Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Perhaps you have a favorite painting of Mary in mind of receiving this astounding news from the Angel Gabriel that she has been chosen to conceive and become the mother of the long-awaited Savior.  Think about that image…what was the look on her face?  What was she doing?  How is Gabriel pictured?  So much meaning…

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,…