Category Archives: Tommy Shultz

Sep 14 2024

More Than Commonplace Spirituality / Más que una Espiritualidad Ordinario

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading we hear the all too familiar complaints that come from broken humanity. I say all too familiar because we all complain about various things in our spiritual jou...

Sep 04 2024

Heavenly Food / Comida Celestial

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading Paul calls everyone spiritual babies without actually calling them spiritual babies. He makes the analogy that he has been feeding everyone with milk because th...

Aug 20 2024

Stewardship of Gifts / Administración de los Dones

Click here for daily readings Money is one of those things that often brings out the worst in people. It can also bring out the best through charitable donations and helping the poor, but quite often money corrupts. It is...

Aug 06 2024

Meeting our Heroes / Conocer a Nuestros Héroes

Click here for daily readings Think for a moment about one of your heroes. Someone who you have looked up to for a long time and who in one way or another has influenced your life. For me, Jon Foreman from the band Switch...

Jul 21 2024

Tend the Flock / Cuidar el Rebaño

Click here for daily readings In today’s first reading from Jeremiah we hear the Lord in agony over the shepherds he has called to tend to his flock. Jeremiah shares God’s words: “You have scattered my s...

Jul 05 2024

Leap of Faith / Un Salto de Fe

Click here for daily readings In the Gospel today we see the story of Matthew, a tax collector, being called by Jesus. Notice the authority in Jesus’ voice and the immediate response of Matthew to leave his job and ...

Jul 03 2024

Faith, Trust, Peace / Fe, Confianza, Paz

Click here for daily readings The feast of St. Thomas the Apostle is a special day for me as I was named after him. I am not sure if my parents were prophesying when I was born that I would doubt most of the things they e...

Jun 13 2024

Level Up / Subir de Nivel

Click here for daily readings Sometimes living a good Christian life can seem like a lot can’t it? If we read through the Old Testament they had many more laws than we have today, mostly ceremonial or liturgical, bu...

Jun 05 2024

Our Ultimate End / El Ultimo Fin

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we encounter the Sadducees who are trying to catch Jesus in a trap. They present a seemingly impossible dilemma to Jesus about the resurrection and they hope to trip ...

May 26 2024

Trinitarian Love / El Amor Trinitario

Click here for daily readings There is nothing more terrifying to a teacher than giving a class on the Trinity. It is one of the easiest teachings to get wrong because it is hard for us as humans to wrap our minds around ...

May 12 2024

Jesus our Model / Jesús Nuestro Ejemplo

Click here for daily readings Here we are at the Solemnity of the Ascension, one of the highest feast days in the Church calendar. We hear the story of the Ascension in the Gospel today, but notice what comes right before...

Apr 28 2024

Sharing the Faith / Compartir la Fe

Click here for daily readings The beauty of this Easter season is that the Word became flesh, died for our sins, conquered death, and gives us access to the Father. Each of these remarkable events point to the fact that o...

Apr 09 2024

Family Unity / Unidad familiar

Click here for daily readings ” The community of believers was of one heart and one mind.” Imagine for just a moment the founding of a family company. The excitement in the air that comes from branching ...

Mar 31 2024

God’s Divine Plan / El Plan Divino de Dios

Click here for daily readings “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every p...

Mar 18 2024

The Divine Teacher / El Divino Maestro

Click here for daily readings “But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.” (John 8:2) This may seem like a pretty s...

Feb 18 2024

Covenant and Commitment / Alianza y Compromiso

Click here for daily readings At first glance it may seem a little odd that the first Sunday of Lent would have a reading about God’s covenant with Noah. We all know the story. God sent a flood to wipe out the earth...

Feb 02 2024

The Power of Death / El Poder de la Muerte

Click here for daily readings That’s a pretty bleak title for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord isn’t it? I think it is important from time to time to think about the power that death has in our world....

Jan 24 2024

Persistence and Faith / La Persistencia y la Fe

Click here for daily readings I am currently running RCIA at our parish and during one of the very first classes one of our parishioners asked me what happens if they get through the class and they still struggle with som...

Jan 07 2024

Reflections on Stewardship / Reflexiones Sobre la Administración de los Bienes

Click here for daily readings The Church is very strategic in its placement of the readings throughout the year. Today’s second reading is a perfect example of this when Paul talks about stewardship. It’s no s...

Dec 11 2023

Look Into Your Heart / Mira Dentro de tu Corazón

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel we hear about the incredible miracle of the man who is unable to walk being healed by Jesus. I think we all long for Jesus to tell us not only that our sins are forgiv...