Click here for daily readings The Pharisees and scribes are scandalized that Jesus “welcomes sinners and eats with them.” But Jesus responds with two parables that reveal the Father’s true nature: He does not ignore sinners, He is not indifferent to them, nor does He wait passively for their return. Instead, like the shepherd who

Click here for daily reading Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel reading that we must renounce all possessions to be His disciples, and that we must hate father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and our own lives to follow Him. This seems drastic, and it is. Knowing that His message requires great effort and trust,

Click here for daily readings We often feel overwhelmed by the problems that suddenly arise in our lives. The plans we once set out for ourselves never materialize, and we often become stubborn in trying to follow our own plan. That happened to me when I graduated from college at the end of 2007. I

Click here for daily readings When I attended Franciscan University of Steubenville the household I joined was one of only two on campus that allowed each member to choose their own household patron (as opposed to other households that had an overall household patron). During formation, I was tasked with much prayer and discernment to

Click here for daily readings Eleven years ago on this date, our first child, a son named Alexander Lloyd, was brought into our world stillborn. The heartbreak and confusion of why our beloved child would not grow with us together in my husband's and my lifetime still resonates day in and day out a lifetime

Click here for daily readings Saints have done some amazing things, and their stories have laid the groundwork for what we as Christians should strive to be. We don’t even know who most of the saints are, considering there are over 10,000 of them. Even if you chose to study one of them each day,

Click here for daily readings At first glance this Gospel seems to suggest relativism. The law says all that can and cannot be done on the Sabbath and it is held dear to the Jews. Then there is Jesus’ question, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately

Click here for daily readings I just love Jesus’ attitude in this Gospel passage. He’s a man on a mission and can’t be bothered by what other people are saying. Of course, this is true throughout the Gospels, but there’s something about the matter-of-fact way Jesus lays out his weekly schedule that gets me. In

Click here for daily readings “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” The question suggests a concern about how difficult it is to be saved. Is it so difficult that only a few people will achieve it, or is it easy enough even for me? How hard do I have to work for this?