Guest House Daily Reflections
February is the month of “love.” On the 14th we celebrate Valentine’s day, when we decorate homes with hearts, send cards professing love to those who are close to us. Jesus tells us in the Great Commandment to “love God with all our heart, soul and strength – and our neighbor as ourselves.” Is Jesus […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Friday, Jan 30 From the beginning of the gospel Jesus calls us not just to believe in him, but to FOLLOW him. To follow, we need to GET UP from where we are (believing only in our heads) and MOVE, trusting that where he’s leading me will bring me not only closer to him but […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Wednesday, Jan 28 An Advent responsory in the Liturgy of the Hours encourages us: “We are Christ’s pilgrim people, journeying until we reach our homeland, singing on the way as we eagerly expect the fulfillment of our hope. For if one hopes, even though his tongue is still, he is always singing in his heart.” […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Monday, Jan 26 Often, especially as we age, we like to settle into what feels comfortable. We tire of keeping on moving on. Pope St. John XXIII while dying of cancer visited prisoners and hospitalized children. When asked why he didn’t just concentrate on himself and his health problems, he said, “I believe that while […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Friday, Jan 23 The Magi in Matthew’s gospel are models of true pilgrimage. They respond to an inner call from God and set out not knowing where the journey will take them. When they keep their eyes fixed on the star (for us: Jesus in the gospels, sacraments, and prayer), they make progress – with […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Wednesday, Jan 21 The epistle to the Hebrews tells us (12:1-2): “Since we are surrounded by such a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and keep on running the race set before us, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Monday, Jan 19 St. Cyprian (died around 250) said, “What man, stationed in a foreign land, doesn’t want to return to his own country as soon as possible? Well, we look upon paradise as the country we come from and the country to which we’re going, and a great crowd of our loved ones await […]
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Friday, Jan 16 The Emmaus story is almost the last in Luke’s gospel. Unrecognized, the risen Jesus walks with two discouraged, doubting disciples. It’s our story! The risen Jesus walks with us, too, asks us to open our wounded hearts/lives to him and gives us hope and strength by opening the deeper meaning of Scripture […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Wednesday, Jan 14 St. Augustine said, “We are simply travelers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode. We are on our way, not yet in our native land. We are in a state of longing, not yet enjoyment. But let us continue on our way, so we may ultimately arrive at our destination.” […]
Guest House Daily Reflections
Monday, Jan 12 The earliest term first Christians used to describe themselves was “followers of the Way” (Acts 9:2). They were followers of Jesus’ Way: a very different way of living and loving than the self-centered way around them – and still around us in 2026. As I begin this new year, which way best […]