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December 17
Submission to the inevitable is requisite for all who are willing to live in peace with mystery.
August 08
How silently and brilliantly the lamp in the sanctuary burns ... when the oil is pure and good; it is only when it is otherwise that it twinkles and makes noise.
August 07
We find in her an amazing act of daring: she made her first foundation with only one professed Sister and a novice! Surely a tiny mustard seed!
August 06
For Catherine, the cross was a dimensional reality that she was able to name, and even at times welcome.
August 05
The Lord is master of his own gifts.
August 04
For Catherine, Mercy in the form of a compassionate practical response to need was where she believed she was called by God.
August 03
Catherine seems to have been enlarging our heart space, readying us to embrace in mutual affection our multi-cultural sisterhood.
August 02
Reflected faith experiences and shared concerns deepen our sense of commitment to the mission of mercy in whatever way God calls us.
August 01
Sadness lessens the value of works performed in God’s name, for God loves a cheerful giver.
July 31
We savour the stories of the founding women…to search for wisdom...to imagine how their creativity and courage might open the future to us.
July 30
When we grow old we will walk in the garden and laugh at the hardships of today.
July 29
We must bear all and work while we are young…
July 28
We should praise and bless the hand that wounds us.
July 27
We have to make decisions Catherine never faced but for which she has empowered us.
July 26
Our ministry is God’s word in action.
July 25
She always remembered that if there were ten thousand rules to be observed, the greatest of these is charity.
July 24
We rest at ease in the arms of a kind providence.