Charity Reflections
Spiritual reflections by Sisters and Associates
March 30, 2018 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 31; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 We belong, you and I, to Sunday’s fickle crowd and their waving palms. We belong in the company of Judas who sold his friend for silver, because he was disillusioned with a Messiah who...
March 29, 2018 – Holy Thursday
Readings: Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; Psalm 116; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 This day, rich with symbols, with emotions, with touch, is almost too much to take in at once. Experience the touch of hands at the table, giving and receiving unleavened bread, handing...
March 25, 2018 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 This solemn, holy week – we know well the story it tells, how it begins, how it ends - and how it begins again. Sunday’s script unrolls: a green sea of palms, frenzied cries and cheers riding on...
March 18, 2018 – Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Jeremiah 31: 31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5: 7-9; John 12: 20-33 Today’s scripture bids us to open our ears and listen with our hearts, for it is Yahweh who speaks, “See the days are coming when I will make a covenant with the House of Israel.” So be comforted...
March 11, 2018 – Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14–16, 19–23; Psalm 137; Ephesians 2:4–10; John 3:14–21 Today is Laetare Sunday, a day of celebration. “Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy.” (Is. 66:10) Rejoice, that we have celebrated 200 years...
March 4, 2018 – Third Sunday of Lent
Readings: Exodus 20: 1-17; Psalm 19:8-11; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 Our readings for Sunday deal with laws and authority, appropriate topics for this penitential season. Lent is a good time to review the rules, so we start with the Ten Commandments in the...
February 25, 2018 – Second Sunday of Lent
Readings: Genesis 22:1-18; Psalm 116; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10 In what do I believe? Or in whom? I am an American, after all. I believe in self-reliance, independence, going for the “dream” — whatever dream it is that I follow. So much in our culture tells me...
February 18, 2018 – First Sunday of Lent
Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 Forty days in the desert Forty days of Lent Tempted by Satan Tempted by today’s evils Led by the...
February 11, 2018—Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45 All he wants is to belong. To be welcomed into the warm embrace of his family and friends, to be able to join his community in prayer on the Sabbath. To have his life back again, the...
Charity Wisdom — Ordinary Time, January–February, 2018
Charity Wisdom from Our Founders From centuries ago, the words of our founders still resound, full of wisdom and insight for today. Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vincent de Paul, and Louise de Marillac guide us as we walk in Christ’s footsteps. With him we seek...