It’s almost here! After all the challenges of 2020, I am looking forward to starting over, moving forward, and taking on 2021. We can all pray that 2021 arrives with more blessings than challenges. As we reach the end of
As we celebrate Christmas together with our family and friends in unique ways this year, Joyce Rupp’s poem “Christmas Blessing” is a wonderful reflection preparing our hearts for the day that Christ is born. God Bless! – Becky VanKauwenberg “Christmas
“In Awe” As we approach the Christmas season, we prepare our hearts and minds for many gifts. Of course, the best of those gifts is Jesus, but we are also constantly surrounded by the commercialization of Christmas. How can we
Almost Christmas, right? But the word ALMOST is an incredibly sad word. It usually denotes a crushing sense of failure, disappointment, and regret. The Old Testaments abound with stories of “almost.” Adam and Eve ALMOST stayed in paradise forever until
With the coming of this Season of Advent, we’re invited by our Holy Mother the Church as we journey in faith to deeply reflect the Mystery of Jesus Christ that’s always new and alive which time can’t fathom nor exhaust.
This feast day took on new meaning for me when I entered the convent. I am a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Our Motherhouse is located in south St. Louis, MO. Our convent is big enough that we have
Today’s gospel reading about the master who entrusted his servants with talents and then went on a journey, is thought provoking. I admit that for a long time I didn’t understand it. Maybe I am still trying to figure it
“Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her.” As you are reading this column, we are past the Election Day crescendo. The dust has probably not
What does “All Saints Day” mean to me? Do you realize you are called to be a saint? How do I do that? Can people experience the holiness of GOD when I interact with them? Am I being Christ to
This week’s readings are, seemingly, providentially appropriate. In our First Reading, we see the Lord impel the Israelites to bear in mind always their own roots of slavery lest they think to treat people of foreign cultures, whether man, woman,
