December 2024 Communiqué
Advent-into-Christmas-into-Jubilee-Year greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ – When in Nursing School, a Professor referred to a study regarding Harvard business school alum all educated during the same time with comparable instruction. Some proved remarkably successful; others fell miserably flat. What distinguished the two was lists. Those managing flourishing enterprises maintained the habit of scribing daily lists. We likely can relate to these findings as we look at our own use and...
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Single Tasking at its Best!
“If we have abandoned ourselves to God, there is only one rule for us: the duty of the present moment.” — Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence Blessed Candlemas moving into Ordinary times to dearest Sisters in Christ… Mounting current research...
Extravagance of Love
“Most of all, I follow the example of Mary Magdalene, my heart captivated by her astonishing, or rather, loving audacity, which so won the heart of Jesus.” — St Thérèse of Lisieux Blessed Christmastide into Epiphany to dearest Sisters in Christ… and happy and...
Seeing Straight
“We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more.” — St. Joseph Cafasso Blessed Advent to dearest Sisters in Christ… A lesson from nursing school was brought to remembrance recently. Our Psych Nursing Professor advised the class to judiciously...
We Bear a Fire Within
“Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise without delays who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him may’st rise. ” — George Herbert Blessed Solemnity of All Saints to dearest Sisters in Christ… Today we are called to remember all of the saints,...
Confidence
“For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” — Esther 4:14 Greetings...
The Angels
Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ... In recent days one might be feeling akin to St Peter finding himself sinking in the waters. …but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord save me.” Jesus immediately reached out His hand...
Contemplating the Wounds of Christ
“When it seems to you that your suffering exceeds your strength, contemplate My wounds.” — Diary of St Faustina, 1184,1512 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ... As unpleasant news stuns our hearts in these days regarding Catholic clergy, peace comes remembering...
Are Our Prayers Heard?
“Be humble, be simple, and bring joy to others.” — St Madeleine Sophie Barat Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ... Recently while enjoying a meal on our patio with guests, a singing wren made a visit. I interrupted conversation, pointing to the dense...
Notes of Gratitude
“There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.” — Pope Leo XIII “O Sacred Heart of Jesus ... You are my refuge and my sanctuary.” — St. Gertrude the Great “Choose the divine Heart for...
Discernment of His Will
“To the question, ‘In what things should we practice conformity to the will of God?’ there can be only one answer: ‘In everything.” — Fr Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure in Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ in this sweetly...
I Have Chosen him
“You shall be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.” — Leviticus 20:26 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ in this joy-filled Eastertide ... What a grace-laden Holy Week and Triddum! Truly, truly it...
A Saintly Sister in Christ
“I die for the love of my Lord Jesu.” — St. Margaret Clitherow Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ in this sacred Lenten season... When our daughter ventured into mischief in those early formative years, one recurrent response from her father and I was, "That's...