Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Dear Pope Francis is the name of a book which contains letters and illustrations from children from around the world to Pope Francis.  Each child poses a question to him, some serious, some fun, and he responds sincerely and lovingly.  One letter is from Wing, age 8, from China who asks him if he likes…

All this week we’ll be listening to the “Bread of Life” discourse from Chapter 6 of St. John.  For those of you who received the book our Church gifted us with at Christmas called Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, I’d invite you to read Chapter 4.  It will really help with understanding…

“How can this happen?”  Who among us hasn’t asked that question at some time in our life?  When life throws challenges at us, like the sudden death of a loved one, or a disturbing diagnosis, or a failed relationship, we get a little shaky in our faith.  We want answers. In our gospel, Nicodemus asks…

Every day this week, and this week only, we have the privilege of hearing what is called the ‘Easter Sequence’ among our readings.  So, what exactly is this?  To begin with, the word ‘sequence’ comes from the Latin ‘seq’ meaning to “follow”.  We’re familiar with other forms of this word that have a reference to…