Author: Robyn
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What Keeps Us Knocking?
This Catholic reflection on Luke 11:5–13 explores persistence in prayer, unanswered requests, and the Holy Spirit’s help as we care for others.
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When Has the Church Failed to Listen?
In this reflection on Luke 10:13–16, Jesus’ warning invites the Church to listen to people who have been hurt or pushed aside—and to let what it hears lead to change.
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The Courage to Ask the Questions
This Catholic reflection on Luke 9:43–45 and Ecclesiastes explores the courage to ask difficult questions, the wisdom of growing older, and how faith can deepen through uncertainty, honest dialogue, and trust in God’s love.
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The God Who Comes Back at Five O’Clock
In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, God keeps returning for those still waiting to be chosen. This reflection on Matthew 20 explores grace, belonging, and the people the Church can too easily overlook.
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When the Cross Becomes Too Familiar
On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we are invited to look again at a symbol that has become almost too familiar. This reflection asks what the Cross reveals about suffering, power, compassion, and our call to stand beside those who are wounded and pushed to the margins.
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Someone’s Baby
A reflection for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church has given Mary many magnificent titles. “Someone’s baby” is not usually among them, but perhaps on this feast it should be. Before Mary was Queen of Heaven or Mother of God, she was small, vulnerable, and dependent on others. Her birthday reminds us that God often begins quietly, hidden within ordinary human life.
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Stop Arguing Over the Gardeners
Based on 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 for Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time. Paul reminds the Corinthians that one person plants, another waters, but God gives the growth. That is a freeing message for anyone tempted to idolize leaders, control outcomes, or take ownership of ministry. We can serve faithfully without pretending the garden belongs to us.
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Whose House Is This, Anyway?
A reflection on Matthew 24:42-51 for Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time. Church authority is always borrowed. Jesus reminds us that the true test of leadership is not power, control, or status, but how people are treated. The household belongs to God, and every leader is called to care for it with humility, accountability, and service.
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Love Is the Measure
A reflection on Matthew 22:1-14 for Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time. Jesus tells us that everything rests on love of God and love of neighbor. If our certainty, rules, or religious practices leave people humiliated, excluded, or diminished, we should be willing to ask whether we have lost sight of the measure Jesus gave us: love.
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God Does Not Discard the Body
The Assumption reminds us that God does not discard the body. Mary is taken into glory whole, offering a powerful affirmation of embodied dignity in a world—and sometimes a Church—that has too often judged, controlled, or diminished human bodies.