Reflections
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent – Dec 19, 2021
By Carol Craven, Notre Dame Associate
Today, I sit before an icon of the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth. I ponder what that must have been like for each of them. So, I enter the scene and observe the two women and their warm embrace. Each of them pregnant,…
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Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent – December 12, 2021
By Sr Mary Kay Meagher ND
Third Sunday in Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday
Traditionally the Advent wreath has 4 candles: 3 purple and one rose (represents hope) which is lighted on this Sunday.
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann views hope as trust in what God has done and will…
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Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent – Dec 5, 2021
By Ann O’Connor, Notre Dame Associate
Prepare the way
The gospel reading (Luke 3: 1-6) centers around John the Baptist preaching repentance.
John’s message tells us what to do to get ready for Jesus’ coming. We are to “prepare the way” by examining ourselves on a regular basis to see where…
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November 28, 2021 – First Sunday of Advent
By Sr. Dorothy Rolf ND
Psalm 15 vs 4-5:
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
“Your ways, O Lord make known to me; teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me.
For you are God, my savior, and for you I wait all the day.”
May…
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Reflection for the Feast of Christ the King…November 21, 2021
By Kathryn Schinker, Notre Dame Associate
Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. In the Gospel, Pilate questions Jesus about being King of the Jews. Jesus asked him if he heard it or believed it himself, and that his kingdom was not from this world. Pilate could…
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Reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Nov. 14, 2021
By Ed McKibbin, Notre Dame Associate
November has always been one of my favorite months. However, I recognize that others have a very different opinion as the days grow shorter with the amount of sunlight decreasing, temperatures dropping, and the beautiful leaves gradually all fall away leaving the trees…
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Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Nov. 7, 2021
By Rod and Connie Determan, Notre Dame Associates
In the first reading from the Book of Kings, Elijah asked the woman gathering sticks to give all that she had, her last meal. Both Elijah and the woman knew she would not find more flour and there was nowhere that…
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Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time…October 31, 2021
By Theresa Homan, Notre Dame Associate
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and withall your strength.”
I’ve often struggled with what it means to love God. If love is an act of the will, not just a…
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Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 24, 2021
By Linda Fitzgerald, Notre Dame Associate
Mk 10:46-52 The story of Jesus healing the blind Bartimaeus who was begging by the roadside outside of the city of Jericho. One of the few persons named as healed.
In the days of Jesus, physical ailments could be seen as punishment from God. …
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Reflection for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 17, 2021
By Barbara Hickey, Notre Dame Associate
Mark 10:35-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to Him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” They did this without including the other apostles and as you can imagine, that did…