Category: Sr. Rosemary’s Reflections

Congratulations, John, on being received into the Catholic Church, and celebrating the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist.  Thank you for letting all of us here today welcome you and rejoice with you. If I didn’t know better, I’d think the readings today were chosen especially for you on this wonderful occasion.  In our first reading,…

Today we celebrate the feast of two almost anonymous apostles, Simon and Jude.  Very little is known of their personal lives, yet history has remembered them for the work they did and the suffering they endured to promote Christ and his message. St. Simon, who is not to be confused with Simon Peter, is described…

In our gospel, Jesus gives us a surprising example of being a servant: “Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.” This is not what we expect: the master is now…

The following is based on a true story which happened at the 1976 Special Olympics in Seattle, Washington. “Nine contestants lined up at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the sound of the starting gun, they all started off in their own way, making their best effort to run down the track toward…