Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time–Cycle B August 5, 2018 “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” (John 6:35) Human Hungers “I am the bread of life.” (John 6:48) Human hungers include the whole body, mind and spirit. For what does Our […]
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time–Cycle C June 24, 2018 “Teacher do you not care that we are perishing?” “Why are you terrified?” (Mark 4:38b, 4:40) Weathering Soul Storms What or who is terrifying you? In the chaotic days of our soul storms, many things or persons bring fear to us. Fear of: God, death, failure, […]
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph–Christmas & Epiphany December 31, 2017 “Whoever reveres his father will love a long life; he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother.” (Sirach 3:1) Ideal Family Life Joseph, head of the household, Mary, heart of their home, Jesus, the obedient Son, Ideal model for families. […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter–Cycle A May 14, 2017 “The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing, but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I have been doing.” (The Message, E. H. Peterson, p. 1738, John 14:12) Greater Things […]
February 26, 2017 – Eigth Sunday of Ordinary Time “Don’t worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take of itself.” {Mt. 6:34a”) Rocking Chair Worriers Sometimes we sit in a rocking chair rocking back and forth, back and fort h. Maybe minds are rocking chairs, back and forth worrying, past and future, ancient ages or futuristic fantasies, […]
Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time ”And the apostles said to the Lord,’Lord increase our Faith” 11 (Lk 17: 5) Faith is a belief without proof. Where does faith originate? When did you receive the gift of religious faith? The song Faith of our Fathers came to my mind when I began the reflection on this […]
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.
