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Questions and Suffering
“So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became...

Barbara Silvestri
Oct 12, 20252 min read


Ministers, Not Messiahs
“Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.” There is a sense of beautiful irony...

Kathryn Yanik
Oct 5, 20252 min read


Lead with radical boldness
If you have ever seen a post about a charity, GoFundMe or anything in regards to donating money and you have scrolled by with the thought...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Sep 28, 20252 min read


Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Jesus in a Broken World
Today is the 20th Sunday in Ordinary time. As I listened to the readings for today I instantly thought of my friend Kris. I haven’t seen...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Aug 17, 20253 min read


Our Ordinary Paths
I know that Wisdom’s Dwelling goes to great lengths to ensure its readers and contributors are more than adequately offered pieces for...

Sue Delvaux
Aug 10, 20252 min read


Dying to Our Idols
There are times when I hear scripture being proclaimed and I want to look around saying “did anyone else hear this?” It’s thought...

Erika Tate
Aug 3, 20253 min read


Persistence in Mercy
In our first reading, I am stricken by the Lord’s posture. “The Lord remained standing before Abraham,” despite Abraham’s pleading. It...

Alexis Abello
Jul 27, 20252 min read


Sitting at the Feet of Jesus
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister...

Barbara Silvestri
Jul 20, 20252 min read


For Emmitt
I facilitate Urban Plunge Immersion Retreats. During these retreats students learn about, serve, and hopefully encounter in small...

Laura G. Hancock
Jul 13, 20253 min read


Trusting Our Community
Jesus’ instructions to his disciples in today’s gospel strikes right at my anxiety. He tells them to go forth, “carry no money bag, no...
Josie Diebold
Jul 6, 20252 min read


Room for Us All
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – two men to whom God entrusted large parts of the early Church, and...
Kelly Sankowski
Jun 29, 20252 min read


A Meal of Remembrance
Growing up in my family, we had a special traditions around yearly birthday celebrations. The birthday person got to pick what they...

Patty Breen
Jun 22, 20252 min read


Veni Sancte Spiritus
Come, Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost. In the readings today, we hear about the apostles receiving the Holy...

Caroline Head
Jun 7, 20251 min read


Now What?
I keep thinking of the moment when Jesus tells the disciples that they don’t need to know the times or the seasons for when God does...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jun 1, 20252 min read


What might he say?
Without in the least trivializing the splendid readings for this last Sunday of the Easter season, let me share that decades ago, I began...

Sue Delvaux
May 24, 20253 min read


Stories of Loving One Another
What would you do for your friends and the people you love? My guess would be that you would do anything for the people you love....

Jocelyn E. Collen
May 17, 20253 min read


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
May 10, 20251 min read


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 3, 20252 min read


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 26, 20252 min read


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 20, 20252 min read
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