Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Scientists tell us that the human eye only observes a small portion, .0035%, or 35 ten-thousands of a per cent to be exact, of all the world’s electromagnetic spectrum, which, I learned, includes types of light like radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, ultraviolet rays, X-rays and gamma rays.  As we know from experience, our eyes…

One night King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, as we heard in great detail in our first reading.  This dream truly disturbed him, and he wanted to know what it meant.  Daniel, a young man taken hostage during this King’s reign, had a gift of interpreting dreams and offered, after prayer and reflection, to explain the…

Two different men; two different lives; two different faith journeys; both, however, had one desire…that’s what our readings are about today. First, we meet Eleazar, a good and holy man whose name means “God will help”.  He is an elderly man who has aged with grace and dignity. Now he’s being forced by the oppressive…

Today, our Church and our country focus on what it means to serve.  On this day, November 11th at the 11th hour in 1918, a truce was signed between the Allied nations and Germany which ended World War I. Now called Veteran’s Day, today is a time to remember and honor the brave women and…