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Apostolic Conversion
I love this time after Lent, when we get the readings of the apostles, and we hear the ways that the mission of Jesus was being spread...

Alexis Abello
2 days ago1 min read
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Grad School with the Pope
Over sub sandwiches in a small town in Ohio while on a work trip, I sat with a coworker watching and waiting, eyes fixed on St. Peter’s...

Jennifer Delvaux
3 days ago2 min read
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Let the Wind Blow! (A Prayer for the Conclave)
When Pope John XXIII called for the Second Vatican Council, his main goal was to bring the Church up to date by opening its doors to the...

Patty Breen
5 days ago2 min read
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Dear Cardinals...remember the vulnerable
Dear Cardinals, Our Global Church shares the sadness in mourning the loss of Pope Francis. This is not just a loss for all of you, but...

Jocelyn E. Collen
6 days ago2 min read
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Dear Cardinals....can we carry on
Dear Cardinals, How presumptuous of me to be writing to you! Your mourning and level of work in anticipation of the Conclave must be...

Sue Delvaux
7 days ago1 min read
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Unfathomable: Follow Me
There have been many happenings in my personal life over the past eight months that, before they occurred, I would have said were...

Laura G. Hancock
May 32 min read
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Dear Cardinals...
In less than a week Cardinals will shutter themselves away in the Sistine Chapel and begin the Conclave. Many have seen the movie or read...

Jennifer Delvaux
May 22 min read
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Unlocking the Heart
In the April 2025 Magnificat mass companion, the introduction for Divine Mercy Sunday says that Jesus showed his wounded hands and side,...

Jenny Snarski
Apr 262 min read
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Pope Francis: The Pastoral Pope
As I reflect on the legacy of Pope Francis and what it means to me, one word comes to mind to describe him. Pastoral. His perspective on...

Patty Breen
Apr 242 min read
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Pope Francis: Blessing the Messiness
Pope Francis blessed the noise, the mess, and complexities of everyday life. When I picture his legacy, I see all of the photos of him...

Sarah Signorino
Apr 231 min read
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Pope Francis
We are an Easter people. Words proclaimed throughout the Church on Sunday, but that became all the more poignant on this Easter Monday as...

Jennifer Delvaux
Apr 212 min read
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That Sunday Through Her Eyes
It is the darkness before the first rays of the morning sunrise peeking over the hills. The whole world is still - and yet, my whole...

Patty Breen
Apr 202 min read
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It’s a Beautiful Day to Yell at God
Scrolling through Pinterest a few years ago, I came across an image that has remained with me ever since. It depicts three children...

Julia Morrow
Apr 182 min read
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Who is at my table?
It is Holy Thursday, the first day of the Triduum. Today we remember Jesus’s Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, and his betrayal and...

Carol Allen
Apr 172 min read
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Called To Be Leaders
Today’s Mass opens with a familiar scene—Jesus entering Jerusalem, seated on a colt, as his followers “began to praise God aloud with...
Josie Diebold
Apr 122 min read
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Resisting Paralysis
My toddler likes to help me do the dishes, but is afraid of the disposal. One day recently, I was emptying out some old food and delaying...
Kelly Sankowski
Apr 53 min read
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Of Darkness and Light
“Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are the light of the world.” Who might you guess is the Saint of Darkness?...

Barbara Silvestri
Mar 292 min read
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Are You Hearing?
In the sixth month, Gabriel (the angel) was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man called...

Barbara Silvestri
Mar 252 min read
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Take off your shoes, you holy and wondrous human
In today’s first reading from Exodus, Moses has spotted the burning bush on Mount Sinai. God calls to him by name. Moses answers “Here I...

Sarah Signorino
Mar 222 min read
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Transformed into Christ
Today we celebrate the second Sunday of Lent. As Catholics, tradition has taught us that the 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Mar 152 min read
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