Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Written by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031621.cfm Did you ever watch a little child at the beach as they approached the water?  They’d only barely get their toes wet and then scurry away.  But each time they went back, they’d get a little braver to the point that Mom or Dad would hold…

Written by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030221.cfm Isaiah has a way of keeping things simple, or as my father would caution us on occasion, ‘no ifs, ands, or buts’!  We heard Isaiah give us, in no uncertain way, these directives: Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing…

Written by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021621.cfm There's an old story that comes out of Communist Russia.  Each day at quitting time, in all the factories, the guards would check all the workers to make sure that they weren't stealing anything.  Night after night, as Ivan left the factory, he would be frisked,…

5th OT, Creation, 2023 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020723.cfm After listening to our first reading about God creating this beautiful world in which we live, I think those of us who are blessed to live in Florida, especially in the winter months, feel very grateful that we can enjoy the beauty of creation all year long. In May, 2015,…