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Sue Delvaux
Mar 12 min read
The Wisdom of Ordinary Time
I am preparing this on a bitter cold day literally and figuratively in Illinois on Monday, January 20, 2025. It was -1° when I got going...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Feb 163 min read
Rooted by the Stream
In a very happy accident, I was assigned to write about today’s readings which just happen to include two verses from Jeremiah that I...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 13, 20242 min read
Beacon of Light for the World
As we reflect and remember the Feast Day of St. Lucy, I had to go back and do some research. I have always thought of St. Lucy because...
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Sara Ann Conneely
Nov 3, 20243 min read
You Are Not Far
Today’s Gospel is a very familiar passage stating the Greatest Commandment. The story, in particular the restating of the Shema, reminds...
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Sue Delvaux
Oct 5, 20242 min read
For all partnerships
I had the privilege this past Easter weekend of getting a last minute call from my parish to read at our Vigil Mass. The reading was the...
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Kathleen Clark
Aug 24, 20242 min read
We Walk by Faith
Today’s readings are full of timeless one-liners in the Christian playbook. Joshua makes the iconic declaration that “As for me and my...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Jun 8, 20243 min read
The Fall
As a high school theology teacher and new mother, I often find myself revisiting biblical stories that I have heard and read hundreds of...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Mar 2, 20242 min read
Listening for God's Voice
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is a personal favorite: “If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts”. My preference for this Psalm...
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Erika Tate
Feb 24, 20242 min read
Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
The Old Testament reading this week is the well-known story of “the binding of Isaac.” Abraham has been told by God to bring his only...
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Allison Bobzien
Jan 20, 20242 min read
Change
A few years ago, I chose to leave my graduate program where I was studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling. At the time this decision...
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Sue Delvaux
Jan 13, 20241 min read
Were You Listening?
The holidays are past, and we are blessed with a powerful trio of readings on yet another extraordinary, ordinary Sunday! Here I am Lord,...
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Erika Tate
Nov 22, 20231 min read
What is Our Motivation?
Today's Readings This week Erika seeks to understand the motivation of a mother in a difficult passage from the Old Testament.
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Laura G. Hancock
Jul 30, 20233 min read
Rightly Ordered
Today's Readings I’ve been having very vivid dreams lately. Almost every night, I’ve been dreaming about people from throughout my life...
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Julia Erdlen
Jul 23, 20232 min read
Imperfect Attempts
Today's Readings "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole...
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Jessica Curbis
Jul 5, 20231 min read
A Forgotten Woman, Hagar
Today's Readings This week, Jessica invites us to remember Hagar.
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
May 21, 20234 min read
The Stuff of Life
Today's Readings As a non-Catholic Christian who frequently attends Mass, I am often fascinated by the chosen pairing of the Scriptures....
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Mary Beth Keenan
Mar 20, 20233 min read
Naomi's Lesson: Accepting Accompaniment in Grief
Ruth is one of my favorite women in the Bible. I love that she has an entire book named after her. I love her fortitude in family and...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Where Are The Women Leaders?
Where are the women leaders? I know I’m far from the first to wonder that as I read through the Bible (or take even a brief glimpse at...
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Jessica Curbis
Dec 15, 20223 min read
Living the Scripture
“In accordance with the Scriptures” Our Creed is steeped in Scripture. We’ve seen scriptural references in some of our reflections, so...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Nov 27, 20223 min read
Waiting in the Dark
Today's Readings I can safely say patience is not my strength. Just yesterday morning, I had one of those blow up moments as a parent...
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