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On Being a Faithful Citizen
As the election season looms closer, we at Wisdom’s Dwelling are taking the opportunity to give space to the challenges that always arise...

Jessica Curbis
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Amid the Conflict
Conflict is inevitable and today’s readings - every single one of them - brings that directly to our attention. Conflict is inevitable...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 21, 20242 min read


In My Rent Garments
I am struggling to imagine a world reconciled to God. It is not the world I see around me. The horrific attacks on Israel on October 7th....

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Feb 14, 20242 min read


In the Fray
Today’s Gospel reading states that “A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might...

Rachel Conrad Carlson
Dec 16, 20233 min read


Praise God - On Laudate Deum
The Pope is probably the furthest from the periphery you could get when considering voices in the Church. However, yesterday Pope Francis...

Jennifer Delvaux
Oct 5, 20234 min read


And again...
Editor's note: I held Jenny's piece because it felt it needed some space before posting. I was going to post it this week, but here we...

Jenny Snarski
Apr 10, 20234 min read


Death of a Teacher
The Vatican announced the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday with a brief statement of spiritual testament written by the...

Elizabeth Kos
Jan 1, 20234 min read


In Remembrance, Overwhelming Grace
Today's Readings I was interested in writing this piece because of this Sunday’s date, September 11, 2022. Twenty-one years after the...

Sue Delvaux
Sep 11, 20222 min read


Our Choice
Today's Readings “It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”...

Jennifer Delvaux
Jul 10, 20223 min read


True Freedom
I have struggled with what to say about the massacre of children and their teacher in Uvalde, Texas a week ago. On the one hand, it feels...

Jennifer Delvaux
May 31, 20222 min read


A Letter to a Hurting World
Today's Readings As I sit here writing this devotion for the 7th Sunday of Easter, my heart is again troubled as our world suffers at the...

Jessica Grima Jewett
May 29, 20222 min read


This is not a day for triumphalism
Last night news of a massive shift in our nation leaked – the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade. As we are dedicated to women, I wish to...

Jennifer Delvaux
May 3, 20222 min read
Wisdom's Voice - Deep Listening
Today's Readings Jessica reflections on the importance of deeply listening when engaging in any conversation. She finds the words of...

Jessica Curbis
Feb 16, 20221 min read


Why Are We Here?
Last week I took a vacation from work. I spent it immersed in reviewing years of study and sequestered in a lovely room in my school’s...

Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 6, 20216 min read


Boundaries, please!
In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...

Caroline Head
Oct 13, 20213 min read


The "To-Do" List Tasks According to the Spirit
Today's Readings A while ago, I saw a New Yorker cartoon of a woman doing yoga and her mat was a massive to-do list. I have thought of...

Bernadette K. Raspante
Aug 29, 20213 min read


Prayers for Afghanistan & Haiti
As I was getting groceries after Mass, the news alert popped up that the President of Afghanistan has left his country. It is a sign that...

Jennifer Delvaux
Aug 15, 20212 min read


Healing Hurts
2020 began for me with what I believed to be a clogged duct from breastfeeding. A painful occurrence to be sure, and that eventually...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Mar 16, 20214 min read


What’s in the water you’re drinking?
In the gospel reading I’m reminded Jesus is the brazen rabble-rouser that I always forget about. “At that moment his disciples returned,...

Rose Miola
Mar 7, 20213 min read


Searching for Hope
Today's Readings A sign. As continue living through this pandemic. With a winter that is daily adding pain and suffering. We enter in to...

Jennifer Delvaux
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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