Daily Catholic reflections that are under 3 minutes long so you get your daily dose of wisdom quickly! Fr. Sam reflects on the catholic mass readings from the day (Old Testament, New Testament, or Gospel) as well as the saint of the day for his daily reflections.
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Today’s Reading is MT 28:16-28. This Gospel calls us to contemplate the specific mystery that God is a Trinity of Persons.
Ultimately, the Trinity is not something that we ar…
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Today the first reading is James 5:13-20.
James is instructing the Christian community on prayer. He teaches we should always lead with prayer and draw together in union in s…
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Today’s Gospel reading is Mark 10:1-12.
Today, Jesus teaches on divorce. “In the beginning it was not so”. Marriage is meant to highlight the complimentary of man and woman,…
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Today’s Gospel is Mark 9:41-50.
If we were to cause one of the littlest one to sin, we’d be better to have a millstone tied around our neck and thrown into the sea. These ar…
Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 9:38-40.
The apostles find a man casting out demons in the name of Jesus. They go to stop him, but Jesus prevents them saying that anyone who is not “against us” is for…
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Today’s Gospel reading is Mark 9:30-37. If we want to be first, we must be last. If we want to have any kind of status at all, we must humble ourselves.
The challenge is to t…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 19:25-34. Today we celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.
Mary is the Mother of the WHOLE Church. From the Cross, Jesus gave Mary a…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is Acts 2:1-11. It is the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and they go out immediately and begin s…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 21: 20-25.
Peter asks what will happen with John the Beloved Disciple and Jesus instructs him to to be faithful to his own mission. So too we …
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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 21: 15-19.
In this Gospel, Jesus asks Peter three times, do you love me? The corresponding yes comes with the task of watching over Jesus’s she…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 17:20-26.
Jesus continues to pray for His disciples, us, and the Church. Not just the apostles, but all who come to faith through them. Those w…
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Todays reading is Acts 20:28-38. Paul is preparing the people for the time that he will have to leave. As the people pray for and over Paul, they weep. They know they won’t s…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is Jn 15:9-17, the Feast of Matthias the Apostle.
The Apostles knew they needed to reconstitute the fullness of the group. As such, they had to replace…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is Jn 16:29-33.
“Take courage, I have conquered the world”, says the Lord.
There are plenty of times where we may feel oppressed or just that nothing i…
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Today’s Gospel Reading is John 19:11-19.
Jesus prays that the Father would protect us and keep us in His name. That we would be consecrated in the Truth.
On Pentecost we are …
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Today’s Gospel reading is John 15:23-28
Ask with faith and the Lord will give me whatever it is that I need. It’s tempting to think that God is too busy for me, but the truth…
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The first reading today is Acts 18:9-18. Paul is given courage by God to continue in his ministry through all the persecutions he has suffered.
Paul goes out to spread the Go…
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Today is Ascension Thursday, and today’s reading is Mk 16:15-20.
After Christ has ascended into Heaven, the disciples IMMEDIATELY go out to begin their mission. We also know …
Today’s Gospel Reading is Jn 16:12-15.
Jesus tells us that everything He has heard from the Father, He has handed on to us. It might seem strange that Jesus is able to teach everything in just three …
Today’s First Reading is Acts 16:22-34.
According to the standard of the world, we are responsible for everything, without mercy. God’s standard is otherwise. The mercy of God calls us even when we f…