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Anna Bonnema
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Peace in the Chaos
While visiting the Church of the Nativity in September, I was stuck by the chaos-the un-orderly crowds pushing forward, the elbows, and...
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Jenny Snarski
Dec 12, 20224 min read
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...
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Erika Tate
Dec 8, 20222 min read
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception teaches us that Mary was conceived without sin and never sinned. God had set her aside. We know this because of...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father
Begotten is not one of those words we use very often. Not all parts of the creed offer a clarification, but here we get a little bonus:...
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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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Rakhi McCormick
Mar 25, 20223 min read
Freedom to Surrender
I don’t know how I began choosing a word of the year several years ago. Most likely it was in the golden age of blogging and I stumbled...
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Patty Breen
Feb 11, 20222 min read
The Time I Lied about a Marian Apparition
I caught your attention, didn’t I? ;) To start, I was quite the imaginative child growing up. I wrote very detailed short stories that...
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Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Finding God in the Laundry
In retrospect, the peak of my time doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius was when I yelled to my spiritual director in...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 31, 20213 min read
Mary's Faith in God
If someone were to ask me who I most looked up to throughout Scripture, although very difficult to answer as I look up to a lot of them,...
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Jane Aseltyne
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Courageous Spirit
Today's Readings Today is a special day in my religious congregation, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM). It is...
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Micole Amalu
Sep 15, 20213 min read
In Our Heaviness
Life is heavy and I’m not okay. The emotional impact of the past two years of infertility has caught up with me. The loss of our unborn...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 8, 20212 min read
The Nativity of Mary
Today's Readings Birth is a time that gives us the space to look back. Where have we come from? Matthew’s gospel begins with Jesus’...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Prayers for Afghanistan & Haiti
As I was getting groceries after Mass, the news alert popped up that the President of Afghanistan has left his country. It is a sign that...
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Micole Amalu
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Made for Encounter
Today's Readings Reading this Gospel, I am thinking so much of the joy that was present when my husband and I had friends over for Sunday...
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Rachelle Kramer
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Words of Wisdom - Mary's Role in Christ's Passion: When We Can't Stop the Crucifixions
The "Words of Wisdom" series offers ten minute prayer experiences each Tuesday during the season of Lent. Each prayer includes a short...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Mar 28, 20213 min read
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...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 3, 20213 min read
An Epiphany Defying Expectations
Today’s Readings The Magi set out. They knew what they were about. They were wise, wealthy, prepared with gifts and likely a large...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Mary's No
Today’s Readings - Including the Gospel referenced below. Mary is frequently portrayed as docile, head bowed, the very picture of...
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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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Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 13, 20203 min read
Rejoicing Amongst the Darkness
Today's Readings Rejoice! Again, I say Rejoice! Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and all around the world we light the pink candle on...
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