Reflections

Reflection for the Feast of the Epiphany, January 7, 2024

by Sr Celeste Wobeter ND
Epiphany – a manifestation!
This weekend we celebrate the manifestation of Jesus to the Maji, not to the Jews, but to seekers from the East!  Jesus came not for just one group of people.  Jesus is all-inclusive!  He came for all!  No exceptions!  For the…

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REFLECTION FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT…DECEMBER 24, 2023

by Sr. Mary Ann Zimmer, ND

First Reading: Second Book of Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89: 2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Second Reading: Romans 16;25-27
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

This year the fourth week of Advent is barely a breath long! Christmas Eve is already upon us. Mary gets pregnant in…

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Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent…December 17, 2023

by Carol Craven, Notre Dame Associate

Reading 1 Isaiah 61:1-2, 10-11
Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
Reading 2: First Thessalonians 5: 16-24
Gospel, John1:6-8, 19-28

Today’s readings are about being sent. John says, “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert “make straight the way of the Lord.”’

He lets…

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Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent…December 10, 2023

by Barbara Hickey, Notre Dame Associate

Today is the Second Sunday in Advent, a time to rejoice, to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

A second purple candle (which is sometimes called the Bethlehem candle) is lit on the second Sunday of Advent to represent the hope of Christ coming to the…

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Reflection for the First Week of Advent, Dec 3, 2023

by Sr Theresa Maly ND

I invite us to reflect on the mystery and wonder of relationship.  In his book of Advent Meditations, Carroll Stuhmueller, C.P. writes, “The reality is, God has become Incarnate in our midst, not so much in this or in that, but in the relationship between…

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Reflection for Christ the King Sunday…Nov 26, 2023

by Theresa Homan, Notre Dame Associate

Any good animal breeder knows to keep the sleek and the strong of the herd and to cull out the weak and the lame. So why does this God, who we claim to want to follow, do it backwards?

In the New American Bible,…

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Reflection for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time…Nov. 19, 2023

by Kathy Schinker, Notre Dame Associate

A new sense of purpose is tugging at my inner self to look at myself more deeply into the coming season—first, in thanksgiving for the blessings of this past year—as well as for all the trials that were met there as well.

What an excellent opportunity to seek out…

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Reflection for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time…Nov. 12, 2023

By Phyllis Chandler, Notre Dame Associate

 My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God  (Psalm 63:2b)

As we near the end of the church’s liturgical year, we also come to the final chapters of Matthew’s Gospel.  Today, we hear about the ten virgins awaiting the arrival of the…

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Reflections on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time…November 5, 2023

by Theresa Wiggs, Notre Dame Associate

First Reading-Malachi

This, is the last line of the first reading:

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

I believe these words help me understand that God,…

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Reflection for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 29, 2023

by Bonnie McDowell,  Notre Dame Associate

Such a beautiful time of the year with yellows, reds and gold colors of the leaves of the trees.

Now is the time to thank God for such beauty and for the love of our neighbors and friends.

We also think of the saints and of…

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