“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” (Matt 11:3). Does this question, uttered by John the Baptist from a prison cell, surprise us? ...
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Give Us This Day
Published on May 17, 2025, in Give Us This Day:
“Seeing is believing,” the old saying goes. Yet in today’s first reading and in the Gospel, those who have seen ...
Published in the January 2025 issue of Give Us This Day:
The Lord bless you and keep you!
The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to ...
My reflection from today’s Gospel (Luke 1:39-45) in Give Us This Day:
As I prepare for an upcoming trip, I’m torn between catching a flight or hopping in the ...
If you missed the online Advent mini-retreat I offered in collaboration with Give Us This Day, you can watch the replay here. I share tips that are helpful not ...
My reflection from today's Gospel (John 11:19-27) in Give Us This Day:
As much as we’d like to think of ourselves as Martha in today’s Scripture ...
My reflection on today's Scripture readings in the March issue of Give Us This Day:
At some point or another, most of us have been blamed for something we ...
My latest reflection from Give Us This Day, based on the readings for the day:
Jesus doles out some tough love in today’s Gospel, which echoes the equally ...
My Give Us This Day reflection on today’s Scripture readings. You can find the readings HERE.
A friend and I were discussing the problem of letting our faith ...
My Give Us This Day reflection on today's Scripture readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 and John 10: 31-42. You can find the readings HERE.
Vengeance takes center ...
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life.
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers of babies not ...
Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century German priest and mystic, famously wrote, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ it will ...
When my youngest was in elementary school, she asked about heaven and “eternity.” As I explained our belief that we would one day be with God forever, I was ...
How often do we, like the scribe in today’s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: “I will follow you wherever you go”? We may have the best of intentions and mean ...
It seems so straightforward: Jesus appoints his Apostles. There doesn’t seem to be much to delve into here. We know how this Gospel (Mark 3:13-19) turns out. ...
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
"Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they ...
Doubting Thomas. That title is a reminder, if ever there was one, that nicknames stick, even if the nickname isn’t necessarily warranted or fair. Sure, today’s ...
I love how Peter tends to respond to Jesus with such pure emotion. As in today’s scene, when he leaps out of his boat and races through the water toward Jesus; ...
One of my favorite places in Rome is Ponte Sant’Angelo — the Bridge of Angels — where gorgeous winged creatures line the path as you make your way toward Castle ...
For those of you who, like me, may be struggling in our Church these day, I thought I would share my Give Us This Day reflection from two weeks ago.
I ...
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