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December 5, 2019 (One Heart and One Soul: Stories from our Monastic Home)
Greetings, If you’ve been following the “Stories from Our Monastic Home”, you know that it’s been a difficult month. Three of our beloved sisters have quickly gone to their heavenly reward; we pray in thanks for their life with us, but we miss them. And while we are seeking to open our hearts in Advent […]
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December 5, 2019 (One Heart and One Soul: Stories from our Monastic Home)
To Paradise now may the angels bring you, and may the martyrs now come to meet you on your way, and may you be led into the holy city Jerusalem. All the choirs of angels make you welcome there, and with Lazarus once so ill and poor, may peaceful joy be now forever yours. ~In […]
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December 5, 2019 (Wandering in Wonder)
Wish you all Advent blessings as the season begins. May it be fill with peace & hope, comfort & joy. Hope you enjoy my latest article from Global Sisters Report: Months ago, my 7-year-old nephew told me what he wanted for Christmas. "Christmas is a long way off," I tried to explain, but to no avail. The prospect of gifts grabbed his imagination and took hold.
December 5, 2019 (Show Me A Sign - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
How we encounter and react "is indicative of how we're living our faith life."
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Light continues to radiate in each Scripture reading for this second Sunday of Advent. Isaiah reminds all to hold on to...
December 5, 2019 (A Sister Reflects, Adrian Dominican Sisters)
In the liturgical season of Advent, we begin a time of waiting for the coming again of Jesus into moments of our daily lives. Advent is like flower bulbs.
December 2, 2019 (Show Me A Sign - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
"Each moment that God is at our sides, the light grows."
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As millions around the world observed the lighting of the first Advent candle on Sunday, hope and change are in motion. It’s an invitation to a season...
November 30, 2019 (Kateri Initiative - Sisters of the Divine Savior)
I think we might need a sled dog out here.
November 30, 2019 (Design Jane, Sister of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart)
The first touch between a baby and its Mother, Father or loved one is an incredibly unique moment. When those teeny tiny baby fingers wrap themselves around your finger, well, I know my heart instantly liquefies. I'm sure babies could solve world peace - we are powerless! To me, Jesus was from the beginning the ultimate first touch of joy, brought into the world through our infinitely loving God.
November 29, 2019 (Spirit of Charity)
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
November 28, 2019 (Spirit of Charity)
Catherine Laboure was born May 2, 1806 in the town of Fain-les-Moutiers in Burgundy, France. She was the eighth child of a devout couple, Pierre and Madeleine Laboure.
When Catherine was nine years old, her mother died. She was brokenhearted and she went to the kitchen, took a small statue of our Lady, and said: "From now on, YOU will be my Mother."
November 27, 2019 (A Sister Reflects, Adrian Dominican Sisters)
With the celebration of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. we seem to be surrounded by messages of thanks and various ways to thank each other.
November 27, 2019 (Spirit of Charity)
Today, November 27, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
November 26, 2019 (One Heart and One Soul: Stories from our Monastic Home)
To Paradise now may the angels bring you, and may the martyrs now come to meet you on your way, and may you be led into the holy city Jerusalem. All the choirs of angels make you welcome there, and with Lazarus once so ill and poor, may peaceful joy be now forever yours. ~In […]
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November 26, 2019 (Kateri Initiative - Sisters of the Divine Savior)
Those of you who have had a chance to visit my classroom at Tiospa Zina Tribal School have met my beginning reading students. These second and third graders are part of our schools Dakotah Language Immersion Program. Until this year, they've not had an opportunity to learn to read and write in English. They've learned SO much so far this year!
November 26, 2019 (A Nun's Life)
It's Thanksgiving this week in the U.S. The holiday brings to mind a conference I attended recently, where people talked a lot about the connection between “thanks” and “giving.”
November 25, 2019 (Ursuline Life)
Happy Foundation Day of the Company of St. Ursula!