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An unexpected blessing
...The important thing was to allow them to share the stories whether or not they could make a donation at this time. Little did I know what a blessing awaited me. I spoke with a 90-some-year-old in Texas. Thankfully, she was only without power for three hours. She was facing an upcoming surgery, date unknown. She was so grateful for her son who lives with her and is her caretaker. She was deeply concerned for those children, families in the...
Musings on World Poetry Day
Today, we sing the praises of poetry around the world, its power to teach and heal and console and bond. We can all name at least one poet whose work moves us, whether it be Shakespeare or Dickinson or Amanda Gorman. But consider the vastness of a world that includes work by writers Seamus Heaney, Barolong Seboni or Alfonsina Storni. Today, why not discover the work of a poet you’ve never heard of before? Or celebrate your own poetic possibilities...
Reflections for the Easter Triduum
...to include someone who doesn’t think the way I do? It is time for me to use my own personal power and authority to speak up when the little or the least is in harm’s way. To say to my Asian sister, “I am sorry you are afraid to go to the store right now because of the hateful stares you receive, so I will go with you.” To say to my lesbian co-worker, “You are safe here.” If all...
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
...his hometown could not see who he was. They could only see who they had determined him to be. He was the carpenter’s son, a member of a particular family with a particular status (or lack of one) in the community. They had limited expectations of Jesus beyond which they could not see. They didn’t bother to ask how he had become the person they were seeing now. They lacked openness to the power of God. They lacked faith. Shocked...
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
...desire to offer her older cousin comfort and support in her pregnancy, as well as to receive Elizabeth’s maternal mentoring in her own newly confirmed pregnancy. Mary may also have been prompted to reach out and love Elizabeth in a spiritual way. Upon greeting one another, their interactions create a scene of a powerful antiphonal-like prayer. Elizabeth’s prayer is proclaimed in response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Mary’s prayerful response is the beautiful song of praising God that...
Making sense of warring leaders both made in God’s image
...new role were fairly low. Ironically, he once acted in an eerily prescient sitcom called “Servant of the People.” In this he played a high school teacher who rails against corruption. And, after a student’s film of him goes viral, ends up elected president! Then he actually did become president! I don’t know if he’s still playing a role, acting “as if” he has the power of the Holy Spirit with him. I do know that he is bravely and...
Tapping into fresh energies: Sister Joni’s vocation and teen ministries
...encounter the power of God’s invitation is part of the work to which Sisters of Providence commit themselves individually and collectively. Sister Joni Luna has the special ministry of being vocation director for the Congregation. But she sees it as a responsibility every Sister of Providence shares through her witness in whatever life of prayer and service she ministers. Hope for the future White Violet Center for Eco-Justice interns show off their work from an art and spirituality workshop Sister...
Reflection for a Celebration of Commitment
...issues from the decision – that no one could have dreamed would come his or her way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” … Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. Saint Mother Theodore tells us, “Ours is a preparation for the generation that will succeed us.” So, let’s be bold. Let’s begin it now. Let this be our calling....
Sister Paula Modaff: moving closer and closer to God
...is simply consent to it with love.” What advice does Sister Paula give to others who are seeking to grow in their own spirituality? To give the time. “Take. The. Time. Even if it’s only five or 10 minutes a day. Take the time. Take the time and then find a community so you are able to pray with other people.” Union with God “We’re not called to imitate but to be in union with the very power of Christ....
The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy
...must also accustom yourselves, my dear children, to bear in mind that if the faults of others displease us, ours also torment them.” As I reflect on this quotation, it is clear to me why Sister St.Theodore was the one selected to lead the small band of sisters to this wilderness in Indiana! She seemed to pick up her pen when courage was needed — for others, for herself. Mother Theodore knew the power of written encouragement, admonishment, persuasion and...
Foundation Day and our French connection
...as laborers into the harvest; to sow peace…and love, mercy, justice; to be sharers of education and of care for the sick poor; to be witnesses to the power of God’s Providence. Today I would invite us to celebrate another piece of our story — the foundation on which our foundation is based. Today let us remember the faithfulness to the call of the Gospel by the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir, France. It was their response to the Bishop...
Reflections for one of our Asian Sisters perpetual vows
...or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” You began this bold dream 12 years ago, when, through the influence of your Catholic upbringing and the late Sister Donna Marie Fu, God called you to join an American community that today continues a 100-year mission to the people of Asia. You have continued that bold dream by spending your energy in the service of vulnerable children. We are so grateful...