Ellen Romer Niemiec
Healing Hurts
2020 began for me with what I believed to be a clogged duct from breastfeeding. A painful occurrence to be sure, and that eventually...
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Pearl Gonzales
Mar 14, 20212 min read
Learning Not to Look for Answers
Today's Readings Today’s Gospel reading contains a familiar and one of the most quoted verses, “For God so loved the world that he gave...
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Rachelle Kramer
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Words of Wisdom - Persevering in Spiritual Desolation
We invite you to find a comfortable place, relax, maybe grab a journal and enter into prayer.
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Rose Miola
Mar 7, 20213 min read
What’s in the water you’re drinking?
In the gospel reading I’m reminded Jesus is the brazen rabble-rouser that I always forget about. “At that moment his disciples returned,...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Out of the Drudgery
Today’s Readings Today’s readings seem rough at first. They speak of drudgery, work, stewardship, early mornings, and vast crowds. The...
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Rakhi McCormick
Jan 20, 20214 min read
The Complexity of Identity
Who am I? Where do I belong? These are questions that have plagued me from a young age. Growing up Indian and Hindu in a small Iowa town,...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Making Space
Today's Readings We have hit the post-Christmas lull. For many, it means dry January and new year resolutions and goals. Ordinary time...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Politics and Faith
In the aftermath of January 6 and in anticipation of potential additional protests, riots, and mobs we see calls for bipartisanship and...
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Kathleen O'Brien
Jan 10, 20212 min read
Baptism of the Lord
Today’s Readings In the readings today we find a tripartite stratum that gives us a deeper sense of the meaning of our baptismal call. To...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 7, 20213 min read
In a Shipwreck
As I watched the events unfold yesterday afternoon and evening, it was tempting to say how surprising they were, how shocking, how...
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Kathleen O'Brien
Dec 31, 20202 min read
2020 as the Year of Many “Firsts”
I asked my sister, “Hey how will you remember 2020?” Her reply, “No words.” I brushed her answer off and naturally saw it as sarcasm. But...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Dec 20, 20203 min read
Brokenness, Imagination & Peace
Today's Readings Today marks the beginning of the fourth week of Advent, just a few days more ‘til Christmas! On the Advent wreath, we...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Dec 18, 20201 min read
O Leader of the House of Israel
O Leader of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power! God alone is our Savior....
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Kathleen O'Brien
Dec 10, 20202 min read
The Narratives that Shape Us
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you wake up? Is it coming up with a story as to why you’re so tired this morning? I...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Nov 26, 20202 min read
An Act of Hope
I imagine I will be 90 years old and still clearly hear my dad’s voice: ‘An attitude of gratitude.’ Especially during my teen years, I...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Nov 22, 20203 min read
King and Companion
Today’s Readings Happy Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe! These are always some of my favorite readings. I could write and...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 15, 20202 min read
To those who have been given much
Today’s Readings Today is World Day of the Poor. In 2016, Pope Francis declared that the thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary time as the Day...
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Kathleen O'Brien
Oct 29, 20202 min read
The Lens of Hope
In other words, being a Christian does not shield us from the human condition but rather only heightens these feelings and experiences.
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Oct 25, 20202 min read
Loving Like Christ in 2020
On the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, which is World Youth Sunday, the readings couldn’t be more perfect. We see in the first reading from...
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