Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

The latest numbers from the damage done by 2 powerful back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela are staggering: 12,000 people have been injured so far 38,500 are still missing Nearly 3,000 people have been found dead 800 buildings collapsed and another 58,000 damaged, and, the financial damage estimates now are $6.7 billion In response to this devastating…

If you’ve ever known anyone who says, “I tell it like it is”, you know someone like the Amos, the prophet we are hearing from this week.  Amos didn’t mince any words in describing the sins of the Israelite’s leaders or the destruction that God had planned for them if they didn’t reform their lives.…

Last week and this week, except for tomorrow, we have been, and will continue to hear, stories from the first and second Book of Kings.  You may have noticed how challenging the names of these ancient kings have been for lectors to pronounce! It has been said that if the kingships of Saul and David…

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.”…