“As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19)
“Like Mary whose name we bear, we are called to hear the word of God and keep it. Our attentive listening shapes in us a contemplative and prophetic attitude toward the whole of life and enables us to act in ways which witness to God’s love and justice.” (SNDdeN Constitution 47)
Perhaps our reflections on the weekly Gospel will help you nurture your own relationship with God.
Through these reflections on the Gospel Readings for the Sundays and Major Feasts of the Liturgical Year, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur from various parts of the world share with you their thoughts and ponderings on these Scripture passages. These reflections are posted in the language of the author with links to translation.
These Scripture readings and reflections reveal Glimpses of God’s Goodness in our daily lives. We pray that these reflections will strengthen your faith, renew your hope and enflame the love of God in you, and through you, to others.
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Evelyn McKenna, SNDdeN
October 2, 2022 Luke 17: 5-10 Today’s Gospel calls us to reflect on the quality of our faith. The context of Jesus’ conversation with his apostles indicates that they certainly had faith – but they were searching for an even deeper and more significant experience of...
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Patricia Butler, SNDdeN
September 25, 2022 Luke 16: 19-31 Jesus offers for our reflection today a story in which he challenges the Pharisees to live the transformative value of hospitality. Jesus juxtaposes Abraham’s gift of a hospitable nature with the rich man’s lack of hospitality. In...
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Maureen O’Brien, SNDdeN
September 18, 2022 Luke 16: 1-13 I have always believed that the Word of God waits for me in people, places and things. That it holds me fast until the Word transforms my life. Or at least makes me honest enough to pray for the grace to change. On June 29th, 2022,...
Vigésimo quarto domingo do tempo comum – Irmã Sister Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN
11 de setembro de 2022 Lucas 15, 1-32 As palavras que abrem o Evangelho de hoje nos colocam firmemente no centro do conflito entre Jesus e os fariseus e escribas e, portanto, na encruzilhada de nossa escolha de ser realmente um seguidor ou seguidora viva de Jesus....
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Jane Dwyer, SNDdeN – English
September 11, 2022 Luke 15: 1-32 The opening words for today´s Gospel place us firmly in the center of the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes and therefore in the crossroad of our choice to really be a living follower of Jesus. Who believes in and...
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Betsy Flynn, SNDdeN
September 4, 2022 Luke 14: 25-33 In the time Jesus walked the earth, he was a teacher with his disciples. In our time, Jesus needs and calls disciples to do his work in the world today. The gospel this week, Luke 14: 25-33 reflects on the call to discipleship as...
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Barbara Barry, SNDdeN
August 28, 2022 Luke 14:1, 7-14 So often in the gospels the Pharisees are portrayed in a less than positive light. As some of the religious leaders of the day, they take their role seriously to figure out who this Jesus is. They follow him, observe his actions, listen...
Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Shamani Mumpande, SNDdeN
August 21, 2022 Luke 1:39-56 Indeed, a great day the Most Holy Trinity has blessed us with. Today in Zimbabwe as in many other countries, mother church keeps the Solemnity of the Assumption of our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Today we celebrate...
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin – Sister Sharon McMillan, SNDdeN
August 15, 2022 Luke 1: 39-56 Luke’s Gospels of both the Annunciation and the Visitation convincingly present Mary as both the first to hear and to accept the good news of Jesus Christ, but also the first to proclaim it. As such, she is both the first and the model...
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Ellen Keane, SNDdeN
August 14, 2022 Luke 12: 49-53 When I realized I had chosen this passage for Glimpses, my first reaction was, “Ugh! What was I thinking? ... Jesus casting fire/bringing division/ three against two/ two against three… Yikes! …Help!” Help came from a line from Flannery...
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Maria Delaney, SNDdeN
August 7, 2022 Luke 12: 32-48 Reflection: Today’s readings offer a compelling admonition to pay attention to our personal situation and decide if changes need to be made to how we respond to other people and circumstances. See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who...
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Geraldine Bolzan, SNDdeN
July 31, 2022 Luke 12: 13-21 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sister Geraldine Bolzan, SNDdeN GOSPEL REFLECTION: SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 Today’s First Reading speaks of the person who: “even in the night, his mind does not rest.” Do you have nights life that? What...
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Eileen Cassidy, SNDdeN
July 24, 2022 Luke 11: 1-13 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sister Eileen Cassidy, SNDdeN Jesus teaches the Our Father as prayer. Today’s Gospel, with the Our Father as its focus, is for me both uplifting and challenging, and it is the very things that uplift...
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Evelyn McKenna, SNDdeN
July 17, 2022 Luke 10: 38-42 The Gospel story of Martha and Mary often reminds us of contrasts – Martha was harried and cooked/Mary was serene and listened – and this is true. But, more importantly, both Martha and Mary opened wide their home and their hearts...
Vijftiende zondag door gewone tijd – Zuster Nina Vandamme, SNDdeN
Een glimp van Gods goedheid - Zuster Nina Vandamme 10 juli 2022 Lukas 10: 25-37 Het verhaal van de barmhartige Samaritaan … wie heeft dit niet in zijn kindertijd horen vertellen. Het klinkt ons bekend in de oren en hebben de neiging om te zeggen: ja, dat verhaal...
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Nina Vandamme, SNDdeN
Glimpses of God's Goodness - Sr. Nina Vandamme July 10, 2022 Luke 10: 25-37 The story of the Good Samaritan … who hasn’t listened to that story as a child? It sounds so familiar, and we are quickly inclined to say: Yeah, we know that story. But do we know it?...
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Rita Raboin, SNDdeN
July 3, 2022 Luke 10: 1-12 "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few..." This is probably a picture of what many people see as demanding work to be done today in our world in diverse ways by a variety of people. Many competing demands pass through our minds as...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Mary Boretti, SNDdeN
June 26, 2022 Luke 9: 51-62 In today’s second reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians Paul writes: “For freedom Christ has set us free so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.” Freedom was at the heart of Jesus’ mission and was at the...
Festa do Sagrado Coração de Jesus – Irmã Becky Spires, SNDdeN – portugues
24 de junho de 2022 Lucas 15: 3 - 7 Em geral se identifica a imagem do coração com amor. Mas o que é amor? Usamos a palavra para expressar um miríade de idéias, sentimentos, gostos. Eu amo minha esposa. Leni ama batata frita. Você vai amar aquele filme. Todo...
Feast of the Sacred Heart – Sister Becky Spires, SNDdeN – English
June 24, 2022 Luke 15: 3 - 7 In general, the image of the heart is identified with love. But what is love? We use the word to express a myriad of ideas, feelings, preferences: I love my wife. Lucy loves French fries. You will love that movie. Everyone loves...
