Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Barbara Barry, SNDdeN
October 1, 2023 Matthew 21:28-32 Most weeks these reflections focus on the gospel story but this week I am drawn more intensely to the second reading, Paul’s letter to the community in Philippi…”Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.” Paul...
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Barbara Thiella SNDdeN
September 24, 2023 Matthew 20: 1-16a RELATIONSHIPS: MINDING AND RESPONDING The Gospel of Matthew 20:1-16a presents Jesus as a traveling rabbi and a healing storyteller who publicly shares his intimate experience of God as his loving Abba. After his...
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Juana Jaqueline Castillo-Salvador,SNDdeN
September 17, 2023 Matthew 18: 21 - 35 Forgiveness as a measure of love. The evangelist Matthew today helps us get in tune with the kind heart of God. He reminds us that to forgive we need to go beyond the limit of what we consider ideal “7 times” and to do so we need...
Vigésimo terceiro domingo do tempo comum – Irma Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN
10 de setembro de 2023 Mateus 18: 15 - 20 Mateus escreve seu Evangelho por volta dos anos 80 a 85, bastante tempo depois do assassinato de Jesus e também durante os anos em que o crescente número de cristãos que enfrentavam conflitos com o Império Romano e a religião...
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN
September 10, 2023 Matthew 18: 15 - 20 Matthew writes his Gospel around the years 80 to 85, a fairly long time after the murder of Jesus and also during the years that the growing number of Christians facing conflicts with the Roman Empire and the Jewish religion,...
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Nancy Rowen, SNDdeN
September 3, 2023 Matthew 16: 21-27 Before any serious commitment, we need clarity: What does this offer and what will it require from me? Will it be worth it? Am I able and willing? Today’s Gospel begins, “From that time on… Jesus began to show his disciples….” what...
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Angele Lewis, SNDdeN
August 27, 2023 Matthew 16: 13-20 Today’s reading from Matthew 16: 13-20 shows Jesus using “engaging questions” to draw people, followers, disciples into deeper conversations with Him. Jesus begins by asking a type of “hook” question: “Who do PEOPLE say that the Son...
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Betsy Flynn, SNDdeN
August 20, 2023 Matthew 15: 21-28 The nameless daughter from the region of Tyre and Sidon suffers from the torment of the devil. The frightening experience that the devil has taken possession of her daughter brings the desperate mother to plead with Jesus. She...
Dix-neuvième dimanche du temps ordinaire – Soeur Honorine Yamba, SNDdeN
le 13 août, 2023 Mattieu 14, 22-33 Chaque fois que je me trouve devant ce texte je suis attirée par l'épisode de Pierre qui va vers Jésus. Aujourd'hui ce texte, me touche différemment ; trois moments importants captivent mon attention; 1. Service 2. Prière 3....
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Honorine Yamba, SNDdeN
August 13, 2023 Matthew 14: 22-33 Every time I am in touch with this text I am attracted by the episode of Peter as he approaches Jesus. Today this text touches me differently. Three important aspects attract my attention. 1. Service 2. Prayer 3. Encounter 1. Service:...
