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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 […]

Call to worship Today’s Gospel proclaims that Jesus abides in the midst of the Church. As a community of believers, we are accountable to each other and we have responsibility for each other. In Christian charity, we are called to provide counsel and give direction, to listen and understand, to open our hearts, and to […]

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: All of us have a responsibility to each other By SISTER MARY McGLONE On Sept. 22, 2021, Stephen Colbert and six other late-night TV hosts featured climate change in their programs. Among other things, Colbert admitted, “I’m a great hypocrite. I’ll never do anything that’s inconvenient to me. That’s […]

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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 […]

Call to worship Today’s Scriptures invite us to surrender — to feel the fire of God’s Word in our bodies, our bones, our hearts and our spirits, to let go of selfishness, to abandon all ego in order to fully identify ourselves with Jesus, to carry our crosses with determination, hope and faith, and to […]

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Mad at God? He offers us new perspectives By SISTER MARY McGLONE When was the last time you let God have it in anger? I suspect lots of Christians balk at the idea of telling God off. It sounds irreverent, perhaps even blasphemous. Unlike us, our Hebrew ancestors knew […]