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Short meditations while in lockdown on the feast of the Annunciation.

"HAIL, FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH YOU" It is easy for me to hear this greeting meant for Mary, but harder for me, in these times, to receive such a greeting. It is more likely that I am tempted, like the Hebrews who were complaining in the desert, to hurl abuse at the Lord or in the tough words of the Psalm: "Wake Lord! Why are you asleep?" Psalm 44:23 – "Rescue me from disaster." Psalm 35:17. And yet my faith also calls me…

Living in a time of pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has certainly come to disrupt our daily lives big time! As Sr. Anne mentioned in her letter to the congregation, our plans and dreams have been thwarted by a tiny, invisible enemy. The future seems very uncertain and each one is faced with the anxiety of her own vulnerability. No one is perfectly safe. So, for one’s own good and the good of those around us, in solidarity, we take the necessary precautions imposed on us by our local, state, and national governments: WE…

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Pandemic 2020 We are lost but not lost We wait but can't see We sit we trust Not knowing Knowing no one knows All in the same boat Part of a bigger picture It makes our world smaller Begging to stay alive Not knowing Simply not knowing Collective angst In overwhelming times Cry of the people From the depths And God waits as we wait We all wait together

A pandemic which “unmasks” us

Our personal lives and our community lives have been turned upside down by the dreadful situation of the pandemic and the lockdown which has since ensued. We have also been stripped of our ideal ‘me’, our community ‘me’ and perhaps more deeply our religious ‘me’. The pandemic has exposed as never before the interdependence which binds us to every human being on the planet. Please click on the link below: Corona virus - Letter to the Congrégation[2093]