Laudato Si’ and Samoa
The more we love Planet Earth the more we will reverence and protect our natural environment. The more we love Planet Earth, the more we will be aware that we…
A “Yes!” Renewed
I’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the crocus growin’ up through the snowI’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the frozen…
Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost C
Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (RM) or Sirach 10: 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 68 or 112; Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24a (RM) or Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16 (RCL); Luke 14: 1, 7-14…
Eucharistic Musings
I’m at Mass in my parish church:Singing: Oh good. inclusive language. Oh no. exclusive languageOh good. It’s Fr …………..Oh no. It’s Fr …………….Homily: Oh good. Vatican 2 theology Oh no.…
Remembering John Robinson
John Robinson, a wise and gentle man, living in Toronto, and serving at the Native Peoples Mission in that city, died on May 26, 2022. I am still grieving his…
Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost C
Isaiah 66: 18-21(RM) or 58: 9b-14 (RCL); Psalm 117 or 103; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13 (RM) or 18-23 (RCL); Luke 13: 22-30 (RM) or 10-17 (RCL) There’s a toxic and…
Moving From a Team of 5 Million to a Divided Society
On 25 March 2020, the New Zealand government imposed a strict lockdown on people in an effort to keep us safe from the worst effects of what came to be…
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4 (RM) or 11: 29-12:2 (RCL); Luke 12: 49-53 (RM) or 49-56 (RCL.) “When you…
Summer Travels in Our Garden
“I spent the summer travelling. I got halfway across my backyard.”--Jean Louis Agassiz, 19th C. Swiss-American naturalist/geologist1 Several summers ago, I began the practice of taking a slow morning walk…
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM) or 1-3, 8-16 (RCL); Luke 12: 32-48.The Gospel of Luke seems to have a thing…