Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sister Patricia Gribbin, SNDdeN January 25, 2026 Matthew 4: 12 – 23 One of the blessings of having been called to be a Sister of Notre Dame is the rich tapestry of experiences that I have been given over many years. A particularly happy and rewarding time were the years I spent with children in a school in Glasgow where all our pupils were severely visually impaired with a wide range of additional problems. Many of them had multiple disabilities as well as severe learning difficulties. I vividly recall one morning when I went into a class of our younger children to pass on a message to their teacher. These children had learned to use whatever residual vision they had to good effect and that, along with good hearing, enabled some of them to quickly identify who had come into their classroom. I was hardly in the door when I heard Caitlyn call out in a pleading tone of voice “Sister, Sister . . .” Caitlyn wasn’t able to articulate many words but insistently, and ever more loudly, she kept on calling me “Sister, Sister. . .” Her little arms were stretched out towards […]