


Check here weekly for a short and simple reflection on each Sunday’s Gospel reading written by a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate. You’ll find practical ideas for living the Gospel message in your day-to-day life. God bless you as you strive to live out the Gospel in the week ahead!

Pray for guidance and courage

Gather all your tools and supports to begin to face, accept and learn from this cross

This passage gives me hope about what access to heaven and earth keys give to us

It is incredibly difficult for me to ask for help

Is fear a pathway to faith?
The passage describing Jesus' transfiguration and my own rephrasing of it are not metaphors

To what can I liken the kindom of God in the here and now?

When my patience is running low, I will remember the parable and say a quick prayer in thanksgiving ...

Let us pray for the gift of understanding to see where God's word speaks to us ...

Can we lighten someone's burden with an act of kindness or by praying for them this week?
Let's think this week about the small things we can do in Jesus' name

'Perhaps this week we can learn to take those sacred pauses that allow us to listen to the whispers of God in our hearts, as well as to the voices of today's prophets in our world.'