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By Maria Morera Johnson     In today’s Gospel, Luke recounts that Jesus summoned the Twelve Apostles, gave them authority to cast out demons and heal the sick, and instructed them to go [...]

By Hilary Scheppers   “Are you envious because I am generous?” Has your generosity ever sparked contempt among your family members or your peers? Were you happy to be generous? This line, [...]

by Lindsay Schlegel   The first section of today’s first reading is kind of a gut punch for me. At the end of each day, I’m accustomed to considering what I did and what I didn’t do. But [...]

By Sharon Wilson   We are all to strive to sainthood, but I am not sure I will ever make it. In looking at the virtues infused into our great battery of saints, many seem unattainable in my [...]

by Danielle Bean   In today’s Gospel, Jesus shares a pretty challenging teaching: “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil [...]

By Sherry Antonetti     “What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. I planted, Apollos watered, [...]

By Teresa Tomeo     At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” ~Matthew 14:27  “Calgon take me away.”  If you are not old enough to remember those words [...]

By Katie Taylor     Reflecting on today’s Gospel from Matthew 20:1-16, I am reminded of how we are all called to work in His vineyard. WINE brings together women in the New [...]

by Lindsay Schlegel   At first glance, it seems that Jesus is ignoring the Canaanite woman who calls out to Him to heal her daughter in today’s Gospel reading. I don’t think I’m alone in [...]

My cousin recently disclosed to me his longtime crush on Edie, a sweet little girl from his 2nd-grade class. Ironic, as I pen this blog post for the feast day of St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta [...]