Category Archives: Tommy Shultz

Jul 07 2019

The Sky is Falling

Click here for daily readings Warm ash falls from the tops of buildings as the brightest light imaginable makes our pupils dilate to the size of a pen head. There is a heat that can only be described as that of a blazing furna...

Jul 06 2019

The Wedding Feast

Click here for daily readings I absolutely love when God’s love and our relationship with him are described in wedding terms. I especially love when those terms include food. Think back to the most delicious wedding recep...

Jun 16 2019

Longing for Spiritual Food

Click here for daily readings God communicates in different ways to different times, but the core message remains; a message of love. In the Old Testament God the Father spoke to the Prophets, in the New Testament the Word beca...

May 19 2019

Love One Another

Click here for daily readings Perhaps the most quoted Gospel of all time shot off the page to me with new meaning as I sat in Mass on Saturday evening. We have all heard, love one another; that’s like the basics. Have you ...

May 11 2019

Does this Shock You?

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus giving one of the hardest teachings in the bible. He is explaining the teaching of the Eucharist, that bread and wine really are turned into his body and blood...

May 05 2019

Abundance

Click here for daily readings Faith- what’s the first thing that pops into your mind when I say that word. Faith! How about Church? What’s the first thing you think of? How about rules? What comes to mind then? We a...

Apr 28 2019

Faith in His Mercy

Click here for daily readings Today is one of my favorite days in the liturgical calendar, Divine Mercy Sunday, and the readings paint a beautiful picture for how we should receive the mercy of God. These readings are largely b...

Apr 21 2019

Love Revealed and Made Real

Click here for daily readings I have been writing a lot about marriage in my posts recently, partly because I was recently married and the realities and beauties of marriage are fresh in my mind and experience, but also because ...

Apr 14 2019

A Holy Procession

Click here for daily readings Yesterday my beautiful bride and I celebrated our 6 month anniversary of marriage. People say your wedding day goes by so fast that you are lucky to get a piece of your cake. This was certainly true...

Apr 07 2019

Neither Do I Condemn

Click here for daily readings The Gospel reading today is much richer than the surface understanding that Jesus was merciful. Though his mercy is certainly shown in this verse, there is something deeper going on here that speak...

Mar 31 2019

Continual Conversion

Click here for daily readings “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.” This quotation from today’s second reading is one of my favorites, so special to me tha...

Mar 24 2019

I Am Who Am

Click here for daily readings I am who am! These simple yet profound words echoed through a cave thousands of years ago and have kept even the greatest theologians questioning. Thomas Aquinas himself, one of the most influentia...

Mar 11 2019

Get The Most From Analytics

Watch our video to learn how to increase your user base on myParish App. Have you ever had questions about the often confusing world of Analytics? We are here to help you navigate the ins and outs of the analytical world i...

Mar 10 2019

Led by the Spirit

Click here for daily readings In today’s reading, we hear that Jesus was led by the Spirit. Even Jesus, the Son of God, was led by the Holy Spirit, as we all should be. But I think we often let the more natural moment...

Feb 05 2019

Talitha Koum

Click here for daily readings “He took the child by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha koum,’ which means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise!’ The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately an...

Jan 27 2019

The Mass as Fulfillment of the Scriptures

Click here for daily readings There are many different angles one could go with the rich symbolism in all three of today’s beautiful readings. The first reading is a clear call to the importance of physical actions to be t...

Jan 04 2019

Relationship and Trust

Click here for daily readings Do you ever wish that evangelization would be as easy as just stating that Jesus is the Lamb of God? This is what we see in today’s Gospel, a statement that is beautiful in its simplicity...

Dec 23 2018

The Joy of Simplicity

Click here for daily readings They say that little babies sense a lot in the womb. Studies have even been done to try to determine just how much babies are aware of and at what age they start to hear sound and feel movement...

Dec 17 2018

Jesus, The Fulfillment of the Old

Click here for daily readings Good morning, and praise the Lord for another day. As you sit down, pour a cup of coffee, and get ready to reflect on today’s readings, I am pleased to present to you the beginning of the Gosp...

Dec 09 2018

Eclipse of Love

Click here for daily readings “Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever.” What a beautiful way to start the day, huh? All of us want to flee mourning and mis...