by Communications Office | May 29, 2025 | home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
The time between the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost was always a special time of grace for St. Louise de Marillac. In 1623, her husband was ill; she was in a state of anxiety, beset with worries about her future and fears that she had displeased God by her...
by Communications Office | Apr 17, 2025 | home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
(Originally published on the Sisters of Charity of New York Website on April 14, 2017.) With Jesus, we live the three sacred days of this Holy Week – a week of acclamation and betrayal, of promises broken and hopes restored, a week of blessing and breaking bread and...
by Communications Office | Mar 15, 2023 | home, NEWS, Reflections
Pope Francis invites us to: “Fast from worries and have trust in God.” We frequently worry about next steps, what others think, dangers ahead. We worry about illness in our families, war in our world and the decisions we make. Pope Francis urges us instead to trust in...
by Communications Office | Feb 28, 2023 | home, NEWS, Reflections
“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” Psalm 51 This first week of Lent, let us look at the ways we have fallen short. What have we done or failed to do to become the person God has called us to be? Can we with humility, ask God to transform us? Do we trust that...
by Communications Office | Jan 8, 2023 | home, NEWS, Reflections
Photo credit: Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan, NY Reflection on the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Jan. 8, 2023 My heart aches – I’m sure yours does too – when I hear about the persecution of one ethnic or political group by another. Front and center...
by Communications Office | Jun 18, 2022 | home, Reflections, Spirituality
A reflection for the feast of Corpus Christi By Sister Regina Bechtle CALL TO PRAYER Leader: As people formed by the Eucharist, we seek to live in grateful thanksgiving. All: May Charity...
