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27th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Learning 2 styles of prayer By SISTER MARY McGLONE Who could fail to empathize with Isaiah’s heartbroken planter? The poor man loved his land with all he had, molding it with his muscles, caressing it with his hands — never a mention of a servant to do the hard […]

25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Call to worship God generously calls everyone to salvation. No one is first in the kingdom of God. Those who have labored long receive the same reward as those who come to know the Lord later in their lives. God’s justice and judgment is very much unlike our sense of […]

25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Seeking God helps us understand God By SISTER MARY McGLONE When I was a kid, Mom used to sing this ditty to me: “Mother, Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don’t go near the water.” (Would […]

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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Open yourself to other perspectives By SISTER MARY McGLONE A friend recently asked me, “How do you think God looks at what’s happening in the world?” Shortly after that, I began to contemplate today’s first reading. Listen as God complains about our grievances: “You say I’m not fair! Who’s […]

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time God loves us so deeply And forgives us so completely. Such generous and bountiful love calls to be loving, honest and forgiving with others. If we want to follow Christ, we must be willing to forgive genuinely and continually. To the point: The king did not do what the servant begged: “Be […]

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: It’s time to cherish gratitude By SISTER MARY McGLONE Years ago, one of our wise sisters told me, “Be careful about over-tending your wounds. Some people go through life pressing a bruise so that neither they nor (they hope) the world will ever forget it.”  It was quite an […]