Reflections
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter…April 28, 2024
by Sr Cynthia Hruby ND
COLLECT:
“Almighty ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your…
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REFLECTION FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – APRIL 21, 2024
Ann O’Connor, Notre Dame Associate
John 10:11-18
The Gospel reading for April 21, 2024, is often referred to as the Good Shepherd reading. Within the first sentence, Jesus declares to us who He is. The first part of the gospel is all about how a good shepherd cares for his…
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Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter…April 14, 2024
by Theresa Homan, Notre Dame Associate
Acts 3: 13-15, 17-19: Repent and be converted that your sins may be wiped away.
1Jn 2: 1-5a: He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.
Lk 24: 35-48: “Peace be with you.” But…
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Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter…April 7, 2024
by Barbara Hickey, Notre Dame Associate
Gospel: John 20:19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week, Jesus came and stood in the midst of the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. …
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Reflection for Easter, March 31, 2024
by Michael Driscoll, Notre Dame Associate
In the quiet of Easter, within the sacred cycle of the Christian year, we find ourselves at the threshold of a profound mystery: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here, in this moment of moments, is where hope intertwines with renewal, where the very…
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Reflection for Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024
by Sr Dorothy Rolf ND
Sunday begins our Holy Week with Jesus. We hope to strive living in more quiet, more time in prayer, and more time in meditation with Jesus so to join with Him in understanding his sufferings and tremendous love for each of us.
Take some quiet…
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Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent…March 17, 2024
by Linda Fitzgerald, ND Associate
Reading I: Jeremiah 31:31-34
God’s first covenant with His people was on tablets of stone. After the trials of His people, Jeremiah writes a hopeful message: God says, “I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts. I will be their…
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Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Lent…March 10, 2024
by Judith Moe McCallum, ND Associate
Second Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Psalms 137: 1-6 “Let my tongue be silent if ever I should forget you.”
Ephesians 2:4-10 5:8-14
VBG: John 3:16
Gospel of John 3:14-21
The stories in the readings today paint man as he is, in darker tones, sinful tones, dead in his trespasses…
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Third Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2024
by Sr Joan Polak ND
After rereading both the Epistle and the Gospel I realized the connection that is there. He is teaching us to reverence the place of worship. Then he gives us the Commandments and one of which is to reverence the Sabbath Day. And to reverence…
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Second Sunday of Lent, February 25, 2024
by Sr. Marie Alice Ostry, ND
Today’s readings challenge us to live our belief in God’s word; trust in God’s promise to always be with us; and look beyond the physical appearances of what our natural eyes see.
In Abraham we see his wholehearted belief lived out that God promised…