Author: Maria
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What Are My Children Learning From Me?
What do children learn from the way we live our faith? Reflecting on Isaiah 5:1–7, Maria considers Catholic parenting, family traditions, and the daily example parents give through patience, fairness, forgiveness, and love.
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I Am Not Walking Alone
On the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, we are reminded that we never walk alone. This Catholic reflection explores God’s protection, guidance, healing, and the unseen ways He accompanies us through fear, family concerns, and uncertain seasons of life.
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The Grace of Enough
Proverbs 30:5–9 offers a powerful prayer for contentment: “Give me neither poverty nor riches.” This Catholic reflection explores gratitude, trust in God, freedom from comparison, and the grace to recognize when what we have is truly enough.
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Do I Know How Much I Have Been Forgiven?
In Luke 7:36–50, Jesus shows that those who understand how much they have been forgiven learn to love more deeply. This Catholic reflection for Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time explores God’s mercy, gratitude, forgiveness, and how remembering His patience with us can help us become more merciful toward others.
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The Grace to See Myself Clearly
In Luke 6:39–42, Jesus teaches us to examine our own hearts before judging others. This Catholic reflection for Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time explores self-awareness, humility, mercy, and the grace to let God change us before asking Him to change someone else.
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Everything I Have Is a Gift
A reflection for Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time based on 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15.
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Peter Wanted a Savior Without the Cross
A reflection on Matthew 16:21-27 for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. Peter wanted Jesus to bring salvation without suffering, and sometimes we want the same from faith. But Christ does not promise a life without difficulty. He promises to walk with us through it and remind us that the cross is never the end of the story.
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Jesus Saw Me Under the Fig Tree
Jesus saw Nathanael (Saint Bartholomew) under the fig tree before he was ever introduced to Him. This reflection reminds us that Christ also sees our hidden worries, quiet prayers, doubts, and hopes—and still calls us closer.
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When Someone Else Seems More Blessed
Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time based on Matthew 20:1-16. Comparison can make our own blessings feel smaller when someone else seems to receive more. Jesus reminds us that God’s generosity is not limited, and another person’s blessing does not mean He has forgotten us.
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Mercy Greater Than the Hurt
A reflection on Matthew 18:21–19:1 for Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time. Forgiveness does not mean the hurt was small or that harmful actions were acceptable. We forgive because God’s mercy is greater than our wounds, and His grace can slowly free our hearts from bitterness and restore our peace.