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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 […]
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Funeral Services for Sister Olga Mizzi OP
March 7, 2023
Sister Olga Mizzi OP entered eternal life on March 6, 2023 at the age of 98 after 77 years of religious life. We commend Sister Olga to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service Thursday, March 9 at 7:00 pm Chapel of the Word/Marywood Funeral Mass Friday, March 10 at 10:00 am Chapel of the […]
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A Prayer for Syria and Turkey
February 10, 2023
Creator God, Our hearts hurt for the people of Syria and Turkey. We know Earth shudders under the brutality of injustice inflicted upon her and her people anywhere and everywhere. Yet her own quaking leaves thousands dead and even more injured. As Earth shakes, buildings topple, and people are buried. There is wailing and weeping for every lost […]
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A New Year to Renew my Life
December 31, 2022
I Arise Today…. Welcoming another Year to reconcile differences to witness joy to broaden my friendships; Welcoming another Beginning to live with gratitude to amend quarrels to model God’s generosity; Welcoming another Opportunity to practice non-violence to imitate Jesus’ mercy to celebrate insights; Welcoming another Invitation to let go, to hang on to listen attentively […]
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Advent O Antiphons Evening Prayer (Online)
December 15, 2022
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 prayer, song, […]
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Pentecost Prayers of the Faithful 2022
June 5, 2022
Pentecost Petitions That the Spirit of Wisdom may live in us: to kindle passion for what is vital and faithful. That the Spirit of Understanding may live in us: to hear others and see diversity as a strength. That the Spirit of Right Judgment may live in us: to grant human rights to all people […]
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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 […]
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Pray for the End of Human Trafficking
January 20, 2022
THE POWER OF CARE –WOMEN, ECONOMY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING is this year’s theme which continues that of last year’s, where we began to reflect on the connection between the economy and human trafficking. The 2022 edition proposes to focus on women. They are, in fact, the most affected by the violence of trafficking. At the […]
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A Thanksgiving Prayer
November 24, 2021
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is Thank You, it will be enough.” ~ Meister Eckhart, Dominican theologian and mystic Today, we lift our minds and hearts in Thanksgiving. For the Gift of Life: its births, deaths, and rebirths that foster our growth, its letting go and holding on that […]
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Creation Care as an Act of Radical Hospitality, Season of Creation 2021
September 1, 2021
Today, September 1, begins the Season of Creation, a month-long ecumenical call to practice creation care as an act of radical hospitality, safeguarding a place for all creatures, human and more human, in our common home. Today is the World Day of Prayer for Creation, a “feast day” established by Pope Francis in 2015 to […]