Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Juneteenth

Tomorrow is drop off day for our annual Rummage Sale and I wonder how many people may be motivated to donate their household items when they heard Jesus’s advice to us today in the gospel: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.”…
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Pope Leo’s Light

“You are the light of the world…. it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.” Less than a month ago, on May 25, a huge light was lit in a small city in Italy which has given tremendous light to all the world. That was the day Pope…
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Peter’s Farewell

St. Peter knows he is about to die.  Today we hear part of his farewell testament to the faithful followers, composed shortly before his execution in Rome during Emperor Nero's reign, between 64 and 67 A.D. In this letter, Peter encourages the believers one last time to imitate Christ as they await Christ’s return.  The…
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Gifts from God

While walking down Park Ave last week, I met one of our parishioners who was on her way to the Post Office.  It sounds like an ordinary encounter, but it was far from it.  This lady has a mobility disability, so she was in her electric scooter, and had travelled that way from her home…
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