A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear good People, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of St. Joseph. As the Gospel for today (Mt 1, 18-24) begins, we see the dilemma of dear
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Today, I am comforted by the antiphon for Communion at Mass: Here’s what the Church places on our hearts to
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Things continue to not look good for Jesus these days. In the Gospels at Mass, that is. His enemies are taking exception
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, There is a story behind today’s Gospel story from John 5:1-16. There was a place called the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem where
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Think about a time you needed a miracle (a very big one) from God and wondered how to win it. Perhaps you
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare (rejoice, be joyful) Sunday. The word Laetare comes from the first Latin words of today’s Entrance Antiphon, which
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Have you ever gone to a presentation knowing nothing about the speaker, and found yourself hoping it will be interesting? We all
JMJV It is with great love and joy that we share with you a blessing for our Congregation: The Institute on Religious Life (IRL) has announced that they will be honoring Mother Marie Julie of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Today we have readings that touch our hearts deeply. The first reading at Mass is from the Prophet Hosea (14: 2-10), which is
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Yesterday marked exactly three weeks since we received ashes on our head this year. It made me think about my prayer on
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, In today’s first reading from the book of Deuteronomy, 4:1, 5-9, we hear about the statutes and decrees which God has given
A Lenten Renewal: Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, Today’s Gospel, Mt. 18:21-35, shows us a sweet picture of the interplay between Jesus and Peter. Peter approaches Jesus and asks, If
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