Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

Sep 13 2019

Consecrated in Truth

Click here for daily readings “Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.” Oh my goodness! Did you know there is a wikiHow on “How to Consecrate Yourself to God”? What a hoot! In the...

Aug 16 2019

Seeds of Gratitude

Click here for daily readings “I gave you a land you had not tilled and cities that you had not built, to dwell in; you have eaten of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.” -Josiah 24:13 Josiah is add...

Aug 02 2019

Living the Liturgical Year

Click here for daily readings I LOVE this time of year! The pace of summer touched with the anticipation of another school year. As a teacher, I am so grateful for the change of pace of summer and the opportunity to step back a...

Jul 30 2019

Mercy Always and Everywhere

Click here for daily readings I was with a group of amazing young women the other night. They are in that time of life where they are pretty recently married and starting their families. As they shared their stories of the antic...

Jul 16 2019

Finding Our Essence

Click here for daily readings Picture a chair in your mind’s eye. What do you see? What kind of chair is it? Where do you use it? Is it a rocking chair? Your favorite recliner? Did you picture a chair unique to your home ...

Jul 02 2019

One Foot in Front of the Other

Click here for daily readings I’ve struggled to reflect on today’s readings without oversharing. So this is your fair warning, this post is not “Facebook” photo ready. It is about the day to day struggle...

Jun 28 2019

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Click here for daily readings There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. – Pope Leo XIII Can you pick just one thing that is great abou...

Jun 14 2019

An Antithesis of Ideas

Click here for daily readings An antithesis is a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by a connection of meaning through a connection of form. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus stands everyt...

May 27 2019

The Way, The Truth, The Life

Click here for daily readings “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” -Pope Paul VI “The Spirit of truth will te...

May 13 2019

Our Lady of Fatima

Click here for daily readings Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, 3 people will make their initial Consecration to Jesus through Mary in our parish. We have spent the last 33 days “on retreat” as we have read, po...

Apr 22 2019

Fearful Yet Overjoyed

Click here for daily readings Think back on a moment of life where everything changed. One of those crystal moments, where you know things will never be the same. Think of that moment when something you had been looking forward ...

Apr 11 2019

The Final Leg

Click here for daily readings “So the Jews said to him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.’&...

Mar 22 2019

Decluttering and Finding Joy

Click here for daily readings There is a new system of organizing and decluttering that has people all abuzz. I will openly admit that I am not an expert in this area. There are parts of our home that could use a good declutter...

Mar 11 2019

One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Click here for daily readings As a part of Tom (mi esposo)’s discernment and formation for the diaconate, we have taken several classes on the Creed. So, when this last class came to the marks of the Church, I thought, &ld...

Feb 19 2019

The Leaven of Language

Click here for daily readings I love making artisan bread. It sounds fancy, tastes fantastic and yet is so simple to make. Every time, I wonder, “Why I don’t do this more often?” My basic recipe includes flour,...

Feb 04 2019

What Have You to do with Me?

Click here for daily readings There are 3 retellings of today’s Gospel; Matthew 8:28-34, Luke 8:26-39 and today’s reading, Mark 5:1-20. Nothing in the Bible is repeated without a purpose. Summarizing the three...

Jan 17 2019

Following the Rules

Click here for daily readings I am the firstborn of my parents. My mom knew just what she wanted her daughter to be like. I started dance classes when I was three in the hopes that I would become graceful and elegant. I did all ...

Jan 03 2019

Walking the Talk

Click here for daily readings This is my note to myself at the beginning of 1 John. John is making a point. The community that John is writing to is under attack from false teachers. There were those who denied Jesus was the Chr...

Dec 19 2018

Miraculous Through the Ordinary

Click here for daily readings When we receive our writing assignments, we “sign up” by putting our names by the dates for which we want to reflect and respond to the readings. I’d love to be able to say that I ...

Dec 04 2018

The Ocean of Mission

Click here for daily readings In the Bible I use as my study Bible, the second half of today’s Gospel is labeled, The Privileges of Discipleship. Jesus tells his disciples that they are blessed because they get to see and ...