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Showing Up Messy

Reflections Gretchen Crowder
One afternoon right before the end of the fall semester, a smiling child came rushing down the school hallway shouting, “Mom, I just have...

Joseph’s Fiat

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz
Every year, at Christmas Eve Mass, a soloist in our parish sings “Joseph’s Song” by Michael Card. The simple melody conveys a sense of...

Finding God in What Is Tender and Small This Season

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy
In Advent, we await the second coming of Christ, and we also welcome the ways that God breaks into our lives again and again....

Flying Houses

Reflections Loretta Pehanich
My patronal feast, Our Lady of Loreto on December 10, was elevated on liturgical calendars in 2019. I love this title for Mary, even...

Advent Began Early This Year

Reflections Melinda LeBlanc
I sometimes have trouble focusing on the season of Advent and its message of hope. No matter how well-intentioned I am to keep the...

Carrying the Cancer Cross

Reflections Lisa Kelly
During a Mass for the Anointing of the Sick, the priest referred to the famous Caravaggio painting The Calling of St. Matthew. In it,...

Quiet Lives

Reflections Shemaiah Gonzalez
One evening, after the children are asleep and the porch light has been switched on and my husband and I can hear the hum...

Fitting In or Standing Out

Reflections Lisa Kelly
I no longer recognized myself in the mirror. I am a 52-year-old woman, and I am completely bald. Cancer treatment does that. I had...

The Present Moment

Reflections Melinda LeBlanc
“Blessed are those who live in the present moment, for they shall see God in all things.” If I had been around when the Beatitudes...

Hydrated in God’s Love

Reflections Loretta Pehanich
Most people would assume that water beads as tiny as pinheads are useless and worthless. But add water, and they fluff up to be...
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