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By Alayna Carlock and Julia Morrow I was introduced to St. Oscar Romero years ago through the homily  that he delivered on Christmas Eve...

As I write this, we are a few days away from the election, and I pray that the next President of the United States will govern with...

Our Church calls November 5th, 2024 “The Tuesday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time.” For me, it is much more.  I am now 73 years...

We are days from what is predicted to be an even closer presidential election, which feels frightening to even acknowledge.  The...

On Tuesday you read my thoughts on the myth of being founded as a Christian Nation . I purposely avoided the very large, very dangerous...

One of the greatest myths held by a portion of our nation’s population is that we are a Christian nation. To an extent, yes. In the sense...

As the election season looms closer, we at Wisdom’s Dwelling are taking the opportunity to give space to the challenges that always arise...

Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...

Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...

In Heather McGhee’s book, The Sum of Us, she tells the story of the drained public pool. In the 1920s and 1930s, there were massive...

“MERCY is NOT table fry sharing!” Almost twenty years after leaving our Mercy high school, my best friend and I still exchange this...

“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him” (Luke 2:22). This is one of the small peeks we...

The Pope is probably the furthest from the periphery you could get when considering voices in the Church. However, yesterday Pope Francis...

Today's Readings I am going on my third year as a resident of Chicago. Living in Hyde Park is like living in a microcosm of the world....

Today's Readings For the third Wednesday in Advent, Jessica reflects on God as Creator of Justice and reminds us of our role in that as...

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...

Land, law, and love - these are the three main themes in the Book of Deuteronomy - getting to the land, the law to stay in the land, and...

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...

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...

Today's Readings Jessica encourages us to use our voices to stand against injustices, in light of today's first reading.