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Faithfulness not Success

As a little girl, I was a bit of an odd child. I had a slight fascination with Mother Teresa. One of my earliest memories of playing at...

Drawn by Love to Love

Looking back on my earliest school years, I recall well a few bouts of serious separation anxiety. Despite my love of learning and my...

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,...

Proclaiming Truth in Troubled Times

...Who has spoken through the prophets... One of the things that I love most about the Christian tradition is that there have been many...

Our Lady of Guadalupe

The first time I visited Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Shrine in Mexico I was 18 – that was almost thirty years ago. I’m not even sure how many...

HELP!!

Do you like to help? One of my favorite things in life is to help. I love to help. I love it when others offer to help. St. Catherine...

Singing to God in Her Heart

Picture it: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1999. A remarkably tall 6th-grader clad in a navy blue plaid jumper and sky blue short-sleeved...

We Too

…born of the Father before all ages… In theology there is a distinction between low Christology and high Christology. For the average...

A Fiery Woman: St. Hildegard

Towards the end of my graduate program, I had a requirement to fill and I chose to fill it with a course on Women and Christian...

A Glimpse of the Divine

Perhaps like me, you are always searching for glimpses of hope, of joy, of belief that point to the Divine Presence in the ordinary days....

Bringing Home the Hospitality of Bethany

In my kitchen, on a painted chalkboard wall high above the counter there is a quote: “Welcome all as Christ”. I wrote it high up on the...

Of Magdala: Apostle to the Apostles

I have a confession to make. I’m not proud of it, but I can’t help myself. As a feminist Catholic and theater connoisseur, I know it’s...

The Imperfect Church

Today's Readings Jessica reflects on the beginnings of the Church and encourages us to look ahead as we continue to grow the Church.

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...

Of Perpetua and Women’s Bravery

In the decade since I became Catholic and took Saint Perpetua as my patroness and Confirmation name, I have celebrated this feast day...

Wisdom's Voice - Ss. Timothy & Titus

Today's Readings On the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, Jessica reflects on generational faith and encourages us to have faith...

In the Bleak Midwinter, There's St. Lucy's Day

I first encountered St. Lucy’s Day like I assume all little girls who grew up in the 1990s did; which is to say that I read about her in...

By Your Pupils You'll Be Taught

Today's Readings By the time these words are posted, it will have been just over two weeks since the death of Stephen Sondheim, the...

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