Weekly Reflection

January 8, 2023
The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. The world is part of our own self and we are a…
December 25, 2022
Perhaps the hardest thing to remember about Christmas is this: It celebrates the Incarnation, not just the Nativity. The Incarnation is an on-going process of salvation, while the Nativity is…
December 18, 2022
The message of the Incarnation is not to behold an innocent baby resplendent in inertia, but rather to take sides with a God who agitates for reform and shatters the…
December 11, 2022
It is in this moment, that we must together forge a Beloved Community – a Beloved community of dignity, abundance and belonging. Where we must say “no” to empire and…
December 4, 2022
I hope that you come to find that which gives life a deep meaning for you. Something worth living for – maybe even worth dying for, something that energizes you,…
November 27, 2022
May our slowing down this Advent be our gentle protest against the violence of our rushing world. (Melannie Svoboda, SND)
November 20, 2022
I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to…
November 13, 2022
I know that God is using me in ways beyond my comprehension. (Sr. Thea Bowman)
November 6, 2022
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. (Jesse Owens)