The School Sisters of Notre Dame share Lenten reflections for 2024 here. Enjoy!
Jesus is risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
By Sister Kim Nguyen, SSND
John 20: 1-9
Early in the morning on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene visited the tomb. She found something unusual. The stone had been moved away.
Sister Kim Nguyen, SSND, shares her thoughts
Holy Thursday, Good Friday
Holy Thursday has held a special place in my prayer life. It was the ultimate gift of total love, sacrifice and complete self giving. It was a celebration of life with His beloved friends as He prepared to meet His final surrender.
Contemplative Response to Winter - to Lent
During Lent I typically strive/desire to embrace the message in the liturgical readings on Ash Wednesday: to pray, fast, and give alms, asking God to create a new heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit in me.
Sister Pat Murphy, SSND, shares her thoughts
Listen Each New Time
I find Lent a challenge. How do I keep to the good things I intend to do this year? As in all things, I pray to follow the example of Jesus who was led by the Spirit to the desert.
The "God of No Matter Whatness"
Recently, when I heard Father Greg Boyle talk about his work with gang members in Los Angeles, he talked to them about the “God of no matter whatness.” He said, "This God dissolves the toxicity of shame and fills us with tender mercy.”
Sister Eileen Reilly, SSND, shares her thoughts.
Prodigal Mercy by Sister Delia Calis
By Sister Delia Calis, SSND
Oh Son, do you not yet trust my love for you?
You are always with me and everything I have is yours.
I need you to shepherd with my heart – my love, compassion.
Sister Delia Calis, SSND, shares her poem!
Lent Collage Graces Bulletin Board at The Watermark
Sister Justine Nutz, SSND, crafts evocative artwork
Creating the community bulletin board at The Watermark is a prayerful, artistic process for Sister Justine Nutz, SSND. Using scraps of paper, fabric, yarn, pictures, words, and other items, her evocative designs invite reflection.Her 2024 Lent board also recalls the Paschal Mystery.
Sister Justine Nutz, SSND, shares her thoughts
Lent in a “Post-Covid” World
By Sister Sue Czaplicki, SSND
As we approach Lent, I wonder what will come. Will we be able to celebrate together? Will we face another Covid outbreak as family and friends come to visit?
Sister Sue Czaplicki, SSND, shares her thoughts
Recipe for Lent: Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord
By Sister Mary Roy Weiss, SSND
There is a transformation that occurs from mixing and blending the ingredients dutifully lined up on the counter. Add heat, and the “Voila!” moment of reckoning occurs. It becomes something new.
Ash Wednesday - A Time to Remember
Ash Wednesday is here again, again inviting us once more into the
paschal journey. The cross traced in ashes upon my forehead is one with
the cross of Jesus Christ. The Word Remember etches itself deep into my
heart.
Sister Delia Calis, SSND, shares her thoughts
Lent with Laudato Si
By Sister Ethel Howley, SSND
Lent is a good time to reflect on what it means to be part of nature. Lent calls us to reflect on our human nature, its fragility, and our capacity for life-giving relationships. When we are unconscious of this capacity, we are prone to cut ourselves off from other people and from nature which is all around us.
Sister Ethel Howley, SSND, shares her thoughts
We Are Stardust... Together
by Sister Celeste Reinhart, SSND
The collective grace that we pray for in Lent is an acceptance and sharing of God’s love for the world. We are stardust ... together.
Sister Celeste Reinhart, SSND, shares her thoughts
Do Your Hands Have Scars From Giving? A Lenten Reflection
By Sister Cathy Feeney, SSND
As a Catholic school child, I took quite seriously the challenges of Lent. Daily Mass, weekly Stations of the Cross, and giving up candy seemed to be the criteria by which I measured my “progress.”
Sister Cathy Feeney, SSND, shares her thoughts
A Magnetic Lenten Journey
By Sister Justine Nutz, SSND
The lovely congruence of Ash Wednesday with Valentine’s Day led to thoughts of a Lenten symbol for all of us at The Watermark.
