Laura Kazlas, Author at A CATHOLIC MOMENT

Laura Kazlas

About the Author

Hello! My name is Laura Kazlas. As a child, I was raised in an atheist family, but came to believe in God when I was 12 years old. I was baptized because of the words that I read in the bible. I later became a Catholic because of the Mass. The first time my husband brought me to Mass, I thought it was the most holy, beautiful sense of worshiping God that I had ever experienced. I still do! My husband John and I have been married for 37 years. We have a son, a daughter, and two granddaughters. We are in the process of adopting a three year old little girl. We live in Salem, Oregon in the United States. I currently serve as the program coordinator for Catholic ministry at a local maximum security men's prison. I‘m also a supervisor for Mount Angel Seminary’s field education program, in Oregon.

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Divine Revelation

Laura Kazlas

Today’s readings for Mass are a lot more upbeat and positive than they were yesterday. It is a joy to read happy thoughts, to reflect on joy and goodness. When we are in the midst of turmoil in our lives it is difficult to picture joy, or that we can ever be happy again. But, Job’s story in the first reading for Mass today gives us a great deal of hope …

Listen to God, to Jesus, and our Shepherds

Laura Kazlas

There’s a lot to learn in today’s scriptures about how to address other people’s sins. Both of the readings are very powerful. God the Father corrected Job in no uncertain terms in the first reading: “Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place?”

Do Not Despise One of These Little Ones

Laura Kazlas

Job said in today’s first reading for Mass: “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me! Why do you hound me as though you were divine, and insatiably prey upon me?” It sounds like Job’s friends were pretty cruel and they treated him like almost like bullies do in school.