Category Archives: Tami Urcia

Aug 20 2019

Seasons of Hardship

Click here for daily readings Have you ever gone through a period of great suffering in your life, a time when you felt like enough was enough and just couldn’t go on? I mean, how many things can snowball into a stark rea...

Aug 12 2019

Subject of the Lord our God

Click here for daily readings “Something very deep and mysterious, very holy and sacred, is taking place in our lives right where we are, and the more attentive we become the more we will begin to see and hear it. The mor...

Aug 10 2019

Those Who Sow Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully

Click here for daily readings Today’s date marks an important day in my family’s history. It is the day my dad was ordained a Permanent Deacon. As of today, we have had an ordained minister in our family for 17 yea...

Jul 20 2019

Wishing To Go Unnoticed

Click here for daily readings I wonder how many times in the Gospels Jesus tells those he has healed not to tell anyone about it, or not to make Him known. It seems contradictory, doesn’t it? I mean, isn’t the whole ...

Jul 11 2019

God, the Master Change Artist

Click here for daily readings It is truly amazing how God can turn around a horribly difficult situation and use it for the good. I wonder if in the moment, Joseph was able to catch a glimpse of that. I mean, his brothers hated...

Jun 25 2019

Leave our Quarreling

Click here for daily readings It seems that everywhere we look there is strife among kinsmen, just like in today’s First Reading. Whether it be jealousy, hurtful words, constant comparisons, or simple differences of opini...

Jun 05 2019

Dissecting a Passage from Paul

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading Paul says, “Keep watch over yourselves and the over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers”. I would like to dissect this pa...

May 30 2019

Presence Matters

Click here for daily readings I have a 4-year-old at home who is suffering from what I call “accompaniment syndrome”. It may be a form of separation anxiety, or maybe he’s just a momma’s boy but it sure ...

May 20 2019

Life’s Experiences Teach Us To Live

Click here for daily readings As I worked on processing bulletins this past week, I noticed how many churches had chosen one of our covers illustrating a trifecta of celebrations. World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Good Shepherd...

Apr 30 2019

Just Like the First Apostles

Click here for daily readings Every time I read today’s reading from Acts of the Apostles, it fills me with contentment and peace. The early Christians were a united front, a tight team, and they looked after one another....

Apr 20 2019

Joyful Anticipation

Click here for daily readings Tonight is the greatest night of the whole year. The chains of sin and death are broken, the grave is opened. That dark midnight hour is filled with the light of this wonderful reality, Christ is Ri...

Mar 30 2019

Return To Me With All Your Heart

Click here for daily readings Throughout these three weeks and three days of Lent, a certain Psalm Response has been running through my head. It has become the theme of my Lenten journey. “Return to Me with all your heart...

Mar 20 2019

Return to Me

Click here for daily readings Today’s reading from Jeremiah reminded me of my high school days. Youth group member, Steubenville retreat attendee, daily-Mass-going 14-year-old me thought she was holier than thou. I ...

Feb 22 2019

The Lord is my Shepherd

Click here for daily readings I once recited today’s Psalm (23) for a class assignment in high school. Not only is it one of the most well-known Psalms, thus making it easier to memorize, but it is also one of the most mov...

Jan 19 2019

Living and Effective

Click here for daily readings As I write, I am in the midst of difficulties on both sides of the family. Granted, I come from a large family and my husband’s family has lived through many trials, but sometimes I want to th...

Aug 17 2018

Sanctity Of Marriage, Gift Of Vocations

Click here for daily readings Several years ago, I had the privilege being the Director of Family Life in a Diocese down south. The role primarily entailed helping engaged couples prepare for marriage and screening married coupl...

Aug 02 2018

In The Hands Of The Potter

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading from Jeremiah depicts the image of being formed at the hands of the potter. God does the same to us. He forms us and shapes us and molds us until we become a beautiful ve...

Jul 24 2018

The Good Shepherd

Click here for daily readings “Shepherd your people with your staff…” As I read these initial words of today’s first reading I recall one of my favorite images of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. I love looki...

Jul 14 2018

May We Thrive On The Cross

Click here for daily readings As I type, a heatwave has descended upon Western Michigan and surely much of the country. Mid-July is not known for the most pleasant of weather, especially for one who sports a 30–week pregna...

Jul 02 2018

Think of God

Click here for daily readings Does it ever scare you how easily it is to fall into bad habits? Reading about some of the transgressions of the time in the Book of Amos today, I realize once again how alive and applicable Scriptu...