Category Archives: Tami Urcia

Feb 22 2020

I Shall Not Want

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial is one of the most poetic and well-known Psalms. I remember reciting it as part of an English assignment in high school. “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.&...

Feb 11 2020

May All Our Temples Be Sanctuaries

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, Solomon utters a beautiful, awe-filled prayer of blessing over the temple. He humbly realizes that this new structure cannot contain the God of heaven and earth, but ...

Jan 30 2020

Let Your Little Light Shine

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel Reading always reminds me of the song “This Little Light of Mine” that many of us learned as children. Jesus seems to be using a bit of sarcasm here. ‘Seriousl...

Jan 20 2020

Mission in Life

Click here for daily readings It seems like I am always harping on my kids to listen to me. “Come down and eat your breakfast!” “Go put on your socks and shoes!” “Where’s the TV remote?”...

Dec 12 2019

Our Lady Unites us to our Lord

Click here for daily readings Today we celebrate the Patroness of all of the Americas. This feast day has become such a great celebration that it can no longer be contained to Mexico alone. Our loving Mother, back in 1531, appea...

Dec 02 2019

A Different Kind of Simplicity

Click here for daily readings Here we are. We’ve made it. We are in a new liturgical year, a new season. Advent! The Lord is coming. He is drawing nigh. Our Savior, the adorable little Christ Child will soon be born. I don...

Nov 15 2019

How Beautiful Is The Originator Of It All!

Click here for daily readings As I write this post, my mind and heart are looking forward to Advent, which starts in just 15 days. I always try to add devotion to this time of preparation for Christ’s birth and make sure t...

Nov 05 2019

We Are One Body

Click here for daily readings I will never forget my first World Youth Day. I really wasn’t old enough to attend at just 13 years of age, but some members of my youth group were going and if Pope John Paul II was going to ...

Oct 11 2019

Gloom and Doom or Thanksgiving?

Click here for daily readings Life is full of milestones. This year my family has reached many. In January, my grandmother turned 90, my mother turned 70, and my husband turned 40. Last month my parents celebrated their 50th wed...

Oct 02 2019

Children and Guardian Angels

Click here for daily readings Each night as I tuck my boys into bed, I pray with them. We tell Jesus and Mother Mary how much we love them and pray for all of our family members. They each have a crucifix in their room to remind...

Sep 19 2019

It is God Who Changes Us

Click here for daily readings Do you ever feel like certain aspects of your life are like the song that never ends? Never-ending diapers, never-ending cooking, washing, drying, never-ending home improvement projects, drywall, mu...

Sep 06 2019

The Changing Seasons

Click here for daily readings The changing of seasons is always so bittersweet. Beach season turns into orchard season. Shorts are exchanged for pants. Evenings and mornings turn cool, and if they hit the 50’s, you might...

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 ...