Category Archives: Veronica Alvarado

Oct 15 2021

A Father’s Love

Click here for daily readings I am currently two weeks into a study on getting to know the Eucharist and this perfect sacrifice for us and I am realizing that I have spent nearly my entire life only skimming the surface o...

Sep 26 2021

Green Little Monster

Click here for daily readings Today we read of jealousy and lifting others up in Christ. In the First Reading, the 70 elders begin to prophesy and it was amazing! But when the two elders that WEREN’T there begin to ...

Sep 15 2021

The Extra Button

Click here for daily readings Today, during my morning prayers, the thought of the “extra button” on shirts kept popping into my head. Then, while reading the Gospel, I had this epiphany moment of the extra bu...

Aug 14 2021

Misericordia

Click here for daily readings “For I will re-establish my covenant with you” (Ezekial 16:62). God is so good! He is so righteous, so wondrous, so powerful, so awesome… and so merciful! The last month, a...

Aug 09 2021

God’s Will

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, there was one thing that stood out to me. In my daily readings, I highlighted “For the Lord, your God, […] has no favorites [and] accepts no bribe...

Aug 09 2021

God’s Will

Click here for daily readings In today’s First Reading, there was one thing that stood out to me. In my daily readings, I highlighted “For the Lord, your God, […] has no favorites [and] accepts no bribe...

Jul 09 2021

Laughter

Click here for daily readings Today my coworker led our morning prayer and ended with, “Father, all I ask is that we find ourselves laughing today. I ask for nothing more than the beautiful gift of laughter.” ...

Jun 12 2021

Be Childlike

Click here for daily readings Today, on the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we get a glimpse of what it must have been like raising Jesus. Kind of nerve-wracking, if you ask me. Jesus, my son, the Son of God, lo...

May 13 2021

Our Mission Statement

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, we are given a mission to go into the world and proclaim the Gospel to every living creature (Mark 16:15-16). This is not a mission of preservation. This is not a mis...

Apr 24 2021

Does This Shock You?

Click here for daily readings Can you imagine? In today’s First Reading, we hear of Peter traveling, performing miracles, changing people’s hearts, and people having conversions of faith. After seeing th...

Apr 08 2021

You are Witnesses

Click here for daily readings I was talking with someone the other day, laughing about how often Jesus says, “Peace be with you,” and, “Do not be afraid,” in the Gospels because it’s not just...

Mar 24 2021

Freedom

Click here for daily readings “And the truth will set you free” is a phrase we often hear thrown around in movies but did you know it came from Jesus himself? I didn’t. It wasn’t until I was ...

Mar 11 2021

Listen and Move

Click here for daily readings “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” Today’s Responsorial Psalm fits perfectly into my life, with yesterday being my last day at Diocesan and saying a scar...

Feb 10 2021

The Good From Within

Click here for daily readings “Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile” (Mark 7:15). These words, powerful words of Christ Jesus, s...

Jan 18 2021

New Wine and Fresh Wineskins

Click here for daily readings On December 12, 2020, I gave my life to God. Again. Reflecting upon this realization that I was promising to do God’s will, not my own, yet another time in my life, I wanted to co...

Aug 08 2020

The Book of Habakkuk, Today

Click here for daily readings The first thing I noticed about today’s First Reading was that I had no idea that Habakkuk was even a book in the Bible. The second and more important thing I noticed was how, upon a mo...

Jul 13 2020

Fighting for Good

Click here for daily readings For the most part, I am someone that avoids confrontation. I don’t like making a scene and am terrible about internalizing arguments instead of being vocal. More recently, I have had conversa...

Dec 05 2019

The Short List

Click here for daily readings This past weekend, we listened to the Sunday Gospel in which Jesus is amazed by the soldier’s faith in him. We receive the line that we hear in Mass each week as the centurion says, ...

Nov 19 2019

Distance

Click here for daily readings I have heard today’s Gospel reading many times, as I’m sure you have as well. We hear of Zacchaeus, a well-known tax collector that took more than his share from the people. Still, Jesus...

Nov 08 2019

Gifts From God

Click here for daily readings Initially, this blog post was about a totally different topic, but as I was searching for my blog post image, I began to think more and more about what I had already written. The image I came across...