Prayer & Reflection

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  A New Year Offers New Possibilities

  December 28, 2023

  A new heart…a new spirit I will put within you…. Prophet Ezekiel 36:26 In 2024, We stand ready To find God’s grace in our midst, To lead amid uncertainty, To reverse the trends of negativity, To honor those who labor tirelessly and generously, To celebrate the goodness of nature and human nature! In 2024, We […]

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  Peace Be With You This Christmas

  December 25, 2023

    In the silence of this holy night when Jesus, the Prince of Peace, was born, may we hear and heed the song of the angels announcing peace for all the world. May you and yours know the peace of Christ this Christmas season. Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids   * * *   En el silencio […]

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  Advent 2023 — Week 4 — A Visit to Remember

  December 20, 2023

  ADVENT WEEK Four    Luke 1:26-38 A Visit to Remember God comes each morning to greet me by name, “Hail, full of grace. I am with you.” I AM troubled by this greeting, I AM puzzled by its meaning, I AM in need of some clarification. So I PONDER IN SILENCE: To be a vital […]

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  Advent O Antiphons with Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids

  December 17, 2023

  Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids for Advent O Antiphons Evening Prayer from December 17-23 The O Antiphons are short, Scripture-based Advent prayers from the Middle Ages that are part of the prayer of the Church in the Liturgy of the Hours. Each year, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids host this beautiful seven-night experience of […]

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  Advent 2023 — Week 3 — Sent by Name to Testify

  December 15, 2023

  ADVENT WEEK THREE      John 1:6-8, 19-28 Sent by Name to Testify John the Baptist is a Voice crying out in the wilderness: PREPARE GOD’S WAY. His listeners are not certain who he is. Christ? Elijah? a Prophet? NO! Like John, each one of us has been sent by name to Testify that Jesus […]

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  Experience ADVENTure 2023: Watch Online!

  December 8, 2023

  What a beautiful way to celebrate the season of Advent! How wonderful it was to connect with all of you and share in the laughter and joy of being together. We want to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who joined and especially those who helped make the event a wonderful success: Sisters, staff, […]

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  Advent 2023 — Week 2 — Be Messengers

  December 7, 2023

  ADVENT WEEK TWO       Mark 1:1-8 Be Messengers The Spirit of God dwells within us and urges us to Prepare the Way for God’s Word, Jesus Christ. Our Baptism challenges us to Cry out, to let our Voice be heard, to Call out in earnest. Send us as creative Messengers…. Telling stories that instruct, […]

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  Called to Be Present — Advent 2023 — Keep Watch

  December 1, 2023

  ADVENT WEEK ONE       Mark 13:33 Keep Watch We have been placed in charge of our God’s household and our common home. We are each gifted sufficiently and differently. May we use this present time for vigilance, for courage, for caution, for observation, for risking in God’s Service. Every day We Watch for Refugees […]

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  Where Does Love and Hope Live?

  November 27, 2023

  On November 26, 2023, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) introduced Transforming Grace, an initiative to support the work of vowed religious in preaching Love, community-building, and transformative Justice. This response invites each of us to willingly refuse violent rhetoric, find resources to support our understanding, and recognize the complexity of healing the polarities […]

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  Prayer of Thanksgiving

  November 22, 2023

  Prayer of Thanksgiving O, God of the Universe, expand our hearts in Thanksgiving for loving us into being and for sharing your love in total gift of self poured out in Jesus Christ. Thank you for the beauty of all creation in nature and for our sisters and brothers around the world from every nation, […]