Elizabeth Powers

Holy Thursday

Thursday, April 1st Scripture Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14 Ps 116: 12-13, 15-18 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end… [...]

The Changing Image of Joseph

Sister Marianne Race’s article Joseph: From Man with the Lily to Patron of the Universal Church was recently published in The Bible Today by Liturgical Press. Click here to read the article today, and learn [...]

Congregation of St. Joseph Condemns Recent Violence and Calls for Action

The Congregation of St. Joseph is saddened by and condemns the violence of the past week that claimed the lives of eight people in Atlanta, GA six of whom were Asian-American women, and ten people, [...]

Palm Sunday

Sunday, March 28th Scripture Is 50: 4-7 Ps 22: 8-9, 17-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Mk 14: 1-15:47 or Mk 15: 1-39 Reflection …He took on the status of a slave, became human!…he lived a selfless, [...]

Congregation of St. Joseph Stands with Those Who Are Marginalized

The Congregation of St. Joseph believes in and respects each human person. We stand with those who are marginalized and we are saddened by the effect the Vatican’s latest pronouncement has on the LGBTQ+ community. [...]

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Sunday, March 21st Scripture Scrutiny Ez 37: 12-1 Ps 130: 1-8 Rom 8: 8-1 Jn 11: 1-45 Otherwise: Jer 31: 31-34 Ps 51: 3-4, 12-15 Heb 5: 7-9 Jn 12: 20-33 Reflection In Jeremiah we [...]

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Sunday, March 14th Scripture 2 Chr. 36:14-16, 19-23 Ps. 137:1-6 Eph. 2:4-10 Jn. 3:14-21 Reflection For God so loved the world. Jn. 3:16 As a teenager in the late 1970s, I remember watching various sporting [...]

Third Sunday of Lent

Sunday, March 7th Scripture Ex 20: 1-17 Ps 19:7-14 1 Cor:1: 22-25 Jn 2: 13-22 Reflection For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human [...]

Second Sunday of Lent

Sunday, February 28th Scripture Gn 22: 1-2, 9a. 10-13, 15-18 Ps 116: 10, 15-19 Rom 8: 31b-34 Mk 9: 2-10 Reflection “This is my Beloved Son, Listen to Him.” Little did Peter, James, and John [...]

First Sunday of Lent

Sunday, February 21st Scripture Gn 9: 8-15 Ps 25: 4-9 1 Pt 3: 18-22 Mk 1: 12-15 Reflection The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert. . . [Jesus said], “This is the time of [...]