Category Archives: Veronica Alvarado

Dec 24 2018

Preparation

Click here for daily readings Have you ever been to a concert of your favorite band? You stand in a mass of people waiting for the band to come out. Everyone just wants to get to the front, to be closer. Some are chanting the b...

Dec 05 2018

God Will Provide

Click here for daily readings Today we are reminded that God will provide for us. “The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,” and provide for us. No matter our struggle, God is good. In today’...

Nov 23 2018

Simplicity like St. Francis

Click here for daily readings I wonder how many of you are spending today much as I have before. Ah, yes, the simultaneously boring and thrilling adventures of Black Friday shopping. I would be lying if I said that I have only b...

Nov 17 2018

Remember Your Death

Click here for daily readings “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on Earth?” This is the question that today’s Gospel leaves us to reflect on. Jesus being Jesus, He knows if there will be faith o...

Nov 06 2018

Sharing Is Caring

Click here for daily readings We’ve all heard the term “sharing is caring,” but what happens when it’s someone we don’t necessarily care for? In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us a parable of a ...

Oct 28 2018

Closed Off From The World

Click here for daily readings As I was preparing writing this, my sister left me inspiration in a voicemail. Her words were: “Today in religion class, they told us to put down our phones and interact. The importance of in...

Oct 18 2018

Sent In Pairs

Click here for daily readings Jesus sent them in pairs. In today’s Gospel, he sent them in pairs to go out the cities he would later visit. He essentially told them to bring nothing but their faith. He also knew full well ...

Oct 07 2018

Acts Of Random Kindness

Click here for daily readings My Catholic faith has taught me more than any teacher, parent, or person ever has! Aside from the obvious “good morals,” Catholicism has taught me the value of family and friendship. It ...

Sep 26 2018

Unconditional Love

Click here for daily readings We are loved unconditionally and I’m not sure that many of us understand the meaning of that. To be loved beyond our every sin, loved beyond our every expectation, loved far beyond our compre...

Sep 17 2018

Communion And Unity

Click here for daily readings Amen! Amen, hallelujah! Today’s first reading literally had me nodding my head and saying, “that’s right” as I was reading it. I mean the letters to the Corinthians were writ...

Sep 07 2018

Changed For Good

Click here for daily readings Change is hard. Change means switching things up and usually, it means no longer doing what is easy or comfortable. Then again, change can be easy if the ultimate reason is worth it. A coach I had i...

Aug 28 2018

# Blessed

Click here for daily readings Today is the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo, one of my favorite saints. St. Augustine was a privileged man, with wealth and education given to him. He was also son of St. Monica (who went throu...

Aug 18 2018

Nurturing God’s Love

Click here for daily readings It was really hard to write today’s Inspiration Daily. I cannot deny that high tensions surround anything calling out directly, or even indirectly, the fact that racism, violence, sexism/misog...

Aug 10 2018

Thank God It’s Friday!

Click here for daily readings Today is finally Friday! If you’re like me, you’ve been looking forward to this day all week. I have plans to take a six-hour road trip to visit my cousins, but maybe you’re lookin...

Jul 08 2018

Have Faith

Thank you all for the feedback about our Inspiration Daily program. I will be making some of the positive changes that were suggested over the next few weeks. If you didn’t have a chance to fill out our quick five question survey, please...

Jul 03 2018

One Nation Under God

Click here for daily readings This week, I cried for our world. I watch the news, I follow social media, I talk with coworkers, so I am painfully aware of our world’s struggle. I am aware of the situation happening to immi...

Jun 25 2018

Called to Proclaim

Click here for daily readings I recently attended a Steubenville Adult Conference in which a speaker took the stage and gave an extremely vocal, Catholic rally call. He shouted and asked us to loudly repeat after him. At first, ...

Jun 17 2018

Constant Conversion

Click here for daily readings Someone once asked my friend, “If your boat sank and you could only save one of your parents, which one would you save?” Without hesitation, she answered, “My dad.” Everyone ...

Jun 12 2018

Saved By Grace

Click here for daily readings On my ankle, I have a tattoo that reads I>˅˄ and it stands for I AM (Yahweh/God) is greater (>) than my highs(^) and my lows (v). It reminds me that no matter where I am in my life, ...

May 24 2018

Causing Scandal

Click here for daily readings On the internet there are a lot of jokes, tweets and memes that touch on the topic of cutting toxic people off. These social media commentaries are all about cutting bad friends, ex-boyfriends, etc....