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As the election season looms closer, we at Wisdom’s Dwelling are taking the opportunity to give space to the challenges that always arise...

Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...

Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...

In Heather McGhee’s book, The Sum of Us, she tells the story of the drained public pool. In the 1920s and 1930s, there were massive...

“MERCY is NOT table fry sharing!” Almost twenty years after leaving our Mercy high school, my best friend and I still exchange this...

“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him” (Luke 2:22). This is one of the small peeks we...

The Pope is probably the furthest from the periphery you could get when considering voices in the Church. However, yesterday Pope Francis...

Today's Readings I am going on my third year as a resident of Chicago. Living in Hyde Park is like living in a microcosm of the world....

Today's Readings For the third Wednesday in Advent, Jessica reflects on God as Creator of Justice and reminds us of our role in that as...

Today's Readings It’s no secret that Jesus was a friend of the outcast. His life was about radical commitment to people most in need--the...

Land, law, and love - these are the three main themes in the Book of Deuteronomy - getting to the land, the law to stay in the land, and...

A few months ago, as Chicago’s short-lived spring began to give way to the sunshiny freedom of summertime, I had the opportunity to write...

Today’s Readings The readings today are a mixed bag. At some points the words offer comfort and hope. At others the warn of wailing and...

Today's Readings Jessica encourages us to use our voices to stand against injustices, in light of today's first reading.

Today's Readings Like most little kids, when I was small, I often parrotted back words and phrases that the adults in my world used...

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...

Today's Readings Jessica invites us to consider our sources of inspiration as we move towards action.

Today's Readings Jessica reflects on Elijah's question in today's first reading and challenges us to make moves towards action.

Today's Readings Today we celebrate Pentecost, when the breath of the Spirit flowed through Jesus’ friends and empowered them to bring...

I like to say I was born Catholic but raised Franciscan. My early education was at institutions sponsored by wonderful Franciscan...