Yesterday as I greeted one of my sisters in community with the typical greeting, “Julia, how are you?” I was taken back by her response, ” I AM BLESSED.” What a powerful acknowledgement of truth. Then she added, ” I don’t ALWAYS take the time to be aware, but I am blessed.” I went through…
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See what is in front of us…
The feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord…. so many thoughts going on in my mind and mixed emotions on my heart. The gospel of today, Luke 9:32 states, ” They saw his glory…” The disciples saw Jesus’ glory unveiled on Mount Tabor. It really does take time to see what is in from of…
Sister Vickie Cravens, OSU
Sister Vickie Cravens, 59, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Aug. 5 in Owensboro, in her 13th year of religious life. She was a native of Lebanon, Mo. Sister Vickie ministered in the Ursuline archives from the time she entered the community in 1997, serving as director of the archives…
Develop an inner ear for recognizing God’s voice
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica. This is the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary. One legend of this feast gives this day a different name, Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the…
companions on the journey to Christ
I have been very involved with the Initiation process of welcoming those inquiring about the Catholic Way of life these past few days. It is exciting to have seven enthused and excited men and women coming together to learn about the Catholic faith. I couldn’t help but draw parallels between vocation ministry and working with…
When did you know you wanted to be a sister?
Today I want to share with you an opportunity that arose to share our way of life with young people. Thanks Alicia for your enthusiasm, passion and love for consecrated life! Are there other MSJ Ursulines out there who are doing vocation ministry? I would love to hear about your experience as well. Sr. Alicia…
Martha, Martha, you are busy about many things…
Yesterday the Church celebrated my patron saint, Saint Martha, the beloved friend of Jesus. I always anticipate the reflection on Martha from the Gospels, because as our chaplain at Mount Saint Joseph stated, ” Martha gets a bad wrap. She was just being practical.” I totally agree. I mean who would not have preferred to…
…enough light within
Today, I turn to one of my favorite spiritual authors, Henri J. M. Nouwen and I share with you a story from his book entitled, Finding my Way Home. A rabbi asked his students: “How can we determine the hour of dawn, when the night ends and the day begins?” One of the rabbi student’s…
Holy and Sinful—yet Saint and Sinner
I celebrated the Eucharist at 12 Noon today at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Paducah where I minister. At the Eucharist today as always I am blessed and fed. Today, I was very inspired and edified by our pastor’s message on the Scripture. I want to give him credit for this, so I…
I would like to invite you to check out the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph Vocation blog at http://ursulinesmsjvocations.blogspot.com I am also being instructed on how to post it but am pretty much a novice with this. Regarding the blog, I welcome your reactions, suggestions, questions, comments.