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Julia Morrow
Nov 304 min read
A Shepherd's Call: St. Oscar Romero’s Last Christmas Eve Homily & the Ongoing Hope of Palestinian Witness
By Alayna Carlock and Julia Morrow I was introduced to St. Oscar Romero years ago through the homily that he delivered on Christmas Eve...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Nov 233 min read
An Honest Thanksgiving
Here we are, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, surrounded by the chaos of this particular post-election season. Perhaps you find yourself...
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Jocelyn E. Collen
Nov 93 min read
Liberating Love: The Generous Widow
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...
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Sue Delvaux
Oct 52 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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Jessica Curbis
Sep 282 min read
Called to Teach
I often say that I fell into teaching. Despite having played teacher as a child (should have been a dead give away honestly), I never...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Jul 63 min read
Complacency, Complicity, and the Call
Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Feb 32 min read
God Walks With the Brokenhearted
This time of year is riddled with dates that remind me of my brokenheartedness. Between the beginning of February and the beginning of...
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Patty Breen
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Make Me a Prophet
The mountain village of Ein Karem, southwest of Jerusalem, is the location of two churches in the Holy Land: The Church of the Visitation...
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Jessica Curbis
Nov 11, 20232 min read
Wait and Seek
Today's Readings We are so close to Advent we can practically smell it. Our readings today make that very clear. Even though we are still...
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Sue Delvaux
Oct 21, 20231 min read
Diversity in the Ordinary
Today's Readings Here we are amid the fall, closing in on the cusp of the great Advent season with many of us perhaps enrolled in...
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Allison Bobzien
Sep 30, 20233 min read
Not only...but also
It was my eighth-grade graduation, and I was standing alone in front of an audience. My small school had a tradition where each student...
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Patty Breen
Sep 3, 20232 min read
Be a Lifelong Learner
Today's Readings One of the greatest gifts of being a lover of books and good words, is the constant invitation to learn and grow. Books...
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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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Jenny Snarski
Jul 16, 20233 min read
In Collaboration with Creation
Today's Readings The seed that falls in the fertile field, Under joy and showers, good fruit it will yield. The Word goes forth from the...
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Mary Beth Keenan
Jul 2, 20232 min read
When Singing of God’s Kindness is Hard
Today's Readings A few years ago I would have rolled my eyes at a Psalm like today’s. Wading through deep bouts of chronic depression and...
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Kelly Sankowski
Jun 11, 20232 min read
The “both/and” of the Eucharist
Today's Readings I have been a part of a variety of different Catholic communities in my lifetime, and each of them has placed a slightly...
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Patty Breen
May 28, 20233 min read
The Unpredictability of God
Today's Readings When I was a little girl, I loved watching the crackle and color of a fire. Our family could have been around a campfire...
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Katie McKeon
May 7, 20233 min read
The Cornerstones
Today's Readings Today is the fifth Sunday of Easter and the readings offer us a glimpse into the early days of the Church. The people...
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Patty Breen
Jan 15, 20232 min read
Here I am, I (sorta) come to do Your will
Today's Readings I don’t know about you friend, but I find waiting to be such a difficult task sometimes. And yet, waiting is one of the...
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Laura G. Hancock
Jan 8, 20233 min read
The Particular Mystery of Epiphany
Today's Readings I used to sit under the stars at night with my dad. Growing up, there was a beautiful expanse of sky that opened to us...
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