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Are you also a Gilmore Girls Fan like myself?  There was one episode in particular I found myself thinking as I started reflecting on what to write about.  Very early on the day of Rory’s 16th birthday, Lorelai crawls into bed with her daughter beginning to recount her delivery: “And though some have called it the most meaningful experience of your life, to me it was something more akin to doing the splits over a crate of dynamite…” Lorelai continues to tell Rory about the sc

Sometimes the dreams we imagine for ourselves are different than the ones God has for us. One of the most relatable plot lines woven into the Nativity story are all the different characters and how I think all of them would have imagined their life going very differently than it did.   Heartbroken over her infertility, Elizabeth never dreamed of having a baby at 78. Nothing could have prepared Mary to have an angel deliver a message that she would bear the Messiah or that she

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a stunning celebration of Mary's motherhood, emphasizing the sacredness of the chosen vessel through whom God took on flesh. Debates have long existed regarding how much honor is due the mother of God (Council of Ephesus, 431). Honestly, I have wrestled with that question myself. As Providence would have it, an artist tipped the scales for me. Over egg bake at a volunteer event, we made small talk and he shared that he was from the Gr

Back in 2017, as my 30th birthday drew near, I remember people asking, “How do you feel ? Are you nervous about ‘getting old’?” First of...

Today’s gospel reading shows Mary’s traveling “in haste” to Judea to see her cousin, Elizabeth. I love that detail. I picture Mary, so...

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...

“Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” As I read these words at this moment...

I’m writing this reflection after a recent conversation with my brother who’s left the Catholic Church. Hearing more about his personal...

After receiving the news that she would bear the Son of God, Mary’s immediate response was to seek the comfort and counsel of her older...

“But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19), reflects Mary’s heart as Our Lady of Mount Carmel....

I was standing in a Mexican town square, looking at the facade of a church, when my phone pinged. I was feeling homesick during my study...

Mary is a woman who has known grief. Certainly as a mother, her own child was killed. But also just as a woman.

May 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  I started reading everything that I could find on apparitions or visions of the Blessed...

Since I finished my undergraduate degree almost nine years ago, I have moved a lot. Across four cities, seven apartments, and six...

The vibrant colors and varied faces of a Diego Rivera mural provided the background to the story of Saint Juan Digeo and Our Lady of...

Like many Catholic women, my relationship with Mary has had its ups and downs. Growing up, women are so often told to idolize Mary and...

“During those days, Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to the town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah...

The Gospel for the vigil mass of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is only a few lines from Luke, chapter 11,...

For the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore As released white rose petals melt from on high, More than our eyes look up to the sky. Needs...

Today's Readings This week, Jessica reminds us to remember patience.