Category Archives: Tommy Shultz

Mar 05 2023

Faith and Action / La Fe y la Acción

Click here for daily readings During this season of Lent, I think one of the images that comes up frequently is a desert. We perhaps think about Jesus fasting for 40 days in the desert or about the suffering of the Israel...

Feb 17 2023

Relying on God / Confiando en Dios

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today from Genesis is right after the great flood. God has just made a covenant with his people and promised never again to wipe out the earth. Noah is trying to bring his p...

Feb 05 2023

Called and Gifted / Llamados y Dotados

Click here for daily readings I know I am guilty of perceiving Jesus a certain way or putting words into his mouth when his actual words say something different. I hear him saying that he wants me to learn the intellectua...

Jan 14 2023

Come Follow Me / Ven y Sígueme

Click here for daily readings Follow me! These are the types of words that change a person. All throughout the Gospels when we hear Jesus speak these words with authority we either see people leave everything behind and f...

Jan 08 2023

Stewards of God’s Gifts / Administradores de los Dones de Dios

Click here for daily readings Happy Feast of the Epiphany! Have you ever wondered what happened to the gifts that were given to Jesus when he was a baby? Did Mary and Joseph save them until he was older? Were they used to...

Jan 07 2023

Wine in Abundance / Vino en Abundancia

Click here for daily readings The Gospel for today is one of my all time favorites, though it can be easy to misinterpret this verse as Jesus starting a rave party and getting everyone drunk. Some history of the Old Testa...

Dec 10 2022

Spiritual Power / Poder Espiritual

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today lists some of the more profound miracles attributed to the prophet Elijah in the Old Testament. Elijah was a prophet who brought in an era of miracles and was succeede...

Dec 03 2022

An Interested God / Un Dios Interesado

Click here for daily readings God is often thought of or portrayed as a hands off CEO who created the world and then left it to figure everything out on its own. I have heard this used as a defense for why evil exists, be...

Nov 11 2022

Reminding Us / Recordándonos

Click here for daily readings As the season of Advent quickly approaches, I thought I would try to focus my next several reflections on Advent and specifically the incarnation. The First Reading from today perfectly summa...

Nov 03 2022

Inviting People In / Invitar a la Gente Entrar

Click here for daily readings What was it about Jesus that drew people near to him? I guess the whole Son of God thing must have helped. But this is something I think about often as someone who wants to evangelize as best...

Oct 09 2022

Why Does Matter, Matter?/ ¿Por Qué Importa la Materia?

Click here for daily readings There is a scene in a popular TV show where two scientists are discussing what makes up a human person. They go through all the elements that a body is made of and the percentages that we hav...

Oct 06 2022

Is There Power? / ¿Hay Poder?

Click here for daily readings Have you ever done the classic God test? “I am going to pray for this specific thing, God, and if it doesn’t happen then you are not real.” We judge God by his power and if a speci...

Oct 03 2022

Keeping Our Promises / Cumpliendo Nuestras Promesas

Click here for daily readings Have you ever broken a promise? Of course you have. I think if we all think about it and are honest with ourselves, we have all probably broken a promise we made at one point or another. You ...

Sep 09 2022

Must We Evangelize? / ¿Tenemos que Evangelizar?

Click here for daily readings Today’s First Reading speaks of the importance that Paul places on evangelization, which leads to the question, what is Evangelization and does every Catholic have to participate? ...

Sep 03 2022

Not All Are Equal / No Todos Somos Iguales

Click here for daily readings Not all people are equal. Pretty controversial way to start a blog post right? But it is true that not all people are equal. Or maybe a better way to say it is that not all people are the sam...

Aug 14 2022

Sowing Division / Sembrando la División

Click here for daily readings “I have come to set the world on fire… and divide a father against his son.” Sounds like something a villain would say in a Marvel movie more than a quote from the Son of...

Aug 07 2022

Faith as Realized Hope / La Fe Como la Esperanza Realizada

Click here for daily readings How many people when they hear the word faith immediately think of that iconic scene in Indiana Jones where he takes the step out into the apparent void only to be caught by an unseen trail...

Jul 14 2022

My Yoke Is Easy / Mi Yugo es Suave

Click here for daily readings When I was a kid I always thought this verse was talking about egg yolks and it made no sense to me. Maybe Jesus could make a mean omelet? I wasn’t sure. I have seen lots of different...

Jul 07 2022

The Father / Dios Padre

Click here for daily readings Throughout scripture, God’s relationship with his people is described as like a bridegroom to a bride. You have probably heard the analogy that just as a husband and wife give up ever...

Jun 10 2022

Humble Silence

Click here for daily readings When I was at Franciscan there was a common phrase amongst the Theology and Catechetics majors. Whenever asked what they wanted to do with their degree, a majority of the time you would hea...