Category Archives: Tommy Shultz

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...

Feb 22 2022

Living Witnesses

Click here for daily readings The Catholic world has been rocked in recent years by many scandals committed by those ordained to serve their flock. Creating a sort of no-win scenario, conversations tend to balance betwee...

Feb 08 2022

Far From Him

Click here for daily readings Today we have the classic verse that people sometimes use to say that Jesus doesn’t care about the law as long as you are a good person. Of course, this couldn’t be further from ...

Jan 06 2022

God is Love

Click here for daily readings What is love? This question seems to echo through the halls of human history as strongly as the question asked of Jesus by Pilate, “What is truth?” Of course, the answer to both ...

Jan 01 2022

The Clock of Salvation

Click here for daily readings Welcome to 2022!!! Likely you are exhausted from staying up late to celebrate a new year with your friends and family. This day always brings to mind resolutions, diet programs, calendars, t...

Dec 10 2021

Divine Teacher

Click here for daily readings What do you think of when you hear the word teacher? Do memories rush forward of some great role models in your life who propelled you on the path to success? Maybe you had a negative experi...

Dec 05 2021

Acting Human

Click here for daily readings Before we know how to act we must first know who we are. This is a basic philosophical tenet that shaped the thought of great minds such as St. John Paul II. If we look at the world today I ...

Nov 08 2021

Asking for Faith

Click here for daily readings What even is faith? More than just a blind leap to things we can’t know, faith is an acknowledgement that God is above us and we should trust him in the things he reveals. If the truth...

Nov 03 2021

Love and Law

Click here for daily readings Imagine with me for a second the scenario of a group of friends playing soccer on the top of a cliff. The cliff rises high above the treacherous waters below and one slip would cause a fall ...

Oct 06 2021

Words Can Destroy

Click here for daily readings Having worked in and out of the Church for most of my life, I can confidently say that parish and diocese offices are a strange mixing pot of some of the holiest and dangerous conversations....

Oct 02 2021

Angel of God

Click here for daily readings It would be easy to go the humility route with the Gospel today, as it is the classic verse about childlike faith. But I want to take a slightly different direction by honing in on the last ...

Sep 06 2021

Suffering for Christ

Click here for daily readings The First Reading today seems to make the bold claim that somehow the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus was not enough for the sins of mankind. Of course, this is not what St. Paul...

Sep 02 2021

Being Present

Click here for daily readings Sometimes when I am reading through Scripture, a passage tends to fly off the page as if God printed it on a spiritual two by four and whacked me with it. That was certainly the case with th...

Sep 02 2021

Being Present

Click here for daily readings Sometimes when I am reading through Scripture, a passage tends to fly off the page as if God printed it on a spiritual two by four and whacked me with it. That was certainly the case with th...

Aug 14 2021

From Despair to Hope

Click here for daily readings **Due to server issues, this post was not published on 8/8/21, so we are posting it now.** Have you ever had a moment where you just wanted to give up on something? Whether work or a situati...

Aug 03 2021

Praying Through the Waves

Click here for daily readings The Gospel reading for today is by far one of my favorites, so much so that it was the Gospel at our wedding. If you have never done Lectio Divina before, this is a perfect verse to start wi...