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Advent and Zechariah
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.12.2022 One of my favourite characters from the Advent readings is Elizabeth’s husband, Zechariah. They say he was a priest, going about his priestly duties. But I bet he was depressed. Why do I say that? Well, […]
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Paraiso
by Sr. Therese McDonough MMM U.S.A. 30.11.2022 Mazinha was lying on the floor of a mud-brick house in the village of Paraiso, located in the interior of Bahia, northeast Brazil. The sun was going down, there was […]
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Socks and Blessings
by Eilin Teeling AMMM Ireland 28.11.2022 An ordinary laundry task led me to ponder on my blessings. I had taken a bundle of dry laundry out of my tumble dryer and started to sort out the items for folding and ironing, […]
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Encounter with a Hippo
by Sr. Lucia Lynch MMM Ireland 26.11.2022 It was like any other morning in the Outpatients with patients sitting around awaiting treatment. Nurse Nyirenda came and gave a short health talk. As she finished, she glanced around to notice a young man […]
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Thanksgiving
by Sr. Joanne Bierl MMM U.S.A. 24.11.2022 The Thanksgiving holiday has always been the most important to me even as a child. It is built on a simple concept of giving thanks…less commercial than most holidays. There are many different […]
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Coming Home
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.11.2022 This week we celebrate Thanksgiving and soon it will be Christmas. Both these feasts are traditional times for family members to travel long distances to be together to celebrate. They travel, and they “come […]
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Everything is Not What it Seems
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.11.2022 Sometimes I have ideas that seem good at the time, but as they progress the complexity makes me question my judgment. As the Communications Coordinator, I thought it would be a “good idea” for […]
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Changing Places
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 18.11.2022 It was my seat. It was at the end of the pew and I sat there every Sunday morning for ten o’clock Mass. Over the years I had grown to recognise many, who like me […]
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Keep Going
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.11.2022 There are times in life when we look at how much there is to do in the world and wonder where to begin. If we focus too much on the bad news, our efforts can seem minor […]
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Novitiate Days in U.S.A.
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 14.11.2022 The Ashes will sit in the front pew. This is what I remember from our reception into the novitiate on September 8th, 1956. I thought it sounded funny, but Sr. Gabriel Ashe […]
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