“Perhaps if we feel that our vocation is not yet bearing the fruit it should, it is because we have not yet fully realized the extent of His love for us.” ~ Mother Marie Alma, SCMC God has a unique plan for each of us;
JMJV Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul My Dear Good People, It was Halloween and I was seven. I had been waiting ‘all my life’ for the chance to wear the only store-bought costume my family ever owned–the leopard suit. It was a hand-me-down
“Christ wants you to be your most loving self, as He thought of you from all eternity.” ~ Mother Marie Alma, SCMC
“In order to safeguard yourself against scruples, you must humbly submit to the judgement of your confessor. Therefore, consider your confessor as Jesus Christ Himself Who, full of mercy, pardons your sins and infidelities, restoring His grace to you or increasing it.” ~Bishop John Zwijsen
“Real humility – be honest about your good points before the tabernacle.” ~ Mother Marie Alma, SCMC
“God is a loving Father Who is pleased to show His mercy to you and to keep you from sin, if on your part you try to live as a…” ~ Bishop John Zwijsen When this was first said, it was completed with “as a
“There is no way that we can detach ourselves from the responsibilities attached to this truth: ‘God so loved the world.’” ~ Mother Marie Alma, SCMC ~ John 3:16
“Communion with the Lord, ‘individual, communal and liturgical’ is the one thing necessary.” ~ Mother Marie Alma, SCMC
“The Sisters ought to use their attendance at Holy Mass as a means of obtaining from God the virtues of their state and to advance in perfection.” ~ Bishop John Zwijsen While Bishop Zwijsen was speaking to our Sisters, the truth of the message holds
JMJV Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul As we open the Gospel Book for today to Mark 10:46-52, we are introduced to a man who is blind, begging at the side of the road. When he hears that Jesus is passing by,
“Wherever people are praying in the world, there the Holy Spirit is, the living breath of prayer.” ~ Pope Saint John Paul II
JMJV Reflection for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time My Dear Good People, In today’s Gospel (Mark 10:35-45) we find the apostles in a very human situation: two of them are asking Jesus for special treatment: “May we sit at your right
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As Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church we embrace our two-fold mission of sanctity and service. In a spirit of simplicity we aspire to live a life rooted in the Gospel, in imitation of Mary and expressed by prayer, charity, self sacrifice and loving obedience. We devote ourselves to the works of charity, and as true daughters in the heart of the Church, we serve others through the apostolates of education, caring for the sick, the aging and the poor, wherever there is a need.
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