Easter Sunday: Living the power of Christ’s resurrection
On this Easter morn, let us heed the command to start again, to reinterpret everything in our own lives and all of history in the light of Christ’s definitive victory over evil.
Who we are and how we minister are grounded in the Gospel, prayer and our community. These are the most recent reflections from some of our sisters, associates and partners.
On this Easter morn, let us heed the command to start again, to reinterpret everything in our own lives and all of history in the light of Christ’s definitive victory over evil.
As we move toward celebrating the holiest week of our liturgical year, God continues to say, “If only you believe, you will experience my death transforming glory, my life-giving Spirit, my future.”
Jesus’ healing action for the blind man — which happened on a Sabbath — spurred deeper questions: How and when does God act in our world? What does God want from us?
Our God thirsts for real presence, for contentious or questioning prayer, for genuine interaction that opens us.
Liturgical dance is the art of dance that takes place in the context of a liturgy or worship service. Much like liturgical music, the purpose of liturgical dance is the deepening and enriching of the community’s prayer.
The story of the Transfiguration bids us to let go of inadequate images of God in order to discover something new. Free of our preconceptions, we can be surprised by God’s unimaginable designs.
Lent offers us the opportunity to spend time asking ourselves who we are at our core and who God wants to help us become. Growing in our identity as daughters and sons of God will continue until we take our last breath.
As we prepare in this last week of Advent, may we discern how to more fully live the charism of unifying love, which so beautifully reflects Jesus, pours out the wild love of God into the world’s brokenness and creates inclusivity.
Whether we realize it or not, we belong to God just as much as Jesus did. On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, let us contemplate the Nativity as God’s invitation to become more conscious of our share in divine life.
As we continue our Advent journey, the third Advent candle represents joy, and is known as the shepherd’s candle. As we hear of the shepherds’ joy at the birth of Jesus, let us recall that Jesus first revealed himself to the poor, the overlooked and the oppressed.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.