We just finished singing Auld Lang Syne and the new year is well underway. Now that things have settled down, how are your resolutions going?
The elderly have much to give us: there is the wisdom of life. They have much to teach us (Pope Francis). This month of July,
It’s Lent again! It’s a time when we look more into our own hearts and try to fight those habits that hurt our relationship with
As the American holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, I am reminded of how important thanksgiving is at every Mass we celebrate. As the Catechism of the
We live in an age when science can do amazing things. It can allow an unmanned mechanism to fly and maneuver on its own…It can
Be Not Afraid. These words have been striking me in recent days… During Advent, we hear of the angel’s appearance to Mary, and his subsequent
What is February 2nd known for? In secular society, it’s ‘Groundhog’s Day.’ While there’s nothing wrong with remembering this little rodent and speculating on whether
“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.” This past Sunday, the responsorial psalm at Mass, as quoted above was a beautiful one.
The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God (CCC 1700). It was a beautiful Wednesday
As we approach Lent, we tend to think about what we’re going to do this year: give something up, take on some spiritual practice, etc.
Often people wonder how someone can find fulfillment as a consecrated religious without having a family, being a wife or husband, a mother or a father.
Contrary to an illusion that some people seem to have, Sisters are not “born that way.” We don’t come into this world wearing a veil. Some
“You have given them Bread from Heaven, alleluia” or in countless other instances, I rejoice in being able to once again use the “a word.”
Lately, with short days and schedule changes, making it over to the local parish for confession has been a challenge. Earlier this week, I thought
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 In the midst of Jesus’ discourse on the sheep, the gate,
Sister Christina Sister Christina Marie Neumann, a Franciscan sister serving in Grand Forks, North Dakota, works at St. Anne’s Guest Home for the elderly and
It’s been going on two years that I’ve been attempting to lead the responsorial psalm for Sunday Mass here at St. Anne’s. The individual who used
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill” ( Matt:5:17). This
Psalm 139 says it well: LORD, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and stand.” In fact, some beautiful pieces of music
This past Tuesday, I came to Chapel fairly early to allow time to change the altar cloth and ambo covering back to green. It has
As the American holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, I am reminded of how important thanksgiving is at every Mass we celebrate. As the Catechism of the
Having typed and computerized our Franciscan Rule and Constitutions as a postulant and frequently listened to it read in community, I am quite familiar