Category Archive: Matthew

Feb
11

Gospel of Matthew 18, Jesus on Humility

Day 18, Matthew 18 – Good day everyone! TODAY IS HUGE!!  IT is the FEAST of Our Lady of Lourdes! I could write so much about what today means to me!  Today’s celebration is one of the most beautiful demonstrations of the way that God calls the Blessed Mother to continue to evangelize even to this …

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Feb
10

Gospel of Matthew 17, Jesus Transforms

Day 17, Matthew 17 – Good day everyone!  I am so fired up today because of day 17! I love the number 17 and today the word is TRANSFORMATION! Speaking of transforming into HOLINESS — how about the saint we celebrate today – Memorial of St. Scholastica! She was the sister of St. Benedict – …

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Feb
09

Gospel of Matthew 16 – Jesus Predicted Passion

Day 16 – Matthew 16 Good day everyone! Today our chapter makes a major turning point II – - all good movies have a minor turning point and then the big more obvious turning point where the story comes to a climax – - also in case you didn’t know — all movies when you …

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Feb
08

Gospel of Matthew 15 – Jesus Finding Great Faith

Day 15, Matthew 15- Good day everyone – today we celebrate the memorials of  Saint Jerome Emiliani and Saint Josephine Bakhita – -Yesterday was a great start to a new week in the Church!  I just want to reflect for a minute on the Mass reading for a minute.  We saw in the Sunday Mass …

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Feb
07

Gospel of Matthew 14, Jesus, Kingdom and Church

Day 14, Matthew 14 –  Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time!  Congratulations! Today also completes our half way mark in our journey with Jesus through the Gospel of St. Matthew! Praise God you are on your way to a beautiful habit of daily disciplined prayerful reading of the Word of God! St. …

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Feb
06

Gospel of Matthew 13, Jesus' Parables for Heaven

Day 13, Matthew 13 Good day everyone!  Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Paul Miki and his companions, who were crucified for the faith in 1597 after preaching the Gospel in Japan.   We also celebrate First Saturday of the month!  I want to take 2 minutes to write to you about First Saturday! …

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Feb
05

Gospel of Matthew 12, Jesus Confronted by Israel

Day 12, Matthew 12 Good day everyone!  Happy Memorial of St. Agatha!   My kind of girl, from Sicily – where my father’s family is from – She is a martyr – she was tortured because she chose to be pure for Jesus rather than succumb to the evil desires of the flesh of a man who wanted her …

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Feb
04

Gospel of Matthew 11, Jesus – His Battle!

Day 11, Matthew 11 – Good day everyone!  I have to tell you that I am fired up today!  I went to a prayer meeting last night and got to hear a section from the new Mother Teresa book called “Mother Teresa’s Secret Fire”  WOW!  A priest brought it to the meeting and asked Marie …

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Feb
03

Gospel of Matthew 10, Jesus Saving Mission

Day 10, Matthew 10- Good day everyone and HAPPY Memorial of Saint Blaise and Saint Ansgar! I’m going to focus on Saint Blaise this day because I am fired up about the fact that we were just reading about the healing of voice and that we pray for courage to speak out and witness for …

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Feb
02

Gospel of Matthew 9, Jesus -Teaching and Healing

Day 9, Matthew 9- Good Day Everyone!  Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord!  This is a day to celebrate that Christ came into the world to be the light of the world! This is when Mary and Joseph took  the child Jesus to the temple to be offered back to …

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