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This time of year is riddled with dates that remind me of my brokenheartedness. Between the beginning of February and the beginning of...

In November of 2022, I found myself silently weeping in the lobby of the University of Chicago Hospital, having just concluded my 38th...

Today's Readings It took me a few rounds with the readings today. They just weren’t landing on my heart the way I hope Scripture always...

Today's Readings Jessica reflects suffering in light of the Book of Job.

Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...

Today's Readings “It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”...

Today's Readings Merry Christmas! The traditions of the Church around this time feel positively utopian, don’t they? Throughout Advent,...

Content Warning: medical trauma, birth trauma, mental health, suicidal ideation This is the second part in a 2-part essay. For the first...

Content Warning: medical trauma, birth trauma Oddly enough, I thought about Angelina Jolie on the operating table. Years before, I’d read...

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...

The older I get, the more I appreciate the rich heritage of female examples that I come from. My great-great grandmothers who emigrated...

Today’s Readings “This is enough, Lord! There have been times when I just want to say that. When I am witness to extreme pain,...

Today’s Readings Sometimes when we read the Bible or hear Scripture at Mass, we can feel disconnected or that the events we are hearing...

Today’s Readings “I’m useless.” “My mental illness makes me a burden.” “Until I’m healed, I don’t have anything to offer those around...

My God, My God, how majestic is your name in all the earth! I will glory in the Lord all my earthly days; Let the praise of God’s name be...

Oh Lord Who created the heavens and the earth and all they contain Whose hand crafted every fiber of every being Who sees and knows every...

Today's Readings Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, His mercy endures forever! In today’s first reading, St. Peter proclaims...

What happened to the lilies outside the Tomb When Easter morning was over? After witnessing the Resurrection, Did they simply fade away?...

Today's Readings Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We...

This morning I had a rare opportunity for a prayer time, courtesy of the dog. She woke my husband and me up promptly at 6 am, panting and...