Season of Lent: Encountering Jesus Begin on Day 1 (Ash Wednesday, February 22) and open one window per day until you reach Easter! Each morning, a new window will be available to open. A reflection, a song, or an activity related to the season can be found behind each window.

Thursday, March 30 

Remain Steadfast

As Holy Week draws near, the promises made to the faithful through the ...

Friday, March 31

The Lord, Our Strength

The prophet Jeremiah, the psalmist, and Jesus all face threats and ...

Sunday, March 12, 2023

God Sees Our Hearts

Today’s readings: Exodus 17:3–7; Psalm 95:1–2, 6–7, 8–9; Romans 5:1–2, 5–8; John 4:5–42. The ...

Saturday, February 25

Keep the Sabbath Sacred

The Scriptures continue to coach us in planning our Lenten practices. ...

Saturday, April 1

Dwell in God

The promises of the prophet Ezekiel are a source of hope for the ...

Tuesday, March 21

Holistic Healing

The healing power of Jesus is on full display in the Gospel story about ...

Saturday, March 25

Annunciation of the Lord

The word annunciation means “announcement.” In our faith story, the angel Gabriel’s announcement ...

Wednesday, March 22

The Lord is Near

The responsorial psalm today gets right to the hopeful theme of Lent: ...

Monday, March 6

Follow the Signposts

Consider the directions from Jesus in Luke’s Gospel today signposts. They are so pivotal ...

March 8

Seek to Serve

Contending to be the first to be noticed, the first to be served, the first ...

Monday, March 27 

True Justice

Daily news sources regularly report stories of innocent people wrongly imprisoned. Seeking exoneration for ...

Monday, March 13

Look for the Prophets

Prophets are people specially chosen to be messengers of God’s Word ...

Tuesday, February 28

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This is how you ...

Monday, March 20 

St. Joseph

Today we lift up Jesus’ earthly father, St. Joseph, who embodied virtue as a ...

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Spiritual Sight

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Laetare (Rejoice) Sunday, a name ...

Thursday, April 6 

Holy Thursday

The season of Lent ends as the sun sets today and the Sacred Paschal ...

Saturday, March 11

Lead with Compassion

Jesus uses parables to show how much our merciful God desires to be close to ...

Tuesday, April 4

Wear the Armor of Faith

Both the prophet Isaiah and the psalmist recall the hand of ...

Wednesday, March 15

Living Witnesses

Pope Francis reminds us that “all of us are called to offer ...

April 2, 2023

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Today marks a major turning point in the liturgical ...

Tuesday, March 14

70 × 7

Today’s message cuts right to the heart. Forgiveness is hard. But ...

Friday, March 24

Close to the Brokenhearted

Our responsorial psalm tenderly proclaims the promise that the Lord is “close ...

Sunday, March 5

Listen to Him

Every year on the Second Sunday of Lent we remember the ...

Saturday, March 18

Cultivate Humility

Humility is a virtue that exudes from our very being. The virtue ...

Friday, April 7

Bend on Knee

In union with Christians around the world, the faithful assemble on ...

Thursday, February 23

Put God First

Jesus instructs, “Whoever loses his life for my sake will save ...

Wednesday, April 5

Spy Wednesday

Wednesday of Holy Week is referred to as “spy Wednesday” because the Gospel reading ...

Thursday, March 2 

Ask, Seek, Knock

Today’s Scriptures are deeply reassuring. The psalmist glorifies God, “on the day I ...

Saturday, March 4

Lifting Up a Relationship

If you love those who love you, what merit is ...

Wednesday, March 29

Keep Holy the Lord’s Name

There is a beloved VeggieTales episode recounting the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and ...

Thursday, March 23

Sent by God

Jesus makes a bold claim to the Jewish community: “the Father has sent ...

Thursday, March 16

Listen to My Voice

The Lord commands, “Listen to my voice” (Jeremiah 7:23). The ...

Wednesday, March 1

Create in Me A Clean Heart

Responsorial Psalm 51 is prayed repeatedly through the season ...

Saturday, April 16

Saturday, April 8

Keep Vigil

We continue our journey through the Sacred Paschal Triduum ...

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Do You Believe This?

The readings from the Gospel of John proclaimed on the Third, ...

Monday, April 3 

Faithful Friends

Mary anoints the feet of Jesus with perfumed oil and dries them ...

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Alleluia!

Celebrating Easter is like watching the sunrise in the most beautiful place ever visited. ...

March 10

The Voices We Listen To

The quickest way to veer off the path of holiness is to bury our ...

Tuesday, March 7

Live with Integrity

At the heart of today’s Gospel is the call to live discipleship with integrity. To be ...

 Friday, March 3

Time to Heal

Jesus reminds the disciples, and us, of how broken relationships harm the ...

Friday, February 24

Cleanse My Heart

The Church prays Psalm 51 often during Lent. The psalm is one ...

Sunday, February 26, 2023

God First

Each year on the First Sunday of Lent, we hear the account of ...

Who Sits at Our Doorway?

Today’s Scriptures provide a striking reminder to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord. The contrasting images ...

Tuesday, March 28

Not Alone

Patience runs thin in today’s Scripture readings. The Israelites complain with weariness on ...

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick