I am unabashedly a woman of faith and it informs most of my writing.
Wednesday March 9, 2022, Frances of Rome Today we are given the prophet Jonah. If you know the story of Jonah, you have to smile at the excerpt we are reading today because it does not tell the whole story. Today, he goes into Nineveh to preach repentance at the Lord’s bidding. A clue to […]
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Tuesday March 8, 2022, John of God In today’s Gospel, Jesus warns us not to babble when praying. The first reading promises that God’s word is not void, and the Psalm assures us that when we cry out, the Lord hears us. All this got me thinking about how we learn to talk and pray.
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Monday March 7, 2022, Perpetua and Felicity A line from Psalm 19, today’s psalm, struck me: “The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye.” Both the first reading from Leviticus and the excerpt from Matthew’s Gospel are commandments to live by. Moses gives us a series of social teachings which are reinforced by
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Sunday March 6, 2022 Psalm 91 is a comforting Psalm on the surface. It promises that if you live in the shelter of the Almighty, keep God as your fortress, the angels of the Lord will keep watch over you. They will make sure no evil ever comes your way. Yes, that all sounds well
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Saturday March 5, 2022 I’m going to talk about my dad. Today is his 100th birthday. The Responsorial Psalm is Palm 86. Our response is “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may walk in your truth”. I had the best teacher. God gave me Daddy. My father is a man of strong faith. He does
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Friday March 4, 2022 St. Casimir Why do we fast? The readings today are all about fasting. I ask again, why do we fast? Or better yet, do we fast? What type of fasting are we called to do? Think about how to prepare for a dinner party. We plan a menu. We make sure
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Thursday March 3, 2022 Katherine Drexel Today, Moses exhorts the Israelites to ‘choose life’. That may seem like a silly thing to say, “choose life”, but there is more to it than meets the eye. This not a matter of eating today to nourish yourself so as not to die. No, this is a matter
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Today we begin the Liturgical Season of Lent, a period of preparation for Easter. The readings the Church gives us today are the same every year, but somehow, they are always fresh with new meaning. The prophet Joel calls a whole nation to fast and pray for forgiveness. He calls them to an assembly –old
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Today is the feast day of Timothy and Titus, disciples of Paul. What is most compelling to me about this day is not what they did, but how they acquired their faith. In the readings for today tell us that Timothy’s faith was handed on to him by his grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice.
Today is the feast day of St Agnes, an early martyr. Hers is the name I took as my Confirmation name about 55 years ago. As a third grader, I was impressed how a girl not much older than I was had the courage to stand up for her faith. I was impressed with her