Daily Reflections

Supernatural Over the Natural

By Jerry DeMelo Jr. / October 12, 2024 /

The Passage: “While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” Jesus replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Lk 11:27-28. The Source…

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Liberation From Evil Forces

By Fr. John Bosco Obiako / October 11, 2024 /

Do you ever find yourself disturbed by the dark side of reality? I do, often. It is one of the truths of the interior life that we overlook sometimes: life is a spiritual battle. Sometimes, there exists a destructive force within each of us that tends to lead us to…

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Transform Our Hearts

By Radhika Sharda, MD / October 10, 2024 /

We have all heard the familiar Gospel passage exhorting us to persist in prayer: “Ask, and you shall receive. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and the door shall be opened.” Yet many of our prayers are not answered in the way we expect. Rather, through prayer we come to…

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As we forgive …

By G K Zachary / October 9, 2024 /

A few years ago, as a family, we had attended a healing retreat. The focus of the retreat was unforgiveness. We heard testimonies of people who had gone through immense hurts in their lives. The repeating thread line of their testimonies began in some form of hurt or abuse, followed…

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A Service of Discipleship

By Sr. Olisaemeka Rosemary Okwara / October 8, 2024 /

The readings of today direct our minds to rendering service of discipleship. A service of discipleship entails listening to the voice of God, seeking direction from the Holy Spirit, and doing the mission of God. This also means finding the one or the few important things that are crucial to…

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On the Rosary: Sword and Shield

By Connor Szurgot / October 7, 2024 /

I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel (not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ. (Gal 1:6-7) Paul begins his letter…

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Marriage and the Natural Order

By Fr. Venatius Oforka / October 6, 2024 /

God is orderly and teleological in his works. His act of creation was well planned out and purposefully ordered. Part of this order is the marriage institution, which he established with the creation of man and woman, two contrary genders that would purposefully form a whole. According to this divine…

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After a Storm Comes a Calm

By Fr. Justino Cornejo / October 5, 2024 /

In Spanish, we have a saying that goes: “Después de la tempestad, viene la calma.” Translated, this saying states that, “After a storm comes a calm.” We use this saying to console or to encourage a person who is going through a rough moment in life, inviting them to see…

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Why There?

By Anne Callaghan / October 4, 2024 /

Today’s readings are an interesting challenge and opportunity to go to Our Lord and say, “what are you trying to teach me here?” I am a big fan of adoration where I go daily to sit with my best friend and have all kinds of conversations. I bring to Him…

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Beg and Believe

By Sean Callahan / October 3, 2024 /

Turn to God. Today’s Gospel invites us to practice confidence in the power of grace. In the first reading, we encounter the suffering of Job. We catch him at a moment when he seems to be at a loss. “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand…

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