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For When Life Doesn't Go As Planned
October 11, 2020 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lectionary: 142)
Reading 1 IS 25:6-10A
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How Do I Fill My Empty Cup?
In today’s Gospel, sandwiched between two of Jesus’ best-known acts, is the key to a heart perpetually filled and rea...
What Jesus Does with Our Preconceived Notions
In today’s Gospel, Christ’s disciples panic and doubt that their five loaves of bread and two fish could feed five th...
What If I Messed Up God's Plan?
July 30, 2020 Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (Lectionary: 404)
Reading 1 JER 18:1-...
When You Don't Understand Scripture
Time and time again I buy into the lie that to be a holy person, a good Catholic, I need to understand everything imm...
Combatting Racial Injustice with the Light of Love
As I brainstorm, I am first inspired by Solomon’s response: “Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to ...
Getting to Know God When Life is Hard
When I have a hard day at work, He still wants me to stop by the chapel to say hi on my way home. I don’t want to, bu...
Casting My Sins Into the Sea
That verse remains a favorite of mine to this day. The knowledge that the Lord casts my sins into oblivion whenever I...
How I Found Strength in Heavy Burdens
He doesn't remove the obstacles, hardships, pain of life to make it safe for me to live the Gospel and build the Kin...
Keeping Courage in the Face of Fear
When reading bible passages for personal scripture study, lectio divina, or just to prepare for the Sunday readings,...
How to Share God's Grace
I have received more than I need from such a loving God, free of charge. At times I even wonder how someone like me c...
Speaking Out Against Racial Injustice
As the pandemic and the fight against racial injustice rages on, I feel powerless. I watch atrocities play out in gra...