


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!

Think about a challenge in your life that has led you to consider two outcomes.

What quotation or phrase about faith speaks to you?

'This passage reminds me about the importance of gratitude'

The beginning of autumn finds some of us putting summer clothing aside in favor of warmer items

Let us ask God to help us see the extent to which we can do something about the misery in our world

Let's asses our own faithfulness as managers of the gifts and talents with which we have been entrusted
'Joy is the serious business of heaven.'
In prayer, perhaps we can ask for the wisdom to see what we might be holding on to that hinders us from following Jesus

Are our actions performed out of love and kindness, or out of a need to be in the spotlight?

Think about how you are showing this neighborly love this week

Do we sense the Spirit speaking to us as we listen?

Christ knocks at our door in many ways ...