God’s power is in our hands when we pray the Rosary. Queen of the most holy Rosary, pray for us.
Author Archives: SistersCDS
We must be aware of the peril of stagnation; grace-full aging is part of the journey. So we stand at the crossroads and look at the crises and joys of each season. We become, through Grace, what God has intended for us. The God who calls us from afar is also the Saviour who walks […]
Prayer, you know, is to sustain us . . . to fuel us for the journey. Prayer is the movement of myself, the whole of me, towards the welcoming arms of God. Have we been faithful to it? Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
This past summer we found ourselves with a problem we had been trying to anticipate but knew we could never adequately solve: our hospital beds were wearing out with no replacement parts available. When this last happened almost 30 years ago, we called Mercy Medical Center and they provided used beds for us. These served […]
O how happy and blessed are those who love the Lord and do as the Lord himself said in the gospel: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul, and your neighbor as yourself. Therefore, let us love God and adore him with pure heart and mind. This […]
“Sadness is a breath of hell; Joy is the echo of God’s life in us.” Dom Columba Marmion
Prayer to our Guardian Angel O my good angel, whom God by His divine mercy has appointed to be my guardian, enlighten and protect me, direct and govern me this day. Amen. Pray for us, O holy angels of God!
“The loveliest Masterpiece of the Heart of God is the heart of a Mother.” Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
We cannot always understand God’s ways, but we can always trust Him.
Really, it isn’t the reward that matters or the recognition we may harvest. It is our depth of commitment, our quality of service. The product of our devotion — these are the things that count in life. When you give purely, the honor comes in the giving, and this is honor enough! Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]