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Reflection for Oct. 8, 2023
Good grapes year-round
Here's how the parable of the tenants applies to daily life by Sister Agnes Fischer The Lord expects good grapes from the vineyard: Christian spouses who have each others’ backs. Fathers and mothers... Read More
Reflection for Oct. 1, 2023
Why, why, why?
Whether we are feeling blessed or abandoned, we still abide in God by Sister Lynne Marie Simonich "The Lord's way is not fair!" (Ez. 18:25) Have you ever said or thought this when: good people... Read More
Reflection for Sept. 24, 2023
'Are you envious because I am generous?'
Sunday's Scripture selection reminds us that our ways aren't God's ways by Sister Rose Jochmann I find this line for Sunday's First Reading from the prophet Isaiah very consoling: "Seek the Lord... Read More
Reflection for Sept. 17, 2023
Physical and spiritual wounds
St. Francis' stigmata can teach us how to live with and raise up our own hurts by Sister Elise Cholewinski As we celebrate the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Franciscans are also celebrating... Read More
Reflection for Sept. 10, 2023
A guide to living
Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi and Dorothy Day remind us to love one another by Sister Laura Zelten The Scriptures for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time are about how to live in this world. They... Read More
Reflection for Sept. 3, 2023
For the love of Mother Earth
What can we deny ourselves to help heal our planet? by Sister Sally Ann Brickner The Season of Creation (Sept. 1 to Oct. 4) is the window through which we view this Sunday’s readings from Sacred... Read More
Reflection for Aug. 27, 2023
Keys to heaven, rock of foundation
Peter's proclamation lives in us today by Renae Bauer Like a good teacher, Jesus doesn’t simply tell the disciples who He is; rather, He poses a question that challenges them to think about it. As... Read More
Reflection for Aug. 20, 2023
'There is room for everybody in the church'
God's universal and unconditional love extends through us to people who are marginalized By Sister Jane Riha The call of the readings for this Sunday is clearly inclusivity of all peoples. Jesus... Read More
Reflection for Aug. 13, 2023
The perfect physician
Jesus wants to heal and strengthen us by Sister Agnes Fischer Have no fear; I am here! (Mt 14: 27) Jesus, in the sacrament of the Anointing, does not come to announce that our death is imminent nor... Read More
Reflection for Aug. 6, 2023
A glimpse of glory
We, like the three apostles, can experience God's beauty by Sister Lynne Marie Simonich In our Gospel for the Feast of the Transfiguration, Peter, James and John journey with Jesus up a high... Read More
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