Lent

  • “Return to God with all your heart” – Lent Week 4

    “Return to God with all your heart” – Lent Week 4

    March 8, 2024

    Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 4: Sundays of Lent – March 10 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. Return to God with all your heart, the source of grace and mercy. We are […]

  • “Come seek the tender faithfulness of God.” – Lent Week 3

    “Come seek the tender faithfulness of God.” – Lent Week 3

    March 1, 2024

    Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 3: Sundays of Lent – March 3 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. Come seek the tender faithfulness of God. Free us in mercy from the sins that […]

  • “Long have I waited for your coming home to me” – Lent Week 2

    “Long have I waited for your coming home to me” – Lent Week 2

    February 21, 2024

    Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 2: Sundays of Lent – February 25 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new […]

  • Recall Hymns of Praise that Lift Our Hearts This Lent – Week 1

    Recall Hymns of Praise that Lift Our Hearts This Lent – Week 1

    February 14, 2024

    Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Ash Wednesday reminded us that we are loved by a merciful God. It reminded us to love our neighbors and all Creation. The entire Lenten Season is the story of the power of love […]

  • From Ashes to Reflection to Conversion of Heart…

    From Ashes to Reflection to Conversion of Heart…

    February 13, 2024

    From Ashes to Reflection to Conversion of Heart… Ash Wednesday reminds us that we are loved by a merciful God. It reminds us to love our neighbors and all Creation. The entire Lenten Season is the story of the power of love to change our hearts. Christ’s life, death and resurrection give us Hope and […]

  • We are Easter People ~ Alleluia is our Song!

    We are Easter People ~ Alleluia is our Song!

    April 6, 2023

    Having walked the way of the cross and waited in the shadows of the tomb, we—an Easter People—now make the pilgrimage to a Life unseen yet hoped for, to a Promise longed for and now fulfilled, to a Gift of Love freely given. We sing the Good News along the way: CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED […]

  • Following Jesus Through Lent

    Following Jesus Through Lent

    February 24, 2023

    Following Jesus Through Lent Intent on Praying, Fasting and giving Alms. We are Disciples – listeners and learners, perfected by multiple and varied struggles. We are Apostles – messengers commissioned to “preach” God’s Reign through their lives. We are Evangelists – witnesses focused on the Word, living among God’s holy people. So, we act “in […]

  • Easter Blessings from the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    Easter Blessings from the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    April 15, 2022

    The gift of the resurrection of Jesus is that we are to live now as if we already have new life. Rejoice and sing Alleluia! Practice resurrection! Easter Blessings to you and your loved ones, Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids * * * El regalo de la resurrección de Jesús es que debemos vivir ahora como si […]

  • Easter Blessings from the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    Easter Blessings from the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    April 2, 2021

      Staying and praying at the tomb, Mary Magdalene’s world would soon be Broken open with a light and life the cosmos had never before imagined. He who was dead is alive! He is risen! Alleluia! Easter Blessings to you and your loved ones, Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids ~ Permaneciendo y rezando en la tumba, El […]

  • Good Friday:  Silence and Music Draw Us Into The Passion of the Soul

    Good Friday: Silence and Music Draw Us Into The Passion of the Soul

    April 2, 2021

    Good Friday is so solemn and so private to the follower of Christ that there are no words! For me, music helps transcend the moment and contemplate the mystery of salvation and the ultimate sacrifice that Christ made for us. Listen The Passio secundum Joannem or St. John Passion was written by Johann Sebastian Bach […]