Reflections

23/12/2020

Stick to Commitments

December 2020
 
Stick to Commitments

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21/12/2020

“You Are Full of Grace”

This Advent I think we all need to hear the words of the angel to Mary in this Sunday’s Gospel, but we need to hear those words spoken to each of us: “You are full of grace. The Lord is with you.”

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13/12/2020

Rejoice!

Today, the Scripture readings call us to joy. The Third Sunday of Advent known as “Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday” is that break in our Advent preparation where we move into a brighter day, a day of “Welcoming the Light.”

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11/12/2020

People of Hope Today

As 2020 draws to a close, we continue to dwell in the throes of a worldwide pandemic. Winter darkness envelops many parts of the globe, and our Church has begun a “New Year” with the Hope of Advent.

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06/12/2020

Live in Harmony

In our first reading for the Second Sunday of Advent, Isaiah proclaims: “A voice cries out in the desert: prepare the way of our God! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God…The rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley.”

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01/12/2020

Advent in the Time of Covid-19

Advent is the time
when we prepare for the coming of Jesus.
It is a time for contemplation, joy and hope
that culminates in our celebration
of the birth of Jesus.

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28/11/2020

Maintain Endlessly

November 2020
 
And thus you will not cease
to prune this vine
which has been entrusted to you.

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25/11/2020

This last week of November offers an important moment of reflection for us as Ursulines of the Roman Union. The special days during this week provide the opportunity to consider again the gifts that we have received because we are daughters of St Angela, women of her Company, and members of the Roman Union – this Global Community.

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13/11/2020

Ministry in Covid-19 Times

“We are reminded of the many ways of quiet ministry in our lives, and in life that abounds around us. The little healings of the silent breaches, the great redemptive acts when times are out of joint, the lifting of our horizons of hope when to have hope seems to be against all wisdom and against all judgment…” These words of Howard Thurman seem to capture the heart and soul of the ministry reflections shared in this issue of Heartbeats, service deeply rooted in St. Angela’s call to “keep faith and hope alive.”

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30/10/2020

Let your principal recourse be to gather at the feet of Jesus Christ

October 2020
 
Let your principal recourse
be to gather
at the feet of Jesus Christ

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