The Day the Sky Turned Dark
Today's Readings Good Friday has always seemed to me anything but good. The day the Son of God died, the day the sky turned dark, the day...
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Today's Readings Good Friday has always seemed to me anything but good. The day the Son of God died, the day the sky turned dark, the day...
Today's Readings In my first few years of motherhood, I’ve learned that one of the most important things you can do during a child’s...
Today's Readings In the readings for today, we see stories of people who have been discounted. In the first reading, Samuel is sent by...
Today's Readings This Sunday is the second Sunday of Lent. We get to enjoy the bewildering story of the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount...
Today's Readings Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Living in the Midwest, I appreciate how the Lenten season corresponds with the end of...
During Holy Week 2021, I participated from a distance in my parish’s annual Stations of the Cross service. Afterwards, I found myself...
…who proceeds from the Father and the Son… Our powerful Holy Spirit moves throughout the world giving people the ability to pray, filling...
What does it mean to take a spiritual breath? To breathe in the Divine God, To whisper Their name into the noise of our lives? To make...
…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...
The past few years, I have really been exploring the concept of self-care in both spiritual direction and in therapy. Self-care does not...
Today's Readings Jessica asks us to reflect on how much we are giving to Jesus.
…He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father… Reflecting on this after Christmas, I have a very simple...
Today's Readings This week, Jessica reflects on Jesus' sharing in our humanity.
Today's Readings I used to sit under the stars at night with my dad. Growing up, there was a beautiful expanse of sky that opened to us...
Today's Readings We left the Church of the Nativity and stepped out into the bright sunshine. It was a few minute walk through winding,...
Quiet little town, silent starry night; The manger waits in joyful expectancy. Nobody knew the gift they’d receive Just by answering the...
Today's Readings Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means "God is with us." Every...
“In accordance with the Scriptures” Our Creed is steeped in Scripture. We’ve seen scriptural references in some of our reflections, so...
…and rose again on the third day… On the day that is just about perfectly in the middle of Advent, it seems odd to be reflecting on what...
“For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried.” When we profess in the Creed that our Lord,...