Katie Zalany

God Makes a Home for the Poor - Do You?

Today, Psalm 68 proclaims, “God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.” We are asked if we’ve done the same in the Gospel. Have we humbled ourselves and taken in the poor into our lives, our homes, and our precious time? Or have we exalted ourselves to the point where we have no room for the poor?

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Endure Your Trials as Discipline

In today’s second reading, we hear that we are to endure our trials as discipline, and that discipline, while appearing painful, brings forth the fruit of righteousness for those who accept it. In other words, short-term pain for long-term gain.

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Did Jesus Say We're to Be At Odds with Our Families?

Today’s Gospel seems to suggest that Jesus came not to bring peace to our families but rather division. What does Jesus mean by this? Are we supposed to be at odds with our family members? Here’s what I think it means.

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Asking But Not Receiving

Have you asked but did not receive? I’ve been asking for a single thing from God for 16+ years now, and yet, I have not received exactly what I asked for. Instead I’ve received many other things I haven’t asked for! I was given most every other blessing except the one I asked for.

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Today’s Greatest Temptation: Giving God Our Attention

Make no mistake – distraction is how the Enemy is winning us over. It's our greatest temptation in today's society.

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Who Are We to Our Neighbors?

Today’s Good Samaritan Gospel calls us to reflect on who we are to our neighbors – those in our workplaces, homes, families, churches, and communities. Are we a passer-by or someone that stops to help others in their need in all of those places?

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What Is Jesus Asking of Us In Today’s Gospel?

Today we hear Jesus rattle off many demands of discipleship in the Gospel and it calls to mind where we may need conversion in our lives to be closer disciples of Jesus.

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Why Do We Celebrate Saints Peter & Paul?

Saints Peter and Paul: What were their roles, why do we celebrate them today, and what do they have to teach us?

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The 5,000

Today on Corpus Christi, we hear the Gospel of Jesus feeding the multitudes. In our world, who could those 5,000 people be?

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Am I an Image of the Trinity?

Trinity Sunday reminds us that God encompasses Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and calls to mind that we are intended to be the image of God in all of these forms.

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Praying With The Pentecost Sequence

Each Pentecost, I have a tradition of praying with the Pentecost Sunday Sequence. It never disappoints in leading me to see the Holy Spirit in a new light.

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The Significance of Jesus Ascending from Bethany

Bethany must have had special significance to Jesus. It was a place of miracles, encounter, intimacy, friendship, rest and refuge, great love, death and resurrection, ascension, and the promise of the Holy Spirit – what I would call the major marks of Jesus’ life on earth.

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Don’t Shift the Burden, Lighten the Burden - Like the Early Church

In the first reading today, we see how the early Church handled situations when their members were upset and burdened by certain teachings and rules, and their peace of mind was disturbed. They didn't shift the burden -- they lightened it.

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Christian Hardship

Today the first reading sheds light on why we face difficulties: You must undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God. And then the second reading shows us what we can hope for if endure those hardships: God will be with us always. He will wipe away every tear. There will be no more death, mourning, or pain.

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We Are Meant to Be Sheep, Not Critics!

No sooner was Pope Leo XIV named, did the critics come out. Today we’re reminded by Jesus in the Gospel that we are meant to be sheep who listen to the voice of the Shepherd, follow Him, and imitate Him. We’re not meant to be critics of the Shepherd.

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