Reflections on the Gospel

May 1, 2022: A Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C John 21:1-19 So much had happened after the Apostles lost their Lord

Brother Lawrence Oluf Koester, 1931-2022 “Prayer! Prayer! Prayer! That’s what the peacocks cried out every day to remind me.”  Br. Lawrence recounted that story to

At the beginning of the profession ceremony, Sr. Sharon read aloud selected verses from chapter four in the Rule of St. Benedict, “The Tools for

The last words we sang at Vespers on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord were: “Christ our God has made all creation holy.”

One last candle opens its heart to receive the light tonight and its flame quivers with expectancy. The long-awaited one will soon be in our

One more candle adds its presence to our growing circle of advent light. The time of fulfillment draws closer and the Coming One beckons us

  Tonight another candle dances in our Advent wreath and calls out to us, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” With the ears of our

This evening we light our first Advent Candle. The first glimmer of light and hope shimmers in the twilight and beckons us to look deep

November 21, 2021: A Reflection for the 34th Sunday in O.T., Christ the King, Year B John 18:33b-37 My kingdom does not belong to this

November 14, 2021: A Reflection for the 33rd Sunday in O.T., Year B Mark 13:24-32 In the same way, when you see these things happening,