October 2024 Communiqué
Overseer of the Eucharistic life… pray for us, guide us! Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ – Preceding the Sign of the Cross at Mass, a priest friend sometimes offers a ferverino regarding the life and love of the Saint of the day. He consistently concludes with, “St ____ loved the Lord Jesus Christ, the same Lord Jesus Christ we celebrate today.” Indeed! His statement causes one’s heart to fully embrace each Saint in the most fundamental way – through mutual love of Christ. One might...
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He is that One
“The Babe in the Bosom of the Father ... lay in the dread Bosom in idea from all eternity. He lies there at this hour with his Incarnation realized. It is the Babe of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today, and the same forever!” — Frederick W Faber, Bethlehem...
The Fullness of the Call We Have as Intercessors
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the Pooh Greetings dearest Sisters in Christ... My desktop had a mandatory update on Nov 1st and, while it came with firm assurance...
Pray the Rosary Every Day
“When you look at the rosary in your hand it appears very simple, that little string of beads, yet how far that short chain reaches, what a cosmos it encircles, how closely it binds us to God and to Mary. You hold the power to change lives.” — Servant of God Fr...
The Storms of Life
“He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.” — St Alphonsus Liguori Greetings dearest Sisters... Contrary to its normal habits, one Spring a red-shouldered hawk nested in a towering tree next to our home. We delighted daily to get a...
St. John Vianney, pray for us!
“O, how great is the priest! … If he realized what he is, he would die.” – St John Vianney St John Vianney, pray for us! Feast Day - August 4 Greetings dearest Sisters... In celebration of the Feast of one of our Patrons, St John Vianney, am passing on a reflection...
Tenacity, Fidelity, Perseverance and Love
“My prayer is that when I die, all of hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.” — C.S. Lewis Greetings dearest Sisters... I visited a friend who was nearing the threshold of this life, leaning toward the next. She was lucid when I arrived that afternoon and I took...
Before the Blessed Sacrament
“The Eucharist acts as a magnet for the friends of God.” — St Luigi Guanella Greetings dearest Sisters... and friends of God... Long remembered is the glow in the countenance of a friend that was asked to consider Seven Sisters. Her swift and fitting response was,...
Seven Sisters in the News
The Seven Sisters Apostolate was recently featured in two diocesan newspapers. Click here to read the article in the St. Cloud Visitor (Diocese of St. Cloud, MN): http://stcloudvisitor.org/2017/06/15/seven-women-one-priest-one-hour-one-day/ Click here to read the...
The Path to Heaven
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. - Psalm 19:8b "Love God, serve God. Everything is in that." - St Clare of Assisi Greetings dearest Sisters... We are together living in that sweet center of two momentous months for the Seven Sisters...
May: A Month of Discernment
Greetings dearest Sisters... "Walk with your feet on the earth, but in your heart, be in heaven." - St John Bosco May is traditionally a challenging month to our calendars - BUT for the Catholic, at the heart- it is the happily anticipated and beloved month of Mary...
Strength in Prayer
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong, do not fear; your God will come'." - Isaiah 35:3,4a A memory from my childhood holds both fondness and lessons for the...
What I Was Made For
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "This is what I was made for!" - St Joan of Arc It is said that as God's directive toward raising the siege at Orléans was assuredly unfolding in Joan of Arc's heart, she espoused that she knew nothing of wars or horses. In trust,...