“A working man was strongly drawn toward a beautiful vase that he saw in the town market. He bought the vase and brought it home. The vase was so beautiful that it made his living room look drab, dull and indeed, plain ugly. So he got bright paints, and transformed the whole room. He got [...]
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Pentecost
Posted in reflections, tagged Pentecost, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California, SND, spirituality, women religious on May 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
For Mother’s Day
Posted in reflections, tagged Mother's Day, reflections, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California, SND on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our moms, grandmothers, mothers-to-be, and all those women who treat everyone they meet with motherly love and compassion! I encourage all of us on this special day to take a few minutes away from the normal hustle and bustle of life to thank in word or thought our moms [...]
What is God Asking You to Do?
Posted in reflections, tagged Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California, SND, spirituality, St. Julie, women religious on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Author Robert Fulgum’s book All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten perhaps touches one of the deepest parts of our being…the part that wants, that yearns to be a child again. One of the gifts of being child-like is the ability to be creative in an uninhibited way…without concern for what others [...]
“Will There Be Anyone Left to Love?”
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged Lent, Prayer, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California, SND, spirituality, women religious on April 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The other morning as I washed breakfast dishes, one of my community members, Cecilia sat at the table reading the newspaper. Suddenly I heard her ask, “Will there be anyone left to love?” I was surprised by her question, wondering what had prompted it. She explained she had just read an article in the newspaper [...]
The Way to Right Relationships
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged Lent, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California on March 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s first reading from Exodus spells out the commandments that serve as the foundation of the Old Testament covenant between God and his people. God clearly delineates His expectations and what is needed for Israel to remain faithful. These commandments are not the punishing restrictions of One who inflicts His will on others, but rather [...]
Entering the Desert
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged Lent, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For many of us in California, the image of the desert has multiple meanings and sometimes contradictions. The desert is quiet. The desert is stark. The desert is hot. But the desert is also filled with sounds of nature, dotted with the smallest of flowers, and can be very cold. For me, the desert is [...]
The Value of Suffering, Part One – Holy Week
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged Holy Week, Lent, reflections, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California, suffering, the Cross on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Sr. Kathleen Burns Once during Lent, I was reflecting with a group in a parish on the passion of Jesus. A woman came up to me and asked me why she had not been healed if in the scriptures it says that if you have faith you will be healed. She had been [...]
Where One of Us Is, All of Us Are
Posted in Community, Gratitude, Lenten Reflections, Prayer, reflections, tagged Community, friendship, Lazarus, Lent, sacraments, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Sr. Lisa Megaffin, SND Inspired by John 11:1-45 The story of Lazarus and the words “Jesus wept” reveal God’s invitation to intimate friendship. In John 15, Jesus indicates “I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.” This divine revelation includes familiarity, [...]
Christ Be Our Light
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged blindness, Lent, light, reflections, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Sr. Antoinette Marie Moon, SND Inspired by John 9:1-41 Amid the crowds celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles a blind man sits in his usual corner of the marketplace his arm outstretched and his ears, hoping for the sound of pity, the clink of coins in his beggar’s bowl. He accepts his fate—born blind, [...]
Who Me?
Posted in Lenten Reflections, reflections, tagged examination of conscience, Lent, Samaritan Woman, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame California on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Sr. Louise Marie Hlavac, SND Inspired by John 4:4-42 The woman was a Samaritan – who would associate with her? Prejudice runs deep. Can she get past it? Whom do I not want to associate with? Can I get past it? Jesus was tired and thirsty. He experienced our humanity.“Give me a drink” [...]
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