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May 27, 2022
Sister Marietta Wethington, 83, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died May 26, 2022, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 67th year of religious life. She was a native of Clementsville, Ky.
Sister Marietta was gifted with a deep prayerfulness and hospitality that she shared easily with others. She loved teaching children to read, and in later years, helping adults to deepen their faith, especially Ursuline Associates. She shared her spirituality each month with readers of “Reflective Moments with Saint Angela Merici.”
May 27, 2022
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph join with five other religious communities in this region to take the following stand to stop gun violence:
As we mourn the loss of more than 30 lives in 10 days, our hearts break. In conversations with each other and in our prayers to God, we must ask,
“How long?”
“How many?’
“How can we end this violence?”
How long will we continue to accept mass shooting after mass shooting? How many more small coffins will be wept over, and how many more families will be destroyed?
May 27, 2022
I like to begin my day with a cup of tea, some reflective reading, and quiet time with God.
I am slowly working my way through The Listening God by a Trappist nun, Miriam Pollard, OSCO. This morning I sat down for meditation time after reading a beautiful yet down to earth reflection by Sister Miriam. Pondering the “little pains” and “discordant restlessness” we all have in our pockets and on our hearts, she ends by turning to God who says to our most wounded self:
May 26, 2022
Because I host a blog and podcast about the spirituality of messiness, one might assume that I am…
The post The Gospel Mess of Being Human appeared first on Messy Jesus Business.
May 21, 2022
This year, I was honored to serve as a Mentor Teacher to a Student Teacher. It was exciting to see her growth, and to be able to help her discover some of the "hidden" aspects of teaching in an elementary classroom. Here are a few that will either make you chuckle... or make you happy you are no longer spending eight to ten hours a day in an elementary classroom.
May 18, 2022
You, the Holy, beckon but are just out of reach. Your light calls and continues beckoning. Are you…
The post Beckoning appeared first on Messy Jesus Business.
May 17, 2022
When the wind blows,
the scent of the lilacs hits you—
Nonviolence.
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Nonviolence:
When the wind blows,
and the scent of the lilacs hits you.
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May 15, 2022
Watching the news one cannot helped to be moved by the reality of what is happening in Ukraine. So many people have reached out to help in whatever way they can. One of the ways everyone can reach out is in prayer. When I was looking for a prayer for the Ukraine I came across this prayer for peace from Toronto. May we continue to pray for peace and safety for all.
May 12, 2022
On a spring day that felt more like summer, some of the Ursuline Sisters living in Saint Joseph Villa gathered in the Villa courtyard on May 12, 2022, to plant flowers in the raised bed. The Sisters planted verbenas, snapdragons, marigolds, geraniums and wave petunias. They were assisted by Sister Alicia Coomes, coordinator of pastoral care; Terry Owen, of the housekeeping staff; and nurse assistant Haley Larue.
Here are some pictures.
May 12, 2022
We are an Easter people, a people of the resurrection, a people of re-creation. But now, five weeks…
The post Arise appeared first on Messy Jesus Business.
May 10, 2022
The first Saturday in May 2022 was a time for celebrating at Maple Mount – both Kentucky Derby day and the Brescia University graduation. The final two Vietnamese sisters living at Maple Mount earned their degrees from Brescia and shared their joy with the Ursuline Sisters.