Further Thoughts from a Franciscan Sister

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“Let All the Earth Cry Out to God with Joy!”

This morning’s responsorial psalm (at Sunday Mass, as quoted above) was a beautiful one. I especially like the melody we used, to which it was set for liturgical use. It is a good encouragem…

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Grateful for “Miracles”

Tuesday morning is “Bible study time” for me. I lead a weekly scripture-based session with some of our residents. In preparation, I usually get my lesson plan in order while working t…

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Unveiled Face

“All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory…” (2 Corinthians 3:18) As encouraging as this passage is, I am afraid i…

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Booked

I’m going to keep this kind of “short and sweet” because, you see, I’m kind of booked right now, literally and figuratively. I’ve been down at our provincial house in …

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Helpful Scripture Passages for Discernment of Vocations to Religious Life, Continued | Our Franciscan Fiat

 

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Happy Feast of the Assumption! It’s been a while since I reached out for this, so I’d like to take the opportunity to ask for your feedback on our blog: https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com - Is there something I should do to improve it? What posts most interest you?, etc.
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Concluding Helpful Scripture Passages for Discernment of Vocations to Religious Life

Matt.14:22-33 Reference: Jesus walks on water Comment: The person called by Christ must extend full and even ‘blind’ faith that He will never fail, no matter how impossible or seemingly ‘unreasonab…

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Strength from “Our Daily Bread”

This Sunday’s gospel tells of the possibility that one may “not be strong enough” to make it on the journey of life, to reach our goal of heaven. At Mass last evening, hearing the…

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A FULL Day!

When I woke up this morning, I knew we’d probably be husking some corn (if yesterday’s rain hadn’t prevented it from being harvested), but I really didn’t fully grasp what t…

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Voiceless

This morning, I was of no use as far as liturgical music was concerned; I couldn’t sing. I tried a little for the opening hymn, but by the time we got to the Gloria, I had to give up. (Seaso…

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Many Hands

Many hands… There are two time-tried expressions which would counsel us in opposing directions: “Too many hands spoil the broth” or “Many hands make light work.” I ca…

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It’s Like I’d Been Drinkin’

This morning, my alarm woke me up at about five minutes to seven. I hopped out of bed, and rushed to get out the door as quickly as possible to make it to church for the 7:15 Mass. This was far f…

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Your Love and Your Grace

I just returned from a beautiful weekend retreat experience at our province’s retreat center in Hankinson. We had talks, small group sessions, Mass, adoration, confession, and even “So…

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“Pour Forth, We Beseech You… “

This morning at Mass, as we honored Our Lady of the Rosary, the words of the Collect (introductory prayer of the priest) delighted my ears: Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our h…

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Making Every Day Thanksgiving

This past week, I was speaking with someone who is presently away visiting family in Canada. He said he’d be back after Thanksgiving there. I didn’t know when Canadians celebrate this holid…

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Taking the Week Off – Not Really!

This week, due to other projects and preparations, I will not be writing a post here. :( Hopefully, I’ll be back at it in the near future. However, I will be out of town on my home visit as …

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I am working on a new website for our province. It is a ROUGH draft - this is one of the reasons (a big one) that I’m taking the week off of blogging.
Your welcome to check it out and give pointers:

Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen

The Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen are an international community. In the U.S., we serve in eastern North Dakota.

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"...I Watch for Your Coming"

The second antiphon in this morning's Liturgy of the Hours spoke to me in an unusually powerful way. I was preparing to head back to Grand Forks after an eight-day home visit. As I faced the day,...

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This morning, after finishing Office in the chapel, I headed off to Mass, looking forward to a brisk walk. I’ve grown to love the combination of exercise and prayer (walking while praying the rosary, chaplet, etc., on the way to and from morning Mass)…

 

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For some reason, of late, I’ve found myself frequently mouthing a simple, ancient prayer:, found as far back as the book of Revelation: "Come…
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