Consoling Mother
Holly Schapker
May 3, 2024
I once found myself stuck in the middle of a labyrinth, feeling trapped in failed perfectionism. I realized that no matter how hard I tried,
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I Only Need You, Lord
Colleen Arnold, MD
May 3, 2024
“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.” How often have we heard, said, or sung these words from Psalm 23? But do we truly believe them? Do our life choices reflect that belief?
Mary, Ever Present
Holly Schapker
May 2, 2024
Mary knows our earthly reality and the desolation that humanity tends to create. She has witnessed the worst.
Showing Compassion in the Workplace
Paul Lipowski
May 2, 2024
In every workplace, there are moments when our colleagues may find themselves facing challenges, setbacks, or personal struggles that affect their well-being and performance.
Our Lady of Victory
Holly Schapker
May 1, 2024
Our sovereign queen knows our situation in the midst of the mess. She sees our untouchable beauty and holiness when we cannot.
Finding Delight amid the Gloom
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
May 1, 2024
This morning I read the opening lines of a poem by Jack Gilbert: “Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere.” But the poem, “A Brief for the Defense,” gracefully moves on: “. . . we enjoy our lives because that’s what God wants. . . . We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,/but not delight.”
Embrace the Quiet
Susan Hines-Brigger
April 30, 2024
We are surrounded by so much noise on a daily basis. Some of it is unavoidable, some of it is self-imposed. It’s almost as if we’re afraid of the quiet.
Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Backward
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 30, 2024
The genius of the biblical revelation is that it doesn’t just give us the conclusions; it gives us both the process of getting there and the inner and outer authority to trust that process.
Listening and Asking Questions
Herman Sutter
April 29, 2024
The next time you are talking with someone, ask a question. Something like: How did that make you feel? What did you think about that? Why?
Justice and Solidarity
Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg
April 28, 2024
Dorothy Day was a social activist, pacifist, Catholic worker, and peacemaker. She lived at a time that reflected social injustice against others, and she actively refused to fade into all the noise.