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September 4, 2022: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...establishes for being his disciple? Jesus, why are you saying I must hate my family to be counted among your disciples? What does constructing a tower or planning for war have to do with picking up my cross and following you? After spending time in prayer and then directly asking him, “Why are you saying these things to me?” Jesus patiently and lovingly responds, “Why do you think I am speaking to you this way?” Long pause and more thought...
September 25, 2022: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’ He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of...
Reflections for the Silver Jubilee of Sister Evelyn Ovalles
...us to Come Alive to the path traced out for us by Providence. My words. Jesus calls it the narrow gate. “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.” Jesus further warns that we had better be attentive to this. If not, “there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God...
The Season of Creation 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
...Spirit to inflame our hearts with extraordinary love for all creation. Pray that love, mercy and justice will overflow into the lives of all who seek shelter from climate disaster, wildfires, and gun fire. Reflect how the power of fire can generate warmth, cook food and call forth contemplation as well as destroy life. Act to lobby for restoration of forests and wild life habitats. Share your experience of that with the Climate Change Task Force. Contact us at cctflist@spsmw.org....
Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
...Si’ Movement Money saving guide to going green at home Purdue Global: 45 Sustainability Resources You Need To Know Books All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; Katharine Wilkinson Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, by Robin Kimmerer Care for Creation – A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth, by Ilia Delio, O.S.F. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, by Paul Hawken...
Sister Paula Modaff: moving closer and closer to God
...God as reality. Whatever is happening, that is the holy,” she says. Sister Paula describes herself as “full of warts.” She said she often forgets and rebels, getting short tempered about the annoyances of life. “But when I’m in my right mind I see God in everything. And I consider it a great, great gift,” she says. “The spiritual life is not about me. It’s about we. We — that means God, other people, myself and I’ll say cosmos, and...
Archives: telling our story of living the Gospel
...respond to queries from scholars writing about the early years of the Catholic Church in Indiana, internment camps in wartime China, and the history of schools sponsored by the community. Parishes celebrating anniversaries and persons developing podcasts or documentaries come to us for records and photographs. Still making history The Archives provides documentation of how the Church in the United States is indebted to the sisters who provided religious education to many generations of Catholics. But the stories being written...
Season of Creation 2022: Most Important Actions We Can All Do
...open curtains to allow the sun to warm our homes. Turn down air conditioning or heating when we leave the house, Move to a more Plant-based diet. Go meatless one or more days a week. For more information, click here, Say no to single use Plastics. Stop using disposable plastic bottles, bags, straws, cutlery, cups, etc. For more information, click here, or here, Use less water. Water processing accounts for about 3 percent of energy use in the United States....
Season of Creation 2022: Celebrating Saint Francis of Assisi
...was in preparation for my pilgrimage to Assisi when I was at Marian University that I really began to ponder the life of Saint Francis and get in touch with “the real Francis.” Who was Saint Francis of Assisi? Born into a family of wealth, Francis apparently lived a “worldly” and wild life until age 20. He went off to war at age 20 and was held prisoner for nearly a year. After his release, he became seriously ill. After...
October 2, 2022: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...love your shirt.” I responded, “Thanks, so do I!” As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I wondered, “What the HECK does the back of this shirt say?” Once home, groceries unpacked, I had a look. Of course: “LOVE, MERCY, JUSTICE.” Poppy seed. Faithful Servant. Work to be done. Action The beginning of autumn finds some of us putting summer clothing aside in favor of warmer items. While you are doing this, look through your T-shirt supply....
Prayer for peace within a family
What a racket we make sometimes. Or, in silence, how many cuts we carve into one another. There can be no peace, not with us arrayed against each other like enemies, like armies restless for a war. We horde our hurts, the slights we attribute to one another, like a dragon hording gold. The worst treasure of all, that’s our family fortune. I turn to You in this, our hour of regrouping, our pause between battles. We need something new....
November 13, 2022: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them! When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.” Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from...