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The Support and Challenge of Friends
Today we celebrate three of Jesus’s closest friends: Lazarus, who is described as “the one you love” (John 11:3); Mary, who performs the...
Kelly Sankowski
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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You are My Friend, You’re Special to Me
F-R-I-E-N-D. We all know what that spells. Friends are the best gift we can have. Friendship can get us through any sorrow, hardship,...
Jocelyn E. Collen
May 4, 20243 min read
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Jesus Wept for He Knew Friendship
Today's Readings The story of Lazarus is a long one. In terms of Gospels, it is an in-depth examination of personal relationships, an...
Sara Ann Conneely
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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Thank You for Being a Friend
Today's Readings This week, Jessica reflects on the importance of friendship, especially those friends who can lovingly tell us when we...
Jessica Curbis
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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We Can Hold Both
Today's Readings As a woman in my mid-thirties, I am surrounded by friendships with women who are at all different places when it comes...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jun 12, 20223 min read
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Do You Love Me?
The Gospel for today is packed with such rich imagery. From Peter leaping out of the boat into the sea to run to Jesus on the shore, to...
Rakhi McCormick
May 1, 20223 min read
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Blessed Are You, My Galentine!
Today's Readings This week, we encounter Luke’s shorter version of the Beatitudes. Here, we find ourselves “hashtag blessed,” though, not...
Rakhi McCormick
Feb 13, 20222 min read
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Thank you, Sister Monica
After teaching in Catholic schools for ten years, I have quite a few stories to share. One story that stands out, however, does not...
Caroline Head
Jan 31, 20223 min read
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Weddings, Friendships, and Ritual
Today's Readings This weekend I have the honor of officiating my best friend's wedding. We have been friends our whole lives and being...
Bernadette K. Raspante
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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We Are All Called to Be Saints!
For as long as I can remember every year that I was in church ministry there would be a young child in the front pew at church for All...
Jessica Grima Jewett
Nov 1, 20213 min read
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Maybe I'm not that bad
Today's Readings The “Golden Rule” is supposed to be simple. 1) Love God, with all of you, 2) love others, as much as you love yourself....
Rose Miola
Oct 31, 20212 min read
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My Best Friend
I met my best friend when we were 12. We lived in 2 different suburbs about 30 minutes apart. I am still in disbelief that at a time when...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 27, 20212 min read
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The Relationships that Sustain
O Lord, to you I give endless praise, my heart gives thanks, lips blessings. You rest beyond the dome of the sky, You breathe life in...
Jennifer Delvaux
May 6, 20212 min read
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Finding God on the Cobblestones
Today’s Readings Palm Sunday is particularly dear to my heart. Years ago, I participated in the Tenth Forum for Youth sponsored by the...
Jennifer Delvaux
Mar 28, 20213 min read
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The Company We Keep
Today’s Readings We tend to focus on the highlight – what happened at the top of the mountain. We thank God for the deliverance of Isaac...
Jennifer Delvaux
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Quiet! Come Out!
Today's Readings Not sleeping well is a habit in my family. Most of us have the gift of trying to fall asleep and instead doing inventory...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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