Daily Dose of Charity | December 8, 2023
December 8, 2023
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“Mary’s total Fiat is all the more loving for its blind trust, the same trust asked of each of us in our lives.” -Mother Marie Alma
“Mary’s total Fiat is all the more loving for its blind trust, the same trust asked of each of us in our lives.” -Mother Marie Alma
“… my wish for you is that you may obtain from the Good God not what you desire of Him, but what He desires of you.” -Mother Marie Alma
“Interior detachment of all earthly things and love for poverty is only to be found with Christians and above all with religious.” -Bishop John Zwijsen
“Keep what constitutes the tradition and the spirit of the Congregation.” -Mother Marie Alma The Motherhouse is filled with the scent of gingerbread cookies as we prepare for the Feast of Saint Nicholas. What traditions do you keep in your family?
“Some of us say: we are searching for the truth. Nonsense, we have the truth: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.’” -Mother Marie Alma
Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent, 2023 Jesus, our coming God, as we enter this season of Advent, pour out Your love on our brothers and sisters in need. To the lonely in this holy season, grant a spirit of comfort. To the grieving
“When a Congregation is not solidly established on the foundation of poverty she cannot have a lasting existence.” -Bishop John Zwijsen So, too, with our faith. If it is not solidly established in Christ and His teachings, it cannot have a lasting existence. Let us
“Through poverty we find our Homeland in the Provident care of our heavenly Father.” -Mother Marie Alma May our Heavenly Father always watch over you and protect you.
“Never delay the execution of what is good; an evil matter can wait; it may be bettered by being postponed.” -Bishop John Zwijsen
“Jesus in the Eucharist is the strength that supports us […] in our diverse works of charity, in our labors for souls in His Church.” -Mother Marie Alma
“Be a witness of great devotion to Mary showing the faithful that you have much confidence in her power and intercession.” -Bishop John Zwijsen
“May the words of the ‘Litany of Thanksgiving’ echo in our hearts as a daily prayer…so that we may find ourselves more firmly united in a charity that sings: ‘We give You thanks, O Lord.’” -Mother Marie Alma
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church
Holy Family Motherhouse
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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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