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Bragging – Should I boast?
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.04.2023 Recently one of the Fr. Richard Rohr’s daily meditations was about boasting, or bragging. Instinctively I say to myself “that is a horrible thing to do!” But Saint Paul talks a lot […]
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Answering the Serenity Prayer with Scrutiny
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.04.2023 “Courage in women in often mistaken for insanity”. Infamous Quaker suffragette Alice Paul is quoted as saying. In so many ways, human history “white washes” stories to cover over what women experienced to fight for freedom. This same […]
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Compassion – my favourite of the MMM values
by Wilfreda Omwalo, AMMM Kenya 21.04.2023 I am very much privileged to be associated with MMM. The Congregation has six core values and compassion is my favorite. It is one of the best because it […]
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Writing for Pleasure
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 14.03.2023 This morning I had a desire to write. What about? Well, I didn’t exactly know but I sat down anyway and began. Then it dawned in me that what I wanted to write about is writing itself. […]
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Beginning Medical School in Ireland – 1958
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 17.04.2023 The long-awaited day arrived. Sr. Martha Collins and I had settled in Rosemount, our House of Studies in Dublin, and had met the other students in the various years of Medical School. We were delighted to meet […]
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Stability – a Benedictine Ideal
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 13.04.2023 Many of you know that MMM spirituality has at its core “the spirit of St. Benedict”. But what can a spirituality set out for monks in a monastery […]
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New Life and Mother Nature
by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 11.04.2023 This week I had my first glimpse of primroses. As I watch Mother Nature exploding into new life, first the snowdrops, the daffodils, the buds on the trees gradually unfolding one can […]
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Easter – celebrating with cow dung!
By Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/ Kenya 11.04.2023 The Lord’s resurrection is the hope of our salvation. It is the reason we endure forty days of Lent, conscious living and being. It is also the reason that even the poorest make a meaningful celebration […]
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An Easter Night
by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 09.04.2023 In today’s gospel, Mary is at the tomb weeping. Jesus’ tomb is empty. He has risen. When she does meet Him, He tells her she must not cling to Him -to how things were. Something new […]
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Good Friday – Why is it Good?
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 07.04.2023 As we continue our Lenten Journey and approach Holy Week, I found myself thinking of the adjectives we use in relation to this very week. We talk of Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and in between lies […]
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