Tag Archive: #reflection

“Why Are You Afraid?”

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Like Job and the disciples in this Sunday’s readings, we experience many different kinds of fears, sufferings, and uncertainties. Often it can seem to us like we are in the dark and do not know what [read more...]

Gospel Meditation – Encourage Deeper Understanding of Scripture

June 13, 2021 | 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time A favorite motto of St. Teresa of Calcutta was, “do small things with great love.” This is how it works in the kingdom of God. God can do tremendous things with the [read more...]

Think Eternally; Optimize Your Spiritual Health

11th Sunday of Ordinary Time  God’s ways are not our ways, and the Lord sees everything from an eternal perspective. In his second letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul reminds us that our life here, including our bodies, is passing [read more...]

Franciscan Friars Evening of Reflection: You’re Invited

This Thursday, June 10, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Our Lady of the Wayside will be hosting the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal for an Evening of Reflection. Join them for an evening of adoration, confession and music as [read more...]

Reflection: Seeing The Body of Christ

St. Teresa of Calcutta shares a story that talks about seeing Jesus in the Eucharist and seeing Jesus in the poor people in the streets of Calcutta: “Our sisters had to go to the home of the dying. And before they went, I [read more...]

Reflection: Worship And Doubt

“When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” I have always worshiped. Postures of prayer and praise have been woven into the fabric of my daily life for as long as I can remember. Going to Mass on [read more...]

This Pentecost, We Turn to the Spouse of the Holy Spirit

Pentecost Sunday  Pentecost was not so much an event as it was an experience. The descent of the Holy Spirit was not just something that happened to the Apostles, as if they were unconscious. Instead, the Apostles encountered the Holy [read more...]

Strive to Remain in God’s Grace

Ascension Sunday  Saint Mark’s gospel does not give us any details about the Ascension. He simply says that Jesus was taken up into heaven and took His seat at the right hand of God. Although this statement is very simple, [read more...]

Nothing on Earth More Glorious than Motherhood

6th Sunday of Easter – Mother’s Day  My brothers and sisters, thanks to Jesus we know what love is. Thanks to Him, we also know WHO Love is. The very fact that each of us exists and is the work [read more...]

God, Our Loving Cultivator and Creator

5th Sunday of Easter – Year B In the Gospels, Jesus uses many metaphors related to farming and raising animals to which the majority of us can no longer relate because our lives are so far removed from these realities. [read more...]