We, the Congregation of St. Joseph, unite our minds, hearts, prayer and action with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, in support of the following statement. LCWR Condemns Killing of George Floyd The Leadership Conference of Women Religious strongly condemns the police-killing of another black man on the streets of our nation. Our hearts […]
Holy Saturday
Saturday, April 11th Scripture Gn 1:1-2:2 Ps 104: 1-2. 5-6.10. 12 Rom 6: 3-11 Mt 28: 1-10 Reflection Bless the Lord O My soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! Ps 104: 1-2 This day has finally come for us. It is time to celebrate and sing Alleluia. Hopefully lent deepened your appreciation […]
Good Friday
Friday, April 10th Scripture Is 52: 13 — 53: 12 Ps 31: 2. 6. 12-13. 15-16. 17. 25 Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9 Jn 18: 1 — 19: 42 Reflection “They shall look upon him whom they have pieced.” Jn. 19:37 A line from A Woman Wrapped in Silence surfaces: “They did not look […]
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 12th Scripture Acts 10: 34a. 37-43 Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23 Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 Jn 20: 1-9 or Mt 28: 1-10 or Lk 24: 13-35 Reflection If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above…” (Col 3:1) To be “raised with Christ” is to be liberated […]
Holy Thursday
Thursday, April 9th Scripture Ex 12: 1-8 Ps. 116: 12-13, 17-18 1 Cor. 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection We are entering consecrated time. In the days of Moses, God commanded that every year we should reckon this season as a beginning, that is, as a sign that time is not an endless cycle, but […]
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 5th Scripture Mt. 21: 1-11 Is. 59: 4-7 Ps. 22: 8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Mt. 26: 14-27: 66 Reflection “Hosanna….I don’t know the man….Crucify him….After three days, I will rise again” Mt. 21:1-11; 26:14-27:66 Though every week is potentially “holy” for faithful people, this week invites us and the entire Body of Christ […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, April 7th Scripture Ez 37: 12-14 Ps 130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Rom 8: 8-11 Jn 11: 1-45 Reflection “So prophesy! Say to them: thus says [God]: O my people, I will open your graves, and have you rise from them.” Ez 37:12… “…those who are in the flesh cannot please God, but you […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 22nd Scripture 1 Sm 16: 1b. 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23: 1-3a.3b-4.5.6 (1) Eph 5: 8-14 Jn 9: 1-41 Reflection Humbled by God’s choice of David and the common sense of the man cured of blindness, I ask myself: “What are the places in me that suffer blindness or where I judge others by […]
Third Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 15th Scripture Ex 17: 3-7 Ps 95: 1-2,6-7,8-9 Rom 5: 1-2,5-8 Jn 4: 5-42 Reflection And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts… Rom 5:5 This hope is a hope based on the faith that we are deeply loved by God. God will continue to […]
Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 8th Scripture Gn 12: 1-4a Ps 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Tim 1: 8b-10 Mt 17: 1- 9 Reflection In contemplating this transfiguration story for the umpteenth time, it seems I find myself searching for new meaning, a new message, a new Word to hit me over the head, so to speak, […]
