Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle-B Blog “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened”) (Mk 7:34b) Deaf and Mute Do you ever wish to be deaf to the noises of the world? Bombs bursting in air, Shells whizzing past your ear, Politicians making promises they don’t intend to keep, Cries of the hungry. Noise breaks sound […]
Words That Hurt
Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle-B Blog “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened”) (Mk 7:34b) Deaf and Mute Do you ever wish to be deaf to the noises of the world? Bombs bursting in air, Shells whizzing past your ear, Politicians making promises they don’t intend to keep, Cries of the hungry. Noise breaks sound […]
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.
