"Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you."
Angela Merici
Angela Merici
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Weather
For the past three days, it has been raining on and off in New York City. Yesterday, on my way home as I was walking toward the 1 subway, there was a major downpour of water. My pants, shoes, and socks were drenched very quickly. My back pack also got soaked and so did the papers inside. This morning the papers and notebook were still wet and yucky. At first, I got so upset.
However, as I prayed and reflected this morning, I realize that yes while having wet papers and notebooks is a drag, it is a small inconvenience compared to what others are experiencing with weather conditions lately. Mississippi is experiencing major flood. Texas and New Mexico are in a drought. Alabama has suffered a tornado. Many people are being affected in major ways.
I pray for all people suffering any disruptions and calamities due to weather conditions.
Sr. Jeannie Humphries, osu
However, as I prayed and reflected this morning, I realize that yes while having wet papers and notebooks is a drag, it is a small inconvenience compared to what others are experiencing with weather conditions lately. Mississippi is experiencing major flood. Texas and New Mexico are in a drought. Alabama has suffered a tornado. Many people are being affected in major ways.
I pray for all people suffering any disruptions and calamities due to weather conditions.
Sr. Jeannie Humphries, osu
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Years in Life & Life in Years
My 40th birthday is coming up in a few days. I have very mixed feelings about. Part of me thinks it doesn't matter; while another part thinks it is a really big deal.
Yestedday, I received a birthday card from a friend, Sr. Ann Peterson, osu. The card says:
Yestedday, I received a birthday card from a friend, Sr. Ann Peterson, osu. The card says:
In the end,
it's not the years
in your life
that count.
It's the life
in your years.
By: Abe Lincoln
I am so struck by that message and realize that I need to start living my years and not accumulating them. Life is a gift that we must treasure and foster. I'm going to begin today by taking time to get ourdoors and enjoy the fresh air that God so willingly shares with us.
Sr. Jeannie Humphries, osu
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day
Today is a special day during which we say Thank You to our mothers for their love, dedication and concern for us. Prayers and blessings to all mom and all women who provide some mothering to any of God's creation.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
We are an Easter People and HOPE is our legacy!!
Lord, you invite us to a conversion to hope.
Even in the midst of our own despair,
You call us to become signs of hope in a
world of sin and suffering.
Help us to be open to the gifts you give us so freely.
Help us cultivate and nurture the seeds of hope within
ourselves, our families, and our communities.
Let us celebrate the growth of hope,
no matter how fragile a seedling it may be.
We trust in You to guide us as we turn
towards the building of the Kingdom of God
in the hope and the joy that is the
ground of our faith.
AMEN.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter
"This is the day that the Lord had made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it!"
Happy Easter! May the Risen Christ enliven in us a spirit of hope and joy!
Sr. Pat & Sr. Jeannie
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Holy Saturday
On Holy Saturday we pause and reflect as we wait at the Lord's tomb for his resurrection. As I prayed on this cloudy, rainy, dreary day I found comfort in this poem by Carlyy Houselander. I share it with you for your reflection.
Holy Saturday
Mary, Mother of God,
receiving the dead body of Jesus Christ your Son
taken down from his cross and laid in your arms,
receive us,
to whom He had given His life,
and lay us with Him
and in Him
upon your sinless heart.
We are sinners, but save us from despondency
and despair.
Save us from morbidity which kills the soul,
Save us from dewlling on the past.
Take our heads into your hands and turn them gently to look upon the light of God.
Let us feel the warmth and radiance of that healing sun,
although we are still too weak to bear the balze of its glory.
By the dead by of Christ laid in your arms, save us from the death of sin.
Ask our Heavenly Father, whose will is your will, to restore us to life, to Christ's life in our souls,
so that in each one of us you may see your only child, the Child Jesus, and given us the heaven
of your tender love.
By the passion and death of your only Son, give us His Life.
Make us new, give us the trust of children, give us the childhood of Christ.
Grant to us, Virgin Mother, a new heaven and a new earth, because we see with His eyes,
hear with His ears, work with His hand, walk on His feet, trust with His trust in His Heavenly
Father, and love with His heart.
Peace,
Sr. Pat
Holy Saturday
Mary, Mother of God,
receiving the dead body of Jesus Christ your Son
taken down from his cross and laid in your arms,
receive us,
to whom He had given His life,
and lay us with Him
and in Him
upon your sinless heart.
We are sinners, but save us from despondency
and despair.
Save us from morbidity which kills the soul,
Save us from dewlling on the past.
Take our heads into your hands and turn them gently to look upon the light of God.
Let us feel the warmth and radiance of that healing sun,
although we are still too weak to bear the balze of its glory.
By the dead by of Christ laid in your arms, save us from the death of sin.
Ask our Heavenly Father, whose will is your will, to restore us to life, to Christ's life in our souls,
so that in each one of us you may see your only child, the Child Jesus, and given us the heaven
of your tender love.
By the passion and death of your only Son, give us His Life.
Make us new, give us the trust of children, give us the childhood of Christ.
Grant to us, Virgin Mother, a new heaven and a new earth, because we see with His eyes,
hear with His ears, work with His hand, walk on His feet, trust with His trust in His Heavenly
Father, and love with His heart.
Peace,
Sr. Pat
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