Reflections
THOUGHTS FROM OUR SISTERS
DISCERNING GOD’S WORD
Read our Sisters’ reflections on vocations, the spiritual life, the New Evangelization, the Person of Christ and many other faith topics.
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‘Stay calm, Marine. God is with us all this day.’
October 7, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, OP
Have you returned to the Eucharist yet?
September 29, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Mary Martha Becnel, OP
Our Lady | Our Mother
September 11, 2020 / Featured
September: A Month to Turn to Mary
The month of September contains many opportunities to honor Our Lady, the humble woman of Nazareth. Some of these memorials in the Church’s liturgical calendar are more hidden than others. We celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8thand the Holy Name of Mary on September 12th.
The cycle between work and rest has a uniquely Christian character
September 10, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, OP
Throughout salvation history and in each of our lives, God keeps His promises
August 27, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Mary Martha Becnel, OP
800 Years of Dominican Legacy
August 25, 2020 / Featured
It all began 800 years ago with a light shining in the darkness of confusion and false reality. St. Dominic had a hope for humanity, founded upon a Presence that was certain. This Presence of God needed to be known so humanity would be free to see Truth. As the Gospel of John applies Psalm 69:9 to the impassioned Christ, “zeal for your house will consume me,”
Dying for another, St. Maximilian Kolbe shows the creative power of love
August 20, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, OP
Engaging in a Spirit of Totality and Joy
August 8, 2020 / Featured / News
Saint Dominic was a man moved by his engagement with reality. The Albigensian heresy ran strong in St. Dominic’s time, teaching that things of the physical world – material and created things – were evil and corrupt. It went so far as to devalue the humanity of Christ and the holiness of the sacraments, as they too were considered physical realities.
If we could see our sins clearly, we’d understand the depth of God’s mercy
July 27, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection
By Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, OP
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