LITURGY IN FOCUS

Blessing for a new beginning In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, A new beginning has been quietly forming … It has been waiting … Waiting until you are ready to emerge. For a long time this new beginning has watched you, It knows the emptiness growing inside you, […]

Easter Sunday Reflection: Resurrection more than a belief By SISTER MARY McGLONE “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” We recite this phrase, or one of its variants, as habitually as we make the exceedingly bold statement that what we are about to do, we do, “In the name of the Father, […]

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Second Sunday of Easter Reflection: Several Easter experiences By SISTER MARY McGLONE When, try as I might, I could not be at peace with other options, I finally gave in to what I sensed as a call to religious life, knowing full well that it was no longer in style. Nationally, religious practice was waning […]

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Let us pray for Christians all over the world that this week’s celebration of Holy Week may be a renewal for us and deepen our faith. This is Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, one of our holiest days. We commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem to celebrate the […]

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Reflection: World is in its hour of darkness By SISTER MARY McGLONE Today, evil seems so present and powerful that the faithful cry out with Jesus, “My God, why have you abandoned us?” (Mark 15:34). In his account of Jesus’ passion, Luke invites us to enter into the scene […]

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

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Easter Sunday Reflection: Resurrection more than a belief By SISTER MARY McGLONE “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” We recite this phrase, or one of its variants, as habitually as we make the exceedingly bold statement that what we are about to do, we do, “In the name of the Father, […]