ADVENT COMPLETED
Late spring and early summer is a time between big events and the laid-back spirit of vacation. In the church calendar, it’s the post-Pentecost season that has the dreary title of Ordinary Time. Happily, the presence of the Holy Spirit in this season is the silent breath of life. The big events of late spring…
Margaret Mary Kelleher, O.S.U. “We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered.” These are the words of the Entrance Antiphon of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Lent comes to an end and…
Does that title make you think the writer might be a bit jaded about Lent? Or, did the title give a hint that the writer is excited that Lent is here again? For most of us Christians, Lent can offer mixed emotions. It is a time of repentance (a sinner … who, me?). To be…
Miriam Cleary, O.S.U. (As you may know, Sr. Miriam Cleary died on November 23rd. She wrote this beautiful Advent Reflection just two years ago. We are blessed to read it again.) “With Bible in hand I slip behind a wall of time to walk with the women on the way to the tomb.” With Bible in…
Today is the anniversary of the foundation of the Company of Saint Ursula by St Angela Merici in 1535. She especially chose this feast of St Catherine of Alexandria showing us the example of her witness to Christ… We pray on this feast for all the daughters of Angela across the world… (Ursuline Sisters of…
Joseph Flynn, OFM Cap. The fifty days of celebrating Easter have come to a conclusion with the Feast of Pentecost and the descent of the Holy Spirit. In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles in the liturgy for Pentecost, we listen to Luke’s astounding portrayal of the descent of the Holy Spirit and…