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How do we pray today? What do we pray about?
We pray in and through the desires of our hearts and the work of our hands.
We pray in the words of our lips and the gestures of our bodies.
We pray by contemplating God's revelation in Scripture and in the experiences of each day.
We pray alone, in small groups, in large gatherings of worship.
We pray where we live and where we work, at congregational gatherings and with God's people whom we serve.
Listen to the wisdom of Sisters of Charity and Associates as they pray in thanksgiving for God’s goodness during this Bicentennial year of the founding of the Sisters of Charity in North America, and seek wisdom to address the compelling challenges of our time.
It is in Eucharist that we come to face the truth of the infinite horizon of God’s love and our need to be forgiven for our lack of forgiveness. It is the time when all whose rights have been disregarded, along with all who have trampled on the rights of others, are drawn together under the cross, the banner of justice that reconciles and unites. In the shadow of the cross we can finally begin to understand that justice is not solely an issue of protecting rights, but of nurturing communion.
Sr. Sheila Brosnan, SC
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During the week of the Congregation retreat [in July], the Mass readings were from Exodus. We certainly learned about the special friendship Moses had with God. “We tend to admire people who seem to be close to God, someone whose witness makes us feel that God is in our midst.” We can learn a great deal from God’s other friends. For some reason, this year’s retreat was like that for me – learning a great deal about God from God’s other friends!
Mary Barrett Herbst, SC Associate |
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I learned a lot about being able to give of yourself each day. I learned that no matter what the task, a generous person always says yes. I learned that the success of the mission is accomplished as a team, not by individuals. And I learned what courage we may have inside of us as we face adversary after adversary.
Bill Hurley, SC Associate and Director of Development,writing about Sr. Helen Scoltock, SC, who recently retired as a volunteer in the Development Office
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