Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

There’s a beautiful song that we sometimes sing during our liturgies called “The Servant Song”. Written by Richard Gillard, the words of the first verse are:Will you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too. I thought…

There’s an old proverb of uncertain origin which says: “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”  One of the greatest moments in any teacher’s life is when a student in front of you who’s been struggling with a concept finally has that ‘ah ha’ moment.  It’s written all over their face when they…

Most of us are curious about angels, and children are no exception. Here are a couple of comments from children about angels: Mitchell comments: “Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something else.”  And then there’s poor Henry: “My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good…

As most of you know, my faithful, fun, and wise mother died 3 weeks ago, and I thank you for your prayers and support that you’ve shown to me and my siblings.  And, today, this feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, makes me think of Mom again, for both Our Lady and my mother lost…