Click here for daily readings “My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.”  With that line, Jesus is condemning those who are both in the Temple area, making money their focus, and those who seek to extort from their customers.  When we are in sacred spaces,

Click here for daily reading The Psalm today says that “the Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God” (see Rev. 5:10). This is an easily glossed over but significant phrase. Jesus, the Lamb, has made us a kingdom. This means that we have a king, and that we are under

Click here for daily readings Sometimes, I just can’t take one more confrontation. My emotional bank gets so low, that one more unpleasant encounter is one too many. All I want to do is duck and cover. I hear that person at work who grumbles incessantly coming and I suddenly have an urgent to-do somewhere

Click here for daily readings God is present in all we do and gives us little gifts when we least expect it. I try to pick either the first or the nineteenth of every month to write for and I do not look up the readings beforehand; I trust the Holy Spirit will inspire me.

Click here for daily readings “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” the blind man of Jericho calls out when he hears the commotion of Jesus coming near. What exactly is he asking? The dictionary says “pity” is a sympathetic sorrow for someone in distress. Is he asking Jesus to feel sorry for him?

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage is part of a conversation between Jesus and the apostles in the Temple. It began with the apostles walking through the city of Jerusalem and being amazed at the beauty of the Temple. They said to Jesus, “Look, teacher, what stones and what buildings!” (Mk 13:1) It

Click here for daily readings ** This reflection was reposted from Diocesan Archives. ** As my family walked down the aisle to receive Holy Communion, I noticed my three-year-old approach the Eucharistic Minister with hands folded. When he reached the front, he looked up at her with pleading eyes, hoping she would give him the

Click here for daily readings Sometimes things just don’t go down the way we planned. In fact, oftentimes things don’t go the way we planned. I received no engagement ring when my husband proposed, I’m pretty sure he didn’t even pronounce the vows at our wedding (he was so nervous!), and my children were all

Click here for daily readings While I am content to live in a time with indoor plumbing, cell phones, and other modern conveniences, I still think it would have been incredible to have been one of Jesus’ first followers. It would have been a very hard life, but also one of unique purpose and beauty.