Daily Reflections July 2020 Cycle C, Year II
1 Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 What helps me believe that right now no matter what God is here in this moment?
2 Amos 7:10-17 What words of truth do I wish to speak today about this pandemic?
3 St. Thomas Jn 20 20-24 What strengthens my belief each day?
4 Independence Day Ps 85:9,10,11-12,13-14 How do I promote justice and peace in this time of racial tension?
5 14th Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:25-30 How is God calling me to rest?
6 St. Maria Goretti Mt 9:18-26 How do I experience new life in the midst of this pandemic?
7 Mt 9:32-38 What are the stirrings in my heart as I pray for our suffering/hurting world?
8 Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 How do I “sow justice and seek the Lord” in the midst of police brutality?
9 Mt 10:7-15 How do I experience “the Kingdom of God is at hand” as the corona virus spikes?
10 Jn 16:13a; 14:26d How has “the Spirit of truth guided” me to help others with Covid-19?
11 St. Benedict Mt 10:24-33 What helps me believe I am “worth more than many sparrows?”
12 15th Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:1-13 What does the soil of my heart need to nurture and bear good fruit?
13 Is 1:10-17 “Make justice your aim, redress the wronged…” How do I attend to this?
14 St. Kateri Tekakwitha Is 7:1-9 How am I growing in faith, keeping it strong as the pandemic remains with us?
15 St. Bonaventure Mt 11:25-27 What am I doing to foster a childlike attitude within me?
16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mt 11:28-30 How do I nurture a posture of being “meek and humble of heart?
17 Mt 12:1-8 “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” What meaning does this have for me?
18 Mt 12:14-21 How do I experience the Spirit working in my life?
19 16th Week in Ordinary Time Rom 8:26-27 How have I experienced the Spirit nudging me to prayer?
20 Mic 6:1-4,6-8 How do I “do the right, love goodness and walk humbly with God” during this pandemic?
21 Mic 7:14-15, 18-20 How have I experienced God shepherding me during this health and racial crisis?
22 St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 How am I experiencing “the Lord alive and transforming” the earth?
23 Mt 13:10-17 What are some blessings and mercies received during this isolation time?
24 Jer 31:10, 11-12, 13 “The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.” What is this like?
25 St. James, Apostle Mt 20:20-28 What have I learned as I drank from the ‘chalice of suffering’ these past weeks?
26 17th Week in Ordinary Time 1Kngs 3;5, 7-12 What do I like about an understanding heart?
27 Mt 13:31-35 How do I notice and pay attention to the quiet and small ways God works in my life?
28 Jer 14:17-22 In the storm of this pandemic, how do I pray to God for the hurting world?
29 St. Martha Jn 11:19-27 What makes me believe that Jesus is the Son of God?
30 Jer 18:1-6 How am I “like clay in the hand of the potter?”
31 St. Ignatius Ps 698-10, 14 As St. Ignatius found God in all things, how do I find God in this pandemic?