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What is your attitude toward money? What is your attitude toward the poor? These questions are worth asking when reflecting on our Sunday readings. The first reading, from the Book of Amos, addresses... Read More

Lost and found could be the tagline for Sunday’s Gospel from Luke.  A lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son describe all of us at some point in our lives. The key message in these stories is not that... Read More

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus calls for discipleship and reminds us that this requires both renunciation and calculation -- knowing what discipleship costs. We know that those who wish to follow Jesus... Read More

"Gospel Living is about loving and serving others first"...how true do these words reflect the best that each of you Sisters give to the rest of us, and with sadness remember the tragic loss of your... Read More

by Sister Renee Delvaux The question in the Gospel today is:  Who will be saved?  Who will enter the Kingdom of God? Jesus makes it clear that the grace of salvation is offered to all.  ALL are... Read More

On Monday, Aug. 15, the Catholic Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven.  We believe that after she died Mary was taken body and soul to her eternal home. But just... Read More

The 19th Sunday in ordinary time falls between two powerful feasts -- the Transfiguration on Saturday and the feast of St. Dominic on Monday.  What wonderful “bookends” to surround a Sunday in... Read More

In this Year of Mercy, let's ask God to help us exercise greater moral character, purity, peace, mercy, generosity and honesty. What habits should we “put to death” so that we may be “rich in what... Read More

In today’s reading, Jesus instructs his disciples about prayer.  The lesson is one of perseverance. Jesus gives the parable of a man coming to a neighbor in the middle of the night looking for some... Read More

Pause...Listen...Choose Thank you Sister for your gentle reflective reminder. Listen ... Learn ... Love ... The "one thing necessary" just might be listening with an open heart .... Why else do... Read More