Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Written by Sr. Rosemary, O.P. Readings from: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/051419.cfm Matthias is the unsung hero we honor today.  He rose to the occasion and answered the call when the new church needed a leader after Judas departed.  Peter outlined the qualifications needed for this leadership role: someone who’d been with them from the beginning, and someone who’d…

Written by Sr. Rosemary Finnegan, O.P. Readings from: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/042319.cfm Picture Mary Magdalen that early Sunday morning before dawn, alone at the tomb.  Imagine her shock at seeing the stone rolled away and no body lying within.  Think about what confusion she must have felt, wondering what had happened and what she should do next. This…

Written by Sr. Rosemary, O.P. Readings from: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/041619.cfm I remember learning about the gemstone, the opal.  The opal, I learned, owes its beauty not to its perfection, as does the diamond, but to a defect.  The opal is called a stone with a broken heart.  It is full of minute fissures that allow air inside. …

Readings from http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/040219.cfm Did you ever go to the beach and wade into the water just so far?  I’m not a swimmer, so I’m very cautious about how far I go.  I certainly wouldn’t want to lose control of my footing. In our first reading today, the angel leads Ezechial into deeper and deeper water…