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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


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


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


The Freedom to Choose
Most Harry Potter fans will remember when Harry arrives at Hogwarts and sits in front of the whole school for every first year’s biggest...
Kelly Sankowski
Oct 26, 20243 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


A Limitless God, As Told by St. Hildegard of Bingen
My first exposure to St. Hildegard of Bingen was through her artwork. Hildegard experienced a series of visions throughout her life,...

Sara Ann Conneely
Sep 17, 20243 min read


God of Possibilities
Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...
Josie Diebold
Sep 7, 20242 min read


The True Light and Life
If truth be told, I have to admit that I am exhausted. I mean, deeply physically, emotionally and mentally done in. Stretched beyond my...

Rachel Conrad Carlson
Sep 1, 20242 min read


Wrestling with Blood
My two-year-old son doesn’t understand much about our faith yet, but he knows that the shape of a cross is associated with Jesus. One...
Kelly Sankowski
Jun 1, 20243 min read


Experiencing the Trinity in Community
Trinity Sunday can at once feel both mundane and inaccessible. We call upon the name of the Trinity in our prayer so often that the...

Maura Rocks
May 26, 20242 min read


Adjusting Expectations
As someone 2,000+ years removed from Christ’s death and resurrection, I can find it easy to chuckle at the apostles’ lack of...
Kelly Sankowski
May 11, 20242 min read


The Tension of Good Friday
I'll never forget walking into church that Good Friday in 2013. I was in RCIA and experienced the Triduum for the first time as an almost...

Jane Aseltyne
Mar 29, 20243 min read


Listening for God's Voice
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is a personal favorite: “If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts”. My preference for this Psalm...

Mary Beth Keenan
Mar 2, 20242 min read


Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
The Old Testament reading this week is the well-known story of “the binding of Isaac.” Abraham has been told by God to bring his only...

Erika Tate
Feb 24, 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


When Singing of God’s Kindness is Hard
Today's Readings A few years ago I would have rolled my eyes at a Psalm like today’s. Wading through deep bouts of chronic depression and...

Mary Beth Keenan
Jul 2, 20232 min read


The Holy Spirit Moves
…who proceeds from the Father and the Son… Our powerful Holy Spirit moves throughout the world giving people the ability to pray, filling...

Erika Tate
Feb 9, 20232 min read


God of the Upside Down
Today's Readings When was the last time you looked at something upside down? If I’m being honest, for me it was probably checking the...

Catherine Sullivan
Jan 29, 20232 min read


The In-Breaking
…and his kingdom shall have no end… The kingdom of God is a central theme in Jesus’ preaching and teaching. He describes the kingdom in...

Jane Aseltyne
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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