Ash Wednesday 2012

February 22, 2012

A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald for Ash Wednesday February 22, 2012 Ashes on our foreheads, Same old, same old! Give up! Candy, coke, cigarettes, Drinking, swearing, criticizing Same old, same old! Praying, fasting, almsgiving Ashes on our foreheads, Fortitude fails us, Back to the same old habits. Satan whispers, “What’s the use?” Enter [...]

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Merciful Forgiveness

February 16, 2012

A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND, for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 19, 2012 “Child, your sins are forgiven.” (Mark 2:5b)

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Birth and Death of Outcasts

February 9, 2012

A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND, for February 12, 2012 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B  “If you wish, you can make me clean.” (Mark 1:40b)

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