Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Reflection by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112823.cfm Years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Greenwich, England, home of the Prime Meridian.  This Greenwich Meridian separates east from west in the same way that the Equator separates north from south. Greenwich literally sits at the center of our system of time zones and…

Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/1121-memorial-presentation-virgin-mary.cfm With Thanksgiving just days away, no doubt many of you are anticipating family members and friends coming to be with you.  My own family anticipates seeing my niece soon who now lives on an island off the coast of Greece. That sense of waiting with joy was palatable in the Old Testament…

The poet Emily Dickinson wrote: “Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.” How wise of our Church to spend this month of November reflecting on end times, our own death, and prayerfully remembering our beloved dead. Since Adam and Eve, death has…

Tuesday Reflection from Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110723.cfm Last Saturday morning, I joined 70 other parishioners who gathered together in the Family Life Center for the first of four separate listening sessions that Fr. Walsh and the Parish Council have been inviting us to attend.  These sessions offer all parishioners the opportunity to…