Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time — Cycle C “For everyone who exults himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself shall be exulted.” (Lk 14:11) In the Bible the word humility appears thirty-four times. When I entered the convent the first virtue we were to examine and to live was humility. At that […]
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C “At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. (Lk 10: 1) Two by Two By Sr. Juliemarie, SND Jesus still calls his people today. Follow in my way. Be my precursors like John of […]
Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. John 20:29 Prayer Poem for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time by Sister Juliemarie McDonald, SND July 1, 2012
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 from 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.
