October 4, 2023 | by Jeff Vomund | It is tempting to read today’s Scriptures as a call for vengeance and a justification of one’s righteous anger. However, today’s reflection points us in a different direction, and instead asks if our disappointments might lead us to discern as opposed to demolish.
Breath of the Spirit
September 28, 2023
September 27, 2023 | by John P. Falcone | It is tempting to hear the Christian call to humility or meekness as an excuse to excuse injustice. But today’s reflection reminds us that in the Christian worldview humble and assertive coexist. In fact, if we are to take Jesus as our model, authentic humility always comes with a dash of “uppity.”
September 21, 2023
September 20, 2023 | by Richard Young | It can be difficult and frustrating to understand what Jesus’ parables mean for us. How can a given story apply to my life right now? Today’s reflection invites us to hear Jesus’s parable of the generous employer as sign of the generosity and equality which God offers to everyone¾and which we are called to offer to one another.
September 21, 2023
September 13, 2023 | by Ann Marie Szpakowska | Often, we think of repentance as a precursor to being forgiven. We repent of our sins and God forgives us. However, today’s reflection broadens this scope, instead suggesting that we must also repent if we hope to forgive others.
September 6, 2023
September 6, 2023 | by delfín bautista | We’ve heard the directive, “To love our neighbors as ourselves,” so often it can feel like a cliché. Today’s reflection asks what we are to do with such a sentiment when Church and society have advocated so strongly that we not love who we are.
August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023 | by Jon Schum | The Psalmist reminds us that our God is a “light unto our path” (Psalm 119:105). But where is that path leading? Today’s reflection reminds us that we have nowhere else to find Love and no one we must meet to guide us. Instead, wherever and with whomever we go, we are always and only in search of our very selves.
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023 | by David Jackson | Too often when we think about Jesus, we recall the phrases we memorized as young children: “son of God,” “Messiah,” “second person of the Blessed Trinity.” But beyond theology and Church teaching, today’s reflection asks: Who do I say Jesus is? And am I willing to say that not only with words but with actions?
August 17, 2023
August 16, 2023 | by Ann Penick | To welcome another is to accept their presence with joy. Today’s Scriptures remind us of all the peoples to whom Love extends welcome, and challenge us to ask if our own welcomes cast so wide a net. Today’s gospel goes so far as to suggest that Jesus widens his welcome due to an encounter with one usually considered outside of God’s love.
August 9, 2023
August 9, 2023 | by Tom DeVoyd | We are surrounded by noise, bombarded by information. Perhaps unwittingly, like Elijah and Peter in today’s readings, we instinctively believe God will shout over everything and everyone else. But today’s reflection reminds us that Love generally does not overpower others, rather Love whispers from within our hearts.
August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023 | by Marianne Seggerman | The meaning of Jesus’s transfiguration has long been debated among Scriptural commentators. Today’s reflection invites us to see it as a statement of continuity – a path given by the Law, the Prophets, and affirmed by Jesus that we would do well to walk along.