Charity Reflections
Spiritual reflections by Sisters and Associates
Charity Wisdom — Pentecost Sunday, May 15, 2016
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 invite us to deepen our relationships with Mary, the mother of Jesus, with Christ’s gift of the Holy...
Sunday, April 17, 2016 — Fourth Sunday of Easter
READINGS: Acts 13: 14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Revelation 7: 9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30 Here it is, the Fourth Sunday of Easter already. We’re midway between Easter and Pentecost, in the midst of this great season of revelations — like one continuous, fifty-day-long teachable...
Eastertide Reflections on Mary of Magdala
(John 20: 11-18) So many emotions these days of Eastertide! They run the gamut from the despair and desolation of Good Friday to the profound joy on early Easter morning in the recognition of Jesus, the One whom all of those closest to him thought they had lost...
April 3, 2016 — Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday
Readings: Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118; Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31 More than once I’ve heard people joke, usually about their long-past teachers, “The Sisters of Mercy had no mercy; the Sisters of Charity had no charity.” Ouch! In the course of a...
Charity Wisdom — Easter 2016
From Our Founders and Friends Easter Season 2016 From centuries ago, the words of our founders still resound, full of wisdom and insight for us today, in this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Our holy ones, Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Louise de Marillac, and Vincent de Paul...
Good Friday 2016 — “I THIRST”
“I THIRST” – Jesus, you speak these words from a place of anguish that we can barely stand to look at. This thirst is no metaphor. It is stark, terminal dryness, beyond quenching. Your death is very near, and you will meet it, still thirsty. Did you remember, Jesus,...
Good Friday 2016 — Mary, Standing
In the end there is only the son and his mother. They inhabit a country all their own, an island of peace amidst a sea of confusion and violence. Death is happening in this moment, but Life will mysteriously, and forever, triumph. Let us approach with reverence and...
March 20, 2016 — Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
READINGS: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 “He was a burning shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.” (John 5:35) Given all the readings for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, Jesus might well have spoken...
March 13, 2016 — Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Isaiah 43: 16–21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3: 8–14; John 8: 1–11 “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart; for I am gracious and merciful.” Indeed how gracious and merciful is our God. Isaiah tells us in today’s first reading that our God...
March 6, 2016 — Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Joshua 5: 9A, 10-12; Psalm 34; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 As we find ourselves about three quarters of the way through our Lenten journey, we are rewarded with today’s comforting and hope-filled readings. In the first reading the reproach of...