Reflections
Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time… June 23, 2024
By Bonnie Mcdowall, Notre Dame Associate
Faith or fear
What do we have, fear or faith?
I know that when I have doubts about my life, I am letting fear take over, just like the apostles did when the wind came up and rocked the boat.
How many times do we ask Jesus…
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Reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time … June 16th, 2024
by Marylou Garrett, ND Associate
“To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, it is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes…
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Reflection for the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time… June 9, 2024
by Theresa Wiggs, Notre Dame Associate
This weekend’s readings take us on quite a journey! There are many vivid characters: Adam, Eve, the serpent, Beelzebul, the Holy Spirit, and Satan. That is an impressive cast of characters!
We start with the Old Testament reading describing the familiar scene of Adam,…
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Reflection for the Feast of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ…June 2, 2024
by Sr Joy Connealy, ND
Reflecting on this feast brought me back to a time when I served among the Native American people in Porcupine, South Dakota. The first traditional wake I experienced deepened my understanding and gratitude for the Eucharist. A father of two of our students and…
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PENTECOST SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Dot Connealy, Notre Dame Associate
Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25; John 20:19-23 or John 15:26,27,16.
Pentecost….one of my favorite church Sundays. I remember one particular Pentecost at Holy Family Parish in Decatur. This was shortly after I had married my husband and became a…
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Reflection for the week of May 12, 2024 Ascension Sunday
by Carol Craven
First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm:47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-13
Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
Today’s readings are filled with Jesus’ teaching: ways of being, instructions about the time after the Ascension, and the receipt of the gifts of the Spirit,
I stand with the apostles looking heavenward. We…
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Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter…May 5, 2024
by Sr. Dorothy Rolf ND
1 John 4:7-10 John’s Reading challenges us to love one another.
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God: Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is Love.
In this is love: not that we have loved God,…
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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…