Category: Feasts
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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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Who Would We Rather Jesus Not Sit With?
On the Feast of Saint Matthew, Jesus shares a meal with tax collectors and sinners, challenging our ideas about who belongs at God’s table. His example invites us to reflect on mercy, judgment, and making room for everyone in the Church.
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When the Magnificat Reaches the Cross
On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, we reflect on Mary standing beneath the cross and still trusting God’s promises. Her Magnificat becomes a deeper song of faith when hope is hardest to see.
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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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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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What Does the Church Treasure Most?
Saint Lawrence challenges us to ask what the Church truly treasures. Do our priorities center on buildings, budgets, and reputation—or on people, especially those who are poor, excluded, or vulnerable? This reflection invites us to measure the Church’s wealth by how faithfully we love.
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Glory Does Not Remove the Cross
The Transfiguration does not spare the disciples from the cross; it gives them a glimpse of Christ’s glory to carry into the darkness ahead. This reflection considers how moments of consolation may not remove suffering, but can help us keep walking when faith becomes difficult.
