Category Archives: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

When I try to imagine Zaccheus in my mind, somehow, I picture the actor Danny Devito!  I can just see Danny being a bit obnoxious and pushing his way through a crowd of tall people, jumping up occasionally, trying to see over them.  Then, finally, as undignified as it was, he climbs a tree in…

Today’s gospel could be difficult to understand.  It seems as if the master is being a bit demanding of his servant, and surely ungrateful, for his servant’s work.  After a full day’s work in the field, the servant comes in not to eat or relax, but to perform yet another task of serving the master’s…

Two weeks ago, on Oct. 24, Pope Francis wrote a beautiful letter to the universal Church called “He Loved Us”, or “Dilexit Nos” in Latin, but I think he really had our parish in mind when he penned it.  This is because the theme of his writing is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and he…

Here are 4 examples of ‘mustard seed beginnings’… In 1921, plans began for a mission church of St. James in Orlando to be built in Winter Park. It would be named St. Margaret Mary. Land was purchased by the Diocese of St. Augustine on the corner of Knowles and Canton Avenues. The blessing of this…