Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

After this Christmas season which kept most people busy with visitors, travel, cooking, gift getting and giving, the life of today’s saint, Anthony the Abbot, might seem somewhat attractive to us…at least for a while, anyway, because Anthony lived as a solitary monk in the desert most of his life. He is actually called the…

Tuesday Reflection from Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011023.cfm I hope everyone got a chance to see the 82 beautiful and varied nativity sets on display in the parish hall last weekend. Each crèche had a meaningful story of where it came from and how our parishioner’s family came to possess it. As we…

Weekly Reflection from Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122022.cfm Last week, my 4-year-old grandnephew, Carter, and his Dad set up a little nativity set in Carter’s room.  When his Mom, my niece, came up to see it, Carter stopped, pointed to the baby, and with utter amazement in his voice, said: “Mom, did you…

Tuesday Reflection by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121322.cfm St. Lucy, whose name means ‘light’, was born in Sicily around 283 to a rich and noble Roman family.  Her father died when she was 5 which left her dependent on her sickly mother.  Lucy was raised a devote Catholic, and when she was a…