reflection
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Stroll through the St. Francis Sculpture Garden this Earth Month
April 12, 2024
As we celebrate the beauty and wonder of our planet in April, take a moment to reconnect with the very essence of Earth itself. Stroll through the St. Francis Sculpture Garden. This path meanders through 11 acres of woodland and Coldbrook Creek also flows through this corner of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Marywood Campus. Bronze […]
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Spreading the Spirit of Love — Palm Sunday Lent Week 6
March 21, 2024
Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 6: Palm Sunday – March 24 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. All Glory, Laud, and Honor to you, Redeemer King. We have set our hearts for the […]
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Saturday Inspiration: God of Beginning Again
January 26, 2024
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, And I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Into Your hands, I commend my family, O God. For I must let go of trying to “fix” everything and everyone. And instead, place them in Your gentle hands and compassionate heart, where they will be carried […]
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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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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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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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Come to the Feast: A Reflection with Sister Ann Walters
April 15, 2021
Isn’t this a lovely description by Isaiah of heaven on earth? “We” on Mount Zion are eating rich foods and drinking choice wines with God who is lavishing us with Love. This love destroys all veils that separate us and destroys all webs of our human structures that our woven to keep nations separate, and […]
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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 […]
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A Lenten Reflection: Passover of the Lord
March 26, 2021
“We are here to continue the Passover of the Lord to redeem our world as doing this in remembrance. Whether we march, walk, protest, write, pray, dialogue, weep, nurse, teach, comfort etc., whoever we are, whatever our gifts and limitations after coming from this table, we are mandated to give of ourselves to serve, to […]
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Saturday Inspiration: Deep Listening
November 6, 2020
Scripture tells us that each human being is precious in the eyes of God; named before we were even born. Seeing one another through Christ’s eyes and treating each other as Christ would is our precious gift back to God and to one another. As Dominicans, we strive to live contemplatively. For it is from […]