Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

If you were a Jew or a gentile, lived in the days of the early church, and decided you wanted to be a follower, you would become part of the original OCIA process.  You would be instructed using the book of Sirach, which we’re reading this week, and which was used extensively to teach the…

In our gospel, Jesus is asking those thick-headed disciples a lot of questions to test their faith.  Imagine if Jesus were to ask us questions to evaluate our faith.  Perhaps those questions might sound like these: How’s your trust in Me these days? Do you read the scriptures and take my words seriously? How do…

The inspired writers of our Genesis story which we heard yesterday and today made everything orderly for us to understand. For instance, yesterday we heard about God using the first 4 days to prepare an environment. Thus, light was created on Day One, the sky on Day Two to separate the earth and the ocean,…

Over the past few weeks since the tragic fires in California and the horrible plane accidents, we have felt a sense of sadness, grief and helplessness.  We can only imagine how desperate and sad those affected families must feel.  Their loss is tremendous. Such feelings are not unlike the feelings that Jairus and the woman…