Finding Your Spiritual Direction

Acts 5:12-16 Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 John 20:19-31 Since the year 2000, this Second Sunday of Easter has been designated by...

Happy Easter! May the joy of the risen Lord fill your soul with gladness today. This is the day to celebrate - like no other day in our...

Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Luke 22:14—23:56 Isaiah, writing to his people...

( Note: Today’s reflection is on the two gospel options for the day. I list them below.) John 8:1-11 John...

We can neither earn nor lose God's love. In today's gospel we see Jesus speaking to a crowd of Pharisees and scribes and tax collectors...

Ask a Catholic what they are “doing for Lent” and the odds are real good they will tell you what they are NOT doing. They are not...

The gospel for the second Sunday of Lent is always some version of the transfiguration story. This year we hear from Luke. “Jesus took...

The gospel for the first Sunday of Lent always includes the story of the temptation of Jesus by the devil in the desert. But there is a...

Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Welcome to Advent! Today’s first reading, from the Book...

Daniel 7:13-14 Revelation 1:5-8 John 18:33b-37 Everywhere we look in today’s readings there are references to kings,...

Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Mark 13:24-32 There’s no sense in sugarcoating it; today’s readings are, at times,...

1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 In today’s first reading, as well as the gospel passage, we hear about...

2 Kings 4:42-44 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:1-15 Our first reading (2nd Book of Kings) is a foreshadowing of the miracle of...

It never ceases to amaze me, how Sacred Scripture from both the Old and the New Testaments always contains wisdom that can be applied to...

Amos 7:12-15 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:7-13 The readings this week are chock full of themes to reflect upon.  First of all,...

Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Mark 6:1-6 In the First Reading and the Gospel we read of situations where the...

Nayomi Chibona, an expert in storytelling techniques has written a simple and handy guide for telling good stories well. Her article:...