Please join in prayer for these sisters and associates attending the 2018 Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, DC. Below are some of their reflections and biographies. Kimberly Emery, BVM Associate Virginia I have wanted to attend EAD for several years…
I grapple with this question each Good Friday morning at the Pentagon. At 7:00 a.m. thirty to fifty people meet on Army-Navy Drive just outside the Pentagon property, we walk in solemn procession to the “protest area” allotted near a…
Many years ago, I wore a leg cast for six weeks following a skiing accident. I still remember how wonderful it felt to finally have the doctor remove the cast and then gently wash my itchy leg with warm, soapy…
The Lenten season brings different meanings to each of us. For me, it is particularly a season of reflection as well as promise and change. Frequently during the years I look back on whether I am doing all I can…
What is a Journey? A trek across the country? A simple movement from one part of the city to another? A trip to visit a loved one? Early in my adult life I learned the joy, the challenge, the anticipation…
On hearing God’s messages spoken through an angel, Joseph becomes a man of action: He woke up. He got up. He obeyed.
God indeed added much to Saint Joseph in life and death. Throughout his life with Mary and Jesus, St. Joseph simply did whatever God asked.
When I read the words, “Return, O Israel, to Your God.” in the reading from Hosea, I heard echoes of Ash Wednesday. In Joel 2:12, God says to us “Return to me with your whole heart.” I also hear the…
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son; so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life (JN 3:16). Jealousy, resentment, and anger, all destructive emotions, nearly consume Joseph’s brothers: “When his brothers saw that…