Category: Sunday Readings
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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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The Son Who Changed His Mind
In the parable of the two sons, Jesus reminds us that faith is not about giving the perfect answer but about being willing to change. This reflection on Matthew 21:28–32 explores repentance, humility, and the grace of admitting when we may have been wrong.
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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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How Many Times, Lord? Because I’m Tired.
Forgiveness is rarely a one-time decision. In this Catholic reflection on Matthew 18:21-35, we consider Peter’s question about forgiving again and again, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, and how God’s mercy gives us the grace to release resentment one ordinary day at a time. For Sunday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Year A.
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The Courage to Speak, the Humility to Listen
A reflection for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. The Church has long understood itself as a watchman, called to teach, warn, and guide. But Psalm 95 asks a harder question: can the Church also listen when the warning is directed toward itself? A faithful Church must be willing not only to speak truth, but to receive it—from women, survivors, laypeople, grieving families, young people, and others whose voices have too often been dismissed. Authority does not remove the need for humility; it deepens it.
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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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The Rock Was Still Becoming a Rock
A reflection on Matthew 16:13-20 for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. God did not wait for Peter to become flawless before calling him the rock. His story reminds us that failure does not erase our calling, and that Christ can keep forming us through weakness, mercy, and the courage to begin again.
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Does God’s Mercy Have Borders?
A reflection on Matthew 15:21-28 for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. The Canaanite woman refuses to believe that mercy stops at the boundaries others have drawn. Her persistence challenges us to examine whom we welcome, whom we dismiss, and whether we trust that God’s compassion is wider than our categories.
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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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Do Not Send Them Away
A reflection on Matthew 14:13-21 for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. We may not be able to solve every need before us, but Jesus still asks us not to look away. When we place our small offerings in His hands, He can bless them, multiply them, and use them to feed the hungry and care for the struggling.