Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Last week and this week, except for tomorrow, we have been, and will continue to hear, stories from the first and second Book of Kings.  You may have noticed how challenging the names of these ancient kings have been for lectors to pronounce! It has been said that if the kingships of Saul and David…

Tomorrow is drop off day for our annual Rummage Sale and I wonder how many people may be motivated to donate their household items when they heard Jesus’s advice to us today in the gospel: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.”…

“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…