Author: Robyn
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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.
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God Is Not Always in the Noise
A reflection on 1 Kings 19 for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. In a world—and a Church—filled with loud voices, confident answers, and Catholic celebrities, Elijah reminds us that God may be found in a quiet whisper. Are we listening for God in silence, conscience, grief, and the wisdom of people whose voices are too often overlooked?
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Jesus Does Not Shame Peter for Sinking
A reflection on Matthew 14:22-36 for Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time. Peter’s fear does not cancel his faith. When he begins to sink, Jesus does not shame him or leave him to struggle. He reaches out immediately—a reminder that sometimes faith is simply crying, “Lord, save me,” and trusting the hand that reaches back.
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We Are All More Complicated Than Wheat or Weeds
A reflection for Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time. The wheat and weeds are not only growing beside one another; they are tangled within every human heart. When we remember how much we ourselves need mercy, we become slower to judge others and more willing to trust that God is still at work.
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Jesus Entrusted the Good News to a Woman
Mary Magdalene was the first to proclaim the Resurrection: “I have seen the Lord.” Her witness invites the Church to ask whether it fully trusts women’s voices, gifts, and authority today.
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The Field Belongs to God
A reflection on Matthew 13:24-43 for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. The parable of the wheat and the weeds reminds us how quickly we judge who is faithful, worthy, or welcome. Yet God is more patient with human complexity than we often are. The field belongs to God, and we are not given permission to uproot one another.