Pilgrims of Hope
Pope Francis calls us to enter into Lent 2025 as "Pilgrims of Hope." This theme encourages us to connect with God and deepen our hope in a world growing in division and despair.
Reflections
These are the highlights of the reflections given in mass. These often include a saint’s feast day as well as Lenten or Advent reflections.
Vigil Reflection for the Feast of St. Scholastica
by Sister Marcia ZiskaLk 10:38-42 On this eve of our patronal feast of St. Scholastica, we have just heard the Martha and Mary story, a gospel that is very familiar to each of us. So, what can I say? Many…
Reflection for the Feast of the Presentation Vigil
February 1, 2025 Forty days after the birth of their child, the young couple brings their newborn to the temple to observe the law. This whole process has been mind-blowing…and they don’t know what the future will hold. Have they…
Celebrating faith, hope and love
Underlying not only the Valentine kind of love but all love is the sure knowledge that God loves each of us and we should love every other person and created thing.
Find renewal in the coming year
Consider all the ways Sophia can help you renew yourself in the coming year.
Reflection for the Vigil of the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Each of our stories, individually and as a community, has been written one word at a time, revealing the struggles, uncertainties and fragility that defines the human experience. They were not written in black and white because life has more…
Reflection for the Vigil of the Third Sunday of Advent
You might say that our calling as Christians is to “put on the mind and heart of Christ,” as St. Paul says in his letter to the Philippians. If that is the case, our apprenticeship in this process begins with…
Reflection for the Vigil of the Second Sunday of Advent
In the Gospel, which Mary Liz just proclaimed, we hear Luke, the evangelist/historian, elaborately setting the stage for the entrance of John, the Baptizer, situating him in a very specific time and place in history: “In the 15th year of…
Preparing the Way
Advent invites us to reflect on the significance of the incarnation, the embodiment of God in human form, and prepare our hearts to welcome the light and hope brought by the birth of Jesus.
Reflection for the Vigil of the First Sunday of Advent
Consider that with the season of Advent, the Church is offering us a three-fold invitation. Advent invites us to look back – back to Christ’s First Coming – to that time when the Word made flesh was born in Bethlehem. …
A Time for Thanksgiving
G.K. Chesterton once said, “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
Reflection for the Anniversary of the Dedication of Our Consecrated Chapel
by Sister Micaela October 24, 2024 In this evening Gospel from John 4, we find the greatest concentration of the word “worship” in the entire New Testament! It is sited 7 times in these 6 verses, and so it seems…
