Category Archives: Tommy Shultz

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...

Jun 03 2022

Food and Community

Click here for daily readings I love how Jesus was always eating. Many of the Gospel stories revolve around Jesus and his disciples sharing a meal together. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. Today’s Gospel s...

May 11 2022

Our Supra-Reasonable Faith

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel seems to unfold in a beautiful two-part symphony with the doctrine of the Trinity being the prologue and relationship with the Trinity being the crescendo. Beginning w...

May 06 2022

Child of God

Click here for daily readings My wife, Nathalie, and I welcomed our first child, Gabriel Michael Shultz, into the world on April 4th. As I write this we are in the throes of Gabe finding his personality, watching him g...

Apr 11 2022

A Word on Vocation

Click here for daily readings The word vocation comes with a lot of baggage. It tends to bring to my mind old posters of seminarians, half of whom have dropped out by now but the poster remains, or conjures up ideas of...

Apr 06 2022

Your Salvation History

Click here for daily readings When you look at the Old Testament as a whole, it’s a beautiful piece of literature that weaves between several different genres and styles, all culminating in the life, death, and re...

Mar 10 2022

I Have No Help But You

Click here for daily readings “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you.” These words still feel as tangible and heartfelt as they must h...

Mar 05 2022

Creation in Chaos

Click here for daily readings We are living in a strange time where the order of creation seems to have reversed itself and those things which we once held dear have somehow become less in our hearts, while the things th...