Heartbeats November 2020
Heartbeats is a publication distributed monthly by the Roman Union Ursulines in the United States. Click here for the current newsletter: Heartbeats Newsletter November 2020 .
Heartbeats is a publication distributed monthly by the Roman Union Ursulines in the United States. Click here for the current newsletter: Heartbeats Newsletter November 2020 .
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT From St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11 Brothers and sisters: I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who…
Marie-Celine Miranda, O.S.U. Christmas is coming. Time to celebrate. What are we really celebrating? All the stores seem to be celebrating, but people these days look pretty bushed, as far as I can see. It’s the birth of a baby, a long time ago. For a baby born a long time ago it’s a pretty…
One August, returning by car to New York after several weeks in the austere landscape of the Southwest,
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…
Painting of Pentecost is a watercolor on canvas by Sr. Anne Therese Dillen, O.S.U. Pentecost Anne Therese Dillen, O.S.U. All is silent. The door is locked. O my heart, how often this is true! Fear prevails, But love entails An openness of heart … Yet mine is locked. How gently does He knock! Whisper-wind…
Anne Therese Dillen, OSU Behold the Man: Eyes blurred with tears, Bearing countless years Of man’s contempt for God – Whipped, wounded, torn – Scapegoat for us all. Behold the Cross: Sad torture-tree – Instrument of pain: From crib to cross He came, Determined to the end – Sacrificed for all. Behold the Christ:…