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Sara Ann Conneely
Feb 5, 20232 min read
Putting in the Work
Today's Readings For a short Gospel reading, we have quite a few metaphors explaining who we are meant to be as disciples of Christ....
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Elizabeth Kos
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Extra-Ordinary Time
Ironically, it feels that it is almost always in my most ordinary moments, that I find the most extraordinary things. I want to take deep...
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Catherine Sullivan
Jan 29, 20232 min read
God of the Upside Down
Today's Readings When was the last time you looked at something upside down? If I’m being honest, for me it was probably checking the...
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Jenny Snarski
Jan 22, 20233 min read
Fear and Light
Today's Readings “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone....
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Patty Breen
Jan 15, 20232 min read
Here I am, I (sorta) come to do Your will
Today's Readings I don’t know about you friend, but I find waiting to be such a difficult task sometimes. And yet, waiting is one of the...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Up There & Down Here
…He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father… Reflecting on this after Christmas, I have a very simple...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Jesus' Crowded Table + the Pharisee in Me
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...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Everything Comes from Above
Today's Readings Today of all days is my absolute favorite day of the entire year because it was on this day 31 years ago that my baby...
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Patty Breen
Oct 9, 20222 min read
The Importance of Saying, "Thank You"
Today's Readings I remember as a child, there were certain things my parents taught my siblings and I from a young age. The importance of...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Oct 2, 20222 min read
Faith that Can Move Mountains
Today's Readings If I just had more faith…. I think most of us have struggled with that at some point in our life. If I just had more...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Sep 25, 20222 min read
The Laces of Grace
Today’s Readings Perhaps one of the greatest identifiers of a human being is our free will. We have the ability to choose and it is what...
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Jessica Curbis
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Though Many, One
Today's Readings Jessica discusses our call to uniting the Body of Christ.
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Caroline Head
Sep 18, 20223 min read
Honesty for the Poor
Today's Readings Throughout high school and college, my friends and I often repeated movie quotes to each other. As I read through...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Sep 12, 20223 min read
Kinship with the Earth
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...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Sep 8, 20222 min read
Happy Birthday to The Girl Who Changed the Entire World
Today's Readings When I was younger, my older brother served in the Coast Guard for close to ten years. One year when he was working on...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Sep 4, 20223 min read
Jesus Didn't
Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Aug 21, 20222 min read
Cutting Threads in a World of Gray
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...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Aug 14, 20223 min read
Too Much
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...
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Caroline Head
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Be Ready
Today's Readings We may be in the dog days of summer, but my mind is already on Advent when pursuing today’s readings. When I taught...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Jul 22, 20223 min read
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...
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