Tag: Easter

Those Who Went to the Tomb

Those Who Went to the Tomb

The Easter Vigil Gospel reminds us of “the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus.”  We cannot know how many women there were because, further on, Luke names “Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James and the others who accompanied them,” but what we do know is that they went together. Were they an improvised group, friends, or perhaps even a community? Whatever the case, they needed company to dare to go out early that Sunday morning.

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2nd week of Easter

2nd week of Easter

As I arrived at my office this morning, a palm tree was being brought down. So many palms suffered tremendously from our “Ash Wednesday” freeze, here in San Antonio. I suppose many of the most hardy have survived. I know this tree, surrounded by the asphalt of our office parking lot, must be quite old. Most likely, it was planted when the Motherhouse was built in 1900, or shortly thereafter. I know nothing about palm trees .. their life expectancy in unpredictable climates, what can sabotage them, to what diseases are they susceptible … so my thoughts this morning are really about life and death, and the mystery of both.

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Easter 2020

Easter 2020

Dear Sisters, Associates, Ministry Collaborators and Friends of our Congregation,

What does our celebration of Easter mean in the face of a global health crisis?
How does our Easter faith speak to the suffering in our human family?

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