Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

“You are the light of the world…. it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.” Less than a month ago, on May 25, a huge light was lit in a small city in Italy which has given tremendous light to all the world. That was the day Pope…

St. Peter knows he is about to die.  Today we hear part of his farewell testament to the faithful followers, composed shortly before his execution in Rome during Emperor Nero's reign, between 64 and 67 A.D. In this letter, Peter encourages the believers one last time to imitate Christ as they await Christ’s return.  The…

While walking down Park Ave last week, I met one of our parishioners who was on her way to the Post Office.  It sounds like an ordinary encounter, but it was far from it.  This lady has a mobility disability, so she was in her electric scooter, and had travelled that way from her home…

In all the times I’ve read this Priestly Prayer of Jesus from our gospel today, I never picked up that Jesus was giving us all a definition of ‘eternal life’.  He said in this prayer to his Father: “And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,…