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Recent Posts from Living the Good News
You Know the Way / Tú conoces el camino
Click here for daily reading In our first reading, God speaks soothing words to His people. He promises to restore Israel, free the prisoners, and lead them to a temperate pasture. He calls for rejoicing. Zion’s response is tone-deaf: “The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me” (Isaiah 49:14). They don’t seem to
Rise and Walk / Levántate y anda
Click here for daily readings With a little over two weeks left in Lent, Jesus asks the ill man - seeing him and knowing he had been ill a very long time - “Do you want to be well?” (John 5:6) It’s a question to ask ourselves during Lent as we approach Easter. Do we
Ask Boldly / Pide con valentía
Click here for daily readings A royal official, a high-ranking Roman army soldier who had been trained to emulate confidence and persuasion, went up to Jesus and asked Him to heal his son. Would we dare go to Jesus and ask Him boldly to do a miracle? This royal official had most likely been hanging
God’s Merciful Embrace / El abrazo misericordioso de Dios
Click here for daily readings I find myself struggling to sit with this parable. As if silence and stillness aren’t difficult enough, the parable is too familiar and my interest wanes. Moreover, my soul is anxious at the thought that God might actually speak truth into my life. I’ll be honest, it terrifies me. Yet,
Prayer in the Midst of Suffering / La Oración en medio del sufrimiento
Click here for daily readings “God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.” - St. Mother Teresa How is it possible that I always find it such a struggle to pray? While the Catholic Church offers some fundamental prayers as examples, what is most important is that we express
Called to be Missionaries / Llamados a ser misioneros
Click here for daily readings As I continue to navigate through this life, where God often writes straight with crooked lines, I never cease to see His loving hands at work. Lately, I have noticed Him blessing us by providing for our needs. An unexpected reimbursement check from our insurance company, a friend who offered
Give Me a Sign / Dame una señal
Click here for daily readings You might wonder where in the world these guys talking to the Lord came from in today's Gospel. They are standing right there in front of Jesus and witnessed Him healing a mute man. The Gospel says, “they were amazed” and in the next breath says they “asked him for
Freedom’s Fence / La valla de la libertad
Click here for daily readings Thousands of years of salvation history were fulfilled with the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. The long-awaited Messiah had come. So that’s it? Show’s over? Hardly. The arrival of our Savior ushered in the last chapter of salvation history where all that was promised to God’s chosen people was fulfilled
The Word Became Flesh / El Verbo se hizo carne
Click here for daily readings Today we bow down before a great mystery: the Incarnation. The simple words of the Gospel convey a Truth that would be unbelievable if it were not revealed to us so clearly. This mysterious truth is that the omnipotent, infinite God leapt down from the heavenly throne (Wisdom 18:15) and
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