They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him. John 20:13b Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND for Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012
Take him yourselves and crucify him, I find no guilt in him. (John 19:6b) Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND for Good Friday, April 6, 2012
Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields…crying out: “Hosanna!” (Mark 11:8-9b) A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND for Palm Sunday, Cycle B April 1, 2012
Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies it produces much fruit. (John 12:24) A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B March 25, 2012
A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND for the Fourth Sunday Lent, Cycle B March 18, 2012 “But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done by God.” (John 3:21)
A Prayer Poem by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND Third Sunday of Lent-Cycle B, March 11 , 2012 “He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of temple area…” (John 2:15a)
Sister Juliemarie McDonald joined the Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio in 1951. She holds an MA in English Studies from John Carroll University MA in Scripture from St. Charles Seminary. After 32 years of teaching classes ranging fron first grade to college level, she then became a researcher, campus minister, director of religious education and a pastoral minister in Mease Hospital in Dunedin, Florida. In her semi-retirement, Sister Juliemarie writes reflections and faith sharing sessions for the young sisters in formation in Africa, Philippines, Korea, India and the USA. Her spare time is spent as a crafter.
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ.
