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Weddings, Friendships, and Ritual
Today's Readings This weekend I have the honor of officiating my best friend's wedding. We have been friends our whole lives and being...

Bernadette K. Raspante
Jan 16, 20222 min read


Finding God in the Laundry
In retrospect, the peak of my time doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius was when I yelled to my spiritual director in...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Introducing Wisdom's Voice
Introducing Wisdom's Voice, an initiative within Wisdom's Dwelling where women reflect on the weekday readings with the purpose of...

Jessica Curbis
Jan 12, 20221 min read


Baptism, Business, and Servant Leadership
Today's Readings As Lectors head to Church this weekend, they will have to prepare for two different sets of readings. The Church offers...

Sue Delvaux
Jan 9, 20223 min read


New Year, More Me: Seeking the Magis in 2022
As I move through this Christmastide alongside my spouse Kevin, also an educator basking in a much-needed break, our joy is real. I find...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Jan 3, 20223 min read


Star, Witness, Renewal
Today's Readings I have been fascinated with stars since I was young. Why do they twinkle? Why do we wish on the first star of the...

Susan Amann
Jan 2, 20222 min read


From where do we enter the chaos?
I took a class on ministerial leadership a few years ago. One week we were gifted with the presence of the late William Barry, S.J., a...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jan 1, 20222 min read


Mary's Faith in God
If someone were to ask me who I most looked up to throughout Scripture, although very difficult to answer as I look up to a lot of them,...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 31, 20213 min read


"Why?" Is Definitely the Question
Today's Readings Merry Christmas! The traditions of the Church around this time feel positively utopian, don’t they? Throughout Advent,...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Dec 28, 20213 min read


To Be Family
Today's Readings For many of us, the holidays and Christmas season bring us together with our family members. This time with family can...

Kathleen O'Brien
Dec 26, 20211 min read


Giving Bones to Hope
On our way to 5 p.m. Mass on the first Sunday of Advent, my 4 year old complained that she didn’t like the dark. She also complained that...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Dec 25, 20212 min read


O Holy Night
As a little girl at Christmas time one of the most imprinted memories that I have is that of my family attending Midnight Mass on...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 24, 20212 min read


Darkness/Light
For years, one of my favorite Advent rituals was to curate and post some version of the following on Instagram: There was something...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Dec 21, 20213 min read


Christmas Tree Blessing
Of all the Christmas preparations I complete annually, decorating the Christmas tree is my favorite. Since my husband and I set a tree...

Susan Amann
Dec 20, 20213 min read


Save Us From Ourselves, O Lord
Today's Readings Our Advent longing and waiting enters the final week today. As Christmas Day is next Saturday, this year we get to...

Caroline Head
Dec 19, 20212 min read


Baking Bread
I have always romanticized the idea of having freshly baked bread around all the time. During days of pandemic solitude last year, I took...

Bernadette K. Raspante
Dec 16, 20214 min read


Dumplings, Companionship, & Passing Time
The first time I was pregnant, we called the baby ‘pierogi.’ As someone who loves to cook and shares that love with dear friends, we had...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Dec 14, 20214 min read


In the Bleak Midwinter, There's St. Lucy's Day
I first encountered St. Lucy’s Day like I assume all little girls who grew up in the 1990s did; which is to say that I read about her in...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Dec 13, 20217 min read


By Your Pupils You'll Be Taught
Today's Readings By the time these words are posted, it will have been just over two weeks since the death of Stephen Sondheim, the...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Dec 12, 20213 min read


Courageous Spirit
Today's Readings Today is a special day in my religious congregation, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM). It is...

Jane Aseltyne
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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