Sara Ann Conneely
Mary and Mission: What Mary Can Tell Us About God’s Time
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...
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Allison Bobzien
Jul 162 min read
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
“But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19), reflects Mary’s heart as Our Lady of Mount Carmel....
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Mary Beth Keenan
May 312 min read
The Joy of Sisterhood: Celebrating the Visitation through the Seasons of Life
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...
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Jessica Curbis
May 203 min read
She Who Grieves
Mary is a woman who has known grief. Certainly as a mother, her own child was killed. But also just as a woman.
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Susan Amann
May 142 min read
Prayer Power
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...
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Kathleen Clark
Feb 22 min read
The Gift of Presence
Since I finished my undergraduate degree almost nine years ago, I have moved a lot. Across four cities, seven apartments, and six...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Dec 12, 20233 min read
Caught in the Ethereal
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...
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Corinne Horner
Dec 8, 20232 min read
How Can This Be?
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...
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Madison Chastain
Aug 21, 20234 min read
World Youth Day - Mary, Mission, and Discernment
“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...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Aug 15, 20232 min read
To Hear and Bear the Word
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,...
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Jenny Snarski
Aug 5, 20233 min read
Adorning the Sanctuaries of our Savior
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...
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Jessica Curbis
Jul 26, 20231 min read
The Virtue of Patience
Today's Readings This week, Jessica reminds us to remember patience.
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
May 31, 20232 min read
Speaking with Joy
Feast of the Visitation It is an intimate thing to tell someone you’re pregnant. Whatever road you took to find you are pregnant, it can...
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Jessica Curbis
May 31, 20231 min read
Mother Mary
Today's Readings Jessica invites us to remember Mary as our intercessor.
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Elizabeth Kos
Apr 15, 20233 min read
The Act of Breathing
Bernadette Soubirous suffered from asthma; she spent her life struggling to breathe. When I was reflecting on the life of this saint,...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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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Josie Diebold
Mar 25, 20232 min read
Following Our Headlights
To be transparent, I can easily take for granted what is happening in Luke’s telling of the Annunciation today. It’s a story I’ve heard...
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Susan Amann
Jan 1, 20233 min read
Never the Same Again
Today's Readings My first child, Matthew, was born 2 days before Thanksgiving 1989. I had no idea what I was doing. The physical,...
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Anna Bonnema
Dec 30, 20221 min read
The Milk Grotto
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,...
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Anna Bonnema
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Peace in the Chaos
While visiting the Church of the Nativity in September, I was stuck by the chaos-the un-orderly crowds pushing forward, the elbows, and...
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