Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

 A Lenten Renewal:Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily livesBy Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People,  At today’s Mass the First Reading and the Gospel are related. In the Gospel (Lk 11:29-32) Jesus says His contemporaries are refusing to listen to His words as they

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Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

 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 Gospel Reading at Mass from Mt 6:7-15 Jesus teaches us how to pray. Praying should be simple, but it can be

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Monday of the First Week of Lent

 A Lenten Renewal:Reflections on the Mass readings in light of our daily livesBy Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People,           Today is the Feast of the Chair of Peter. This commemorates the authority of the Pope as head of the Catholic

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First Sunday of Lent

 A Lenten Renewal:Reflecting on the Mass readings as they apply to our daily livesBy Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, In today’s Gospel reading we come with Jesus to the desert, led by the Spirit, where He is tempted by the devil and remains

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Saturday after Ash Wednesday

 A Lenten Renewal:Daily considerations of the liturgical readings as they apply to our contemporary livesBy Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, On this Lenten Saturday after Ash Wednesday we meet Levi at Mass, later known as Matthew. He was a member of the Jewish community

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Friday after Ash Wednesday

A Lenten Renewal: Daily considerations of the liturgical readings as they apply to our contemporary lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My dear Good people, Some of us can remember the days when Lent was much more challenging in one way than it is now. There

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Thursday after Ash Wednesday

https://www.vermontcatholic.org/event/lent-the-work-of-renewing-our-baptism/ My Dear Good People,        On this Thursday after Ash Wednesday we hear in the Gospel a short passage where Jesus lays out the most basic principle of discipleship: If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take

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Ash Wednesday – February 17, 2021

A Lenten Renewal: Daily Considerations of the liturgical readings as they apply to our contemporary lives By Mother Marie Julie, SCMC  My Dear Good People,  The Word of God is living and active; it pierces more surely than a two-edged sword. (Hebrews 4:12-14) Each day during Lent let’s briefly consider

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February 14, 2021

The Divine Dialogue of God with the SoulWeekly Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, In today’s Gospel, Mark 1:40-45, we see a man afflicted with leprosy who approached Jesus and asked to be cleansed, which meant healed. Leprosy was nearly the worst thing that

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February 7, 2021

The Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Weekly Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, In the dialogue of our souls with God, we have over the last year reflected on many subjects. Most have been related to the Scriptures–that’s where

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January 31, 2021

The Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Weekly Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, I’ve more than once heard people say, “I don’t go to church anymore. I see too much hypocrisy there. People go up to Communion, then they cut off

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January 24, 2021

The Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Weekly Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC My Dear Good People, We’re a few days late, but I want to share with you a story that deals with the anniversary of the tragic Roe vs Wade decision, January 22.

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