Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

I don’t know about other cities, but if you’re from Chicago, like I am, and other Chicagoans ask you where you lived in that city, you automatically answered with the name of your family parish.  St. Rita’s was always my answer.  They would respond naming their parish, and we’d think nothing of it!  The parish…

Today’s first reading told us about a very important possession and procession.  After King David captured Jerusalem and made it the capital city, he decided to bring the Ark of the Covenant there in triumphal procession.  He was so joyful during this celebration that he danced “with abandon” before the Ark!  It must have been…

In our story today of God, through Samuel, choosing young David as the next King of the Israelites, there is a verse that is really striking to me.  It is: Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart.” In this selection process for a…

One of the most delightful pieces of news we hear and see each January 1st is the first babies of the New Year who were born after midnight.  These now famous babies are proudly being shown to the viewers by their joyous parents. Our first reading today, however, tells a very different story.  We heard…