Click here for daily readings When I was a child, Sundays were different from the other days of the week. There were no weekend sports for kids, stores were closed, and most people didn't go to work. Everyone went to church and then home for family dinner. Things started to change when I was a

Click here for daily readings Have you ever wondered why the Church has so many feast days in the liturgical calendar? It may be harder to realize as the holy days of obligation have tended to move to the closest Sunday, but all throughout the history of the Church, Catholics have found it very important

Click here for daily readings You are God’s delight! Yes, you. Isaiah talks about how God called you, and as a groom rejoices in his bride, He rejoices in you. And then, in the second reading, St. Paul reminds us that we have been given spiritual gifts that help us serve the people of God.

Click here for daily readings Am I Catholic enough for you? Are you Catholic enough for your parish? Sometimes, it seems the Catholic faith of today has the same divide that Jesus encountered with the Jews of his time. So many times in the Gospels we see scribes and Pharisees questioning what Jesus is doing,

Click here for daily readings Typically when we pray for healing, we pray for physical healing, or perhaps emotional or relational healing. We don’t tend to think so quickly of our need for spiritual healing. When the paralytic’s friends lowered him through the roof and placed him before Jesus, they were also seeking physical healing.

Click here for daily readings On this day, many years ago, my husband was brought into this world. Some 4,000 miles away, in a different country, speaking a different language, with different color skin and eyes and being brought up in a different culture, yet created to be my partner. God’s ways are mysterious and

Click here for daily readings There is something captivating about tossing stones into a pond or lake. Maybe it is the disappearance of the stone as it plops into the water, perhaps it’s the splash. If there are siblings or friends involved, often a contest quickly develops for who can throw their stone furthest or

Click here for daily readings Who or what has authority over your life? Is it your job, your schedule, maybe the demands of parenting? Is it something more subtle such as negative thoughts, past wounds, or future ambitions? In today’s Gospel, the One with authority approaches and acts only as the Holy One of God

Click here for daily readings During his Angelus address on Aug 15th of last year, Pope Francis said that Mary did not consider the news of her role as Holy Mother a privilege. Rather, it was the beginning of her mission to announce joy to others as she rushed to see her cousin Elizabeth. He