Catholic Daily Reflections
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My Catholic Life! presents the beauty and splendor of our Catholic faith in a down to earth and practical way. These daily audio reflections come from the "Catholic Daily Reflections Series" which is available in online format from our website. They are also available in e eBook or paperback format.
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- Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The Capacity of Your Soul · 8 minRead Online The Capacity of Your Soul Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he…
- Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time - When God is Silent · 7 minRead Online When God is Silent “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say…
- Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time - Vigilance and Obedience · 8 minRead Online Vigilance and Obedience “Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in…
- Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time - Thy Kingdom Come! · 7 minRead Online Thy Kingdom Come! Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one…
- Wednesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time - Crying Out for Mercy! · 8 minRead Online Crying Out for Mercy As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They…
- Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time - Gratitude in Wholehearted Servitude · 8 minRead Online Gratitude in Wholehearted Servitude Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the…
- November 9, Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome - Righteous Zeal and Sacred Worship · 8 minRead Online Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six…
- Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The Bridegroom and the Bride · 9 minRead Online The Bridegroom and the Bride Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the…
- Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time - The Abomination of Attachment · 8 minRead Online Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The…
- Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time - Reducing Debts Before God · 8 minRead Online Reducing Debts Before God Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said…
- Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time - The Joy of Repentance · 7 minRead Online The Joy of Repentance “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one…
- Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time - The Cost of Discipleship · 8 minRead Online The Cost of Discipleship Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife…
- Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time - Will You Come? · 8 minRead Online Will You Come? One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner…
- November 2, All Souls Day - Purified for Glory · 7 minRead Online Purified for Glory Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down…
- November 1, Solemnity of All Saints - Few Walk It—Will You? · 7 minRead Online Few Walk It—Will You? When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying…
- Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - When Pride Swells the Soul · 8 minRead Online When Pride Swells the Soul “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you…
- Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Overcoming Rash Judgment · 8 minRead Online Overcoming Rash Judgment On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front of…
- Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Consoling Jesus’ Sorrowful Heart · 8 minRead Online Consoling Jesus’ Sorrowful Heart “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children…
- October 28, Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - That Christ May Be Known · 8 minRead Online That Christ May Be Known [Jesus] called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his…
- Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - From Smallness to Glory · 8 minRead Online From Smallness to Glory Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden…
- Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Long-Suffering and Silent Endurance · 8 minRead Online Long-Suffering and Silent Endurance Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit…
- Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The Eternal Law of Love · 8 minRead Online The Eternal Law of Love When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by…
- Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - The Goodness of Repentance · 8 minRead Online The Goodness of Repentance Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply…
- Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - Awakened to His Presence · 8 minRead Online Awakened to His Presence Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does; and when…
- Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - A Soul on Fire! · 7 minRead Online A Soul on Fire! Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be…
- Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - God’s Holy Demands · 8 minRead Online God’s Holy Demands “That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; and the servant…
- Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - Christ is Coming Today! · 8 minRead Online Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately…
- Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - An Insatiable Desire · 9 minRead Online An Insatiable Desire Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me…
- Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - An Alliance in Christ · 8 minAn Alliance in Christ The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know…
- Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Our Confession of Faith · 8 minRead Online Our Confession of Faith Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of…
- Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Properly Ordered Fear · 8 minRead Online Properly Ordered Fear “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more. I shall show you whom to fear. Be afraid…
- Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Knowledge of God’s Kingdom · 8 minRead Online Knowledge of God’s Kingdom “Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to…
- Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Love and Conflict · 8 minRead Online Love and Conflict Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you…
- Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Unity of Heart and Action · 7 minRead Online Unity of Heart and Action After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to…
- Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - An Evil Generation? · 8 minRead Online An Evil Generation? While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be…
- Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The Wedding Feast of the Liturgy · 8 minThe Wedding Feast of the Liturgy Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king…
- Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Hearing and Obeying God’s Word · 8 minHearing and Obeying God’s Word 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…
- Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - The Finger of God · 8 minThe Finger of God When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked…
- Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Praying for the “Good” · 7 minJesus’ Prayer and Ours Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his…
- Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Jesus’ Prayer and Ours · 8 minJesus’ Prayer and Ours Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his…
- Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - Distraction vs. Contemplation · 8 minDistraction vs. Contemplation Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening…
- Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time - The Good Samaritan · 8 minThe Good Samaritan Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A…
- Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The New Vineyard of Grace · 7 minThe New Vineyard of Grace Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been…
- Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Spiritual Warfare and Heavenly Glory · 8 minSpiritual Warfare and Heavenly Glory The seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said…
- October 2, Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels - The Angel at Your Side · 7 minRead Online The Angel at Your Side “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly…
- Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Testifying to the Truth · 8 minRead Online Testifying to the Truth Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to…
- Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Do Not Delay · 8 minRead Online Do Not Delay As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have…
- September 29, Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels - The Ministry of the Archangels · 8 minRead Online The Ministry of the Archangels Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said…
- Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Embracing and Becoming the Least · 7 minRead Online Embracing and Becoming the Least An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus realized the intention of their hearts and took a…
- Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Action over Words · 7 minRead Online Action over Words Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out…
