily readings During my Lenten devotions, I have stumbled across several ideas that I have been mulling over. I was watching Fr. Mike Schmitz’s live-streamed Sunday Mass a few years ago and was taken aback ...

Mar 10 2023

God’s Infinite & Individual Love / El Amor Infinito e Individual de Dios

Click here for daily readings Exactly one decade ago today, I became a mom. It seems surreal that my son is now into double digits, that his feet are almost the same size as mine and he is only a few inches shorter than me. It a...

Feb 28 2023

An Outward Approach / Mirando Para Afuera

Click here for daily readings Perhaps we’re not ready. Perhaps we feel unprepared. Perhaps our hearts are still restless. Perhaps we are still in a post-holiday slump. But ready or not, here we are, and we can take ...

Feb 12 2023

Seasonal Blues or Constant Gratitude? / ¿Melancolía Temporal o Gratitud Constante?

Click here for daily readings By this time, we are most likely smack dab in the middle of the winter blahs. It has been just over a month since the Epiphany, which emotionally ends the Christmas season for many of us. The...

Feb 10 2023

The Battle Against Clutter / La Batalla Contra el Desorden

Click here for daily readings It seems I am in a constant battle against clutter. Pieces of mail that accumulate when I don’t have time to file them or toss them. Clothing that no longer fits but I hang onto it anyw...

Jan 16 2023

Nothing Short of a Miracle / Nada Menos Que Un Milagro

Click here for daily readings Over four decades ago today, a child was born. The birth was not an easy one. Born by emergency C-section after many hours of labor, the hue of the baby’s skin was more blue than pink. ...

Dec 09 2022

What Juan Diego Teaches Us / Lo que Juan Diego Nos Enseña

Click here for daily readings It’s always interesting when you have one of those breakdown moments. You know what I’m talking about. Those times when you melt down into a blubbery mess of tears, frustration an...

Dec 05 2022

Here is Your God Who Comes to Save You / Aquí Está tu Dios que Viene a Salvarte

Click here for daily readings It’s funny the things you remember from your childhood. Like the images from movies, lines from a quirky joke or the faces your siblings used to make. But when it comes to Advent, one song in ...

Nov 09 2022

God is In Control / Dios Tiene el Control

Click here for daily readings Why is it that the more anxious we are, the more we cling to our vices? As each day brings us closer and closer to my husband’s surgery next week, I find myself getting into the kids&rs...

Nov 05 2022

Leaning on God and Others / Apoyándnos en Dios y los Demás

Click here for daily readings I remember several moments as a child when something would strike my mom as particularly funny and she would laugh and laugh until she cried. She would try to speak but couldn’t get a s...

Oct 11 2022

Shifting our Focus Outward / Cambiando el Enfoque Hacia Afuera

Click here for daily readings I once read about someone who, instead of seeking attention, gifts, cards and cake on their birthday, chose to bring flowers and a special note to their mother instead. Why? Because that woma...

Oct 07 2022

Our Lady of the Rosary / Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Click here for daily readings October is full of special days in our family. We celebrate my mother-in-law and father-in-law’s birthdays, my birthday, my dad’s birthday and my son’s birthday. Not to ment...

Sep 11 2022

The Sweetness of God / La Dulzura de Dios

Click here for daily readings The town my parents live in holds a Labor Day Parade every year. As the police cars and fire trucks and school bands process down the road, they often throw out candy for the children that li...

Aug 29 2022

God Writes Straight With Crooked Lines / Dios Escribe Recto con Líneas Chuecas

Click here for daily readings God has a way of writing straight with crooked lines. 25 years ago today I made promises to God as a consecrated lay woman. I had been raised in a conservative Catholic home and thought that ...

Aug 18 2022

Create in Me a Clean Heart / Crea en Mi un Corazón Puro

Click here for daily readings It’s always hard to come back to reality after vacation, isn’t it? I mean, after breathing in fresh air, gazing on the azure waters of the Great Lakes and feeling the breeze flow ...

Aug 10 2022

Dying That We Might Live / Morir Para Vivir

Click here for daily readings Twenty years ago today, on the feast of St. Lawrence, my dad was ordained a permanent deacon. I clearly remember the day because I got a “front row seat” as I was asked to photogr...

Jul 29 2022

The Law of Inertia / La Ley de la Inercia

Click here for daily readings I really struggle with the law of inertia. You know, that rule of physics that states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest. Yup, that&r...

Jul 17 2022

What a Difference a Year Makes! / ¡Un Año Hace Tanta Diferencia!

Click here for daily readings I can’t even begin to explain how different this summer has been from last summer. On July 9th we celebrated one year of complete wellness for my young son, after suffering repeated inf...