The Taste of Things II
Pentecost is my favourite feast! It is full of the assurances of new life. Its Spirit arrives as easily as my next breath or flares forth like a super nova.…
Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension C
Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23 or Hebrews 9: 24-28, 10: 19-23; Luke 24: 44-53 (RM in Canada) or 46-53 (RM in the U.S.)If your locality or your…
Ukraine Poem
We welcome to our RNDM Canada blog the poetry of Liz Coffman. Liz is a friend of Sandy’s (RNDM) and a retired university instructor in the department of education; Liz…
A Caravan of Selves
Student demonstrations in Europe and the U.S., Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy being shot, Trappist monk Thomas Merton being electrocuted in Thailand, my Father dying tragically, and my becoming…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter C
Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29 (RM) or Acts 16: 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 67; Revelation 21: 10-14, 22-23 (RM) or 10, 22-27, 22: 1-5 (RCL); John 14: 23-29. How can you have…
Living in the Questions
The quest for answers, The search for solutions, A daily pursuit it seems, The need to know And understand Everything, anything. A quick tap A simple click Reveals, exposes, unveils…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter C
Acts 14: 21-27 (RM) or Acts 11: 1-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or 148 (RCL); Revelation 21: 1-5a (RM) or 1-6 (RCL); John 13: 31-35. “Love, love, love. Love, love,…
Hope for the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River
62 Ferry Road, Christchurch, New Zealand is well remembered by the many Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions as they made their novitiate there, the second convent home of…
Let Us Dream
For the last while I have been reading Pope Francis’ 2020 publication: Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. He writes, “Look at us now: we put on…
Indigenous Surge
Susan Roll is away this week. Her usual Scripture Reflection will return next Friday.Indigenous Surge. That’s the title of the photo at the top of this post. It catches something…