Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Matthew 11:25–30
Over the past week, I took two family members to urgent care and the ER. Spending my time there was not on my agenda, and while both visits were necessary, I have to admit I was more than a little annoyed at having my plans for both days disrupted. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Matthew 10:26–33
As a family, we have instituted Friday movie nights. Each week, a different child picks a movie for us to watch together. This week’s choice? One of our favorites: Inside Out 2.
As is often the case with Pixar movies, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 6:51–58
This past weekend found me stress cleaning my house and chasing my 7-year-old around our church while her first Communion veil repeatedly slipped out of her hair. Caroline, our peaches and cream middle daughter, had the joy of receiving her first Communion with several of her closest friends and cousins. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 3:16–18
Currently, I am packing up our home for a long-distance move. After years of patiently waiting for my adult children to leave the nest, I’m surprised by how difficult it is to let go of things as we plan to downsize. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Matthew 28:16–20
I do. The words came easily at first, practiced, familiar.
It was Easter Vigil Mass, a most solemn, reverent liturgy. The Church was full, the light soft, the air fragrant with incense. As a community, we were invited to stand and renew our baptismal promises—to remember who we are and whose we are. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 14:1–12
“Do not let your hearts be troubled” (John 14:1). If only we truly received this invitation.
We recently took a big leap and transferred our kids—in the middle of the year—to a new school. This decision was born from a hard season of watching our kids struggle, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 10:1–10
Early one morning last week, we saw a coyote in our backyard, hanging out by our pool. Since he was an uninvited guest, when spotted in our suburban oasis he scurried into the shrubbery and up the hill. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 20:19–31
The gospel for Divine Mercy Sunday opens in a place we don’t often like to admit we know well: the upper room.
Let’s take a moment to visualize ourselves there.
The doors of this room are locked, and the disciples are gathered together. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 11:1–45
As I write this, daylight saving time (DST) has just started, and I’m feeling its unwelcome effects. While it’s wonderful to have more sunshine here in Southern California, my body still takes a few weeks to adjust to even a simple one-hour “spring forward.” I’m left feeling groggy in the mornings, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 4:5–42
Jesus intentionally traveled into Samaria at that specific hour because He knew she would be there.
And then, He spoke to her. This fact alone is striking. A Jewish man initiating a conversation with a Samaritan woman would have been socially unthinkable. [...]
