Fifth Sunday in Lent – Sister Helen Bellew, SNDdeN
March 26, 2023 John 11: 1-45 Love, Loss and Life Our traditional understanding has been that Jesus was sent by God the Father to save us from our sins. During this time of Lent we give special focus to our sinfulness and our commitment to “do better.” The rituals of...
Fourth Sunday in Lent – Sister Catherine Waldron, SNDdeN
March 19, 2023 John 9: 1-41 Today’s readings prompt us to check our eye-site, our vision. What and whom do I see when I look at the landscape of my life? Is my heart awakened by these weeks surrounding Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection ? What perceptions we are...
Third Sunday in Lent – Sister Anne Flanagan, SNDdeN
March 12, 2023 John 4: 5-42 Our scriptures for today, the 3rd Sunday of Lent, present us with 2 powerful images-WATER AND THIRST. In Exodus we hear that the Israelites were dying of thirst in the desert and at Moses’ request of God, he was told to strike the rock and...
Second Sunday in Lent – Sister Angele Lewis, SNDdeN
March 5, 2023 Matthew 17: 1-9 Last Sunday’s gospel was about “temptations” (Mt. 4: 1-11) and this Sunday’s theme is about “glory” (Mt. 17:1-9). Matthew’s gospel captures the human condition – we are weak, vulnerable and sinful and at the same time we have a vision of...
First Sunday in Lent – Sister Nancy Wellmeier, SNDdeN
February 26, 2023 Matthew 4: 1-11 The desert, in this gospel, represents loneliness, privation and introspection. At His baptism by John, Jesus heard the words: “This is my Son, in whom I am well-pleased” and felt the anointing of the Spirit of God. It is...
Ash Wednesday – Sister Esther Adama, SNDdeN
February 22, 2023 Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18 The liturgical year which I have come to experience and be referred to as the “playing field of God” and His children, offers us the design by which we can mark this sanctifying process fruitfully in our Christian journey. Its...
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Maria Delaney, SNDdeN
February 19, 2023 Matthew 5: 38-48 We stand on the threshold of Lent 2023 in a world where people continually navigate local, national and global conflicts in their daily lives. The scripture readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time let us know precisely what the...
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Sister Brigid Rose Tiernan, SNDdeN
February 12, 2023 Matthew 5: 17-37 This Sunday’s gospel is a continuation of the Sermon on the Mount some of which we have had put before us in the last two Sundays’ Liturgy of the Word. Chapter 5 of Matthew’s Gospel, and this Sunday’s gospel in particular, reminds us...
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Michela Sheehan, SNDdeN
February 5, 2023 Matthew 5: 13-16 “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world.” When Jesus was speaking...
la Présentation du Seigneur- Soeur Marie-Angèle Kitewo, SNDdeN
le 2 février, 2023 Luc 2, 22-40 Il s’agit uniquement de l’action de grâce, c’est-à-dire: remettre, retourner à Dieu, avec reconnaissance et adoration, le bien qu’on a reçu de la générosité de ce même Maître de l’Univers. Un acte d’adoration devant l’expérience de la...
