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8th Day Center for Justice: Statement on White Supremacy
...compassionate to the people that hold them. Claims of “not knowing” aid and abet abusive systems of power that rely on complacency to perpetrate. As stated by Charles Mills above, the white community claims of “ignorance” comes not from a position of naivete, but from a position of power and explicitly the maintenance of that power. This could be an opportunity to open a creative and transformative space that works to address holistically the current and historical manifestation of white...
This Memorial Day: Take time to Remember
...holiday did not legally become Memorial Day until 1967. Sister Josephine Bryan Most days we do need signs, symbols and practices to help us remember … lest we forget what is really important. Memory is a powerful tool of connection and communion. … This past weekend, for example, during my 45th class reunion from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, I participated in a brief memorial service honoring all those alums from the celebrating classes who had died during the past five years....
Allowing for God’s presence: Sisters of Providence hospital chaplains
...Pham, SP, at left, with patient Luanne Lechner of Grace Hospice in Oak Brook , Illinois. A witness to God’s saving power Sister My Huong Pham, SP, ministers at Grace Hospice in Oak Brook, Illinois. She defines her presence there as “witnessing to God’s saving power for those whose hearts are broken.” COVID-19 presents overwhelming challenges to patients and families in all hospital settings. Sister My Huong relates this tender story of a young woman who had lost a husband,...
Farmers must power through whatever Mother Nature dishes out
...planning the coming growing season. Time is also spent working with alpaca fiber and winnowing seeds. Winter can be a time for quiet reflection Photo credit: Campbell Sullivan Life slows down. It’s peaceful and cozy. Wrapped in warm blankets while sipping a hot drink are great ways to survive this arctic blast. But it’s also a time when farmers have to power through anything Mother Nature has to offer. Our animals still need to be fed and cared for, so everyday, no...
June 27, 2021: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the chaos. Jairus knew the power of life over death belonged only to God. And yet, right there in his own home, Jesus the healer had done something only God has the power to do. Mark tells us Jairus and his wife were “utterly astounded.” They were so paralyzed with awe and wonder that Jesus had to remind them their daughter was alive and needed something to eat. Action What does “do not fear, only believe” say to you at...
Sister Agnes Maureen Badura
A reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (4:16-21) “I pray that out of God’s glorious riches you may be strengthened with power through the Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all God’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love...
Remembering who we are and why we are here!
...noted, “This love is evident in her writings, oozes out of her guidance.” (Thank you, Teresa.) And it was Sister Terri Boland’s comments that bring us back to where I began – the power of a story and the power of Mother Theodore’s writings. Terri found an interesting reference to Mother Theodore’s writings in Volume I of the History of the Sisters of Providence. When Mother Theodore was ill from seasickness and the sisters feared she wouldn’t survive, she continued...
March 24, 2024: Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord
...of power and a future reality. The full Gospel invites us into a Christology of suffering. We are invited to share in a community of discipleship that understands Jesus as coming in glory and power which includes a destiny of suffering and death. The suffering included felt rejection and abandonment as Jesus went into darkness crying out “My God, My God why have you forsaken me?” In the end (chapter 15) the title king culminates Jesus’ identity and...
January 26, 2025: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord...
October 5, 2025: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the testimony of our faith in the Lord, but labor with the Gospel according to the power of God. Hold the form of sound words which you have heard of me in faith, and in the love of Christ Jesus.” Now, how might Luke’s words help us weave these lessons of faith together? Luke reminds us that even a small, a very small, amount of faith can have great power, can move mountains, and mulberry trees! There is no room...
October 12, 2025: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 The readings of this Sunday are about faith, healing, power, gratitude and the fidelity of our God. The first reading from 2 Kings reminds us that at the word of Elisha, a man of God, Naaman, was healed. His transformation led him to proclaim that there is no God except the God of Israel, and to offer great gifts in thanksgiving to Elisha, who continued to refuse his gifts, declaring that...
Nonviolent Resistance
...power that exerts ongoing pressure, leverage, power and participation. And the organization of the people in the shadows. The people in the shadows may need to crowdsource to provide the relief funds, protective gear, run errands, and distribute vital supplies. Nonviolent resistance movements or actions need to stray away from the leaderless resistance and form small core groups that can plan, negotiate, be sustainable and establish shared goals. Lastly, the violent fringes must be addressed. Violent interrupters and disrupters are...