Two boys cruising fearless on a skateboard

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.

girl being joyful in the midst of a storm.

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.”

woman sitting quietly on a bench at sunset

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.

Here I Am, Lord

Theresa Doyle-Nelson April 27, 2024

“He [Ananias] answered, ‘Here I am, Lord’” (Acts 9:10). The words “Here I am, Lord” are spoken by a variety of people in the Bible, including St. Ananias.

man looking at a cross in the water with a skyline in the background

Called to the Cross

Herman Sutter April 27, 2024

If we claim to revere the cross, if we claim to love the one who died for our sins, then we must not turn away.

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Stay Connected

Shannon K. Evans April 26, 2024

Our brothers and sisters can be some of the greatest blessings in our lives, but can also cause us pain. Whichever reality we are experiencing right now, God desires to listen and to be present to our concerns for our siblings.