A Momentous Adventure: The First RNDMs Sent to Canada
As previously mentioned, 2023 marks 125 years since the first RNDM Sisters came to Canada from France. During this anniversary year, on the first Wednesday of each month, we will…
Lessons From My Elderly Mom
At the moment, I am with my mother as her companion since I returned to the Philippines in January. My sister recently died in December. It was a sudden death…
Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent A
Genesis 2: 7-9, 16-18, 25, 3:1-7 (RM) or 2: 7-9, 3: 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11. On the First Sunday of Lent, I remember a…
Joy is a Verb
I find myself today thinking, oddly, about joy. I say oddly because I am just coming out of the deepest, darkest of winter- an annual journey through the worst of…
What’s in a Name?
There is much that Canada and New Zealand do not have in common. Canada is nearly 40 times larger than New Zealand area-wise and very different in respect of climate.…
Reflection for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Leviticus 19: 1-2, 17-18 (RM) or 11-2, 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 103; I Corinthians 3: 16-23 (RM) or 10-11, 16-23 (RCL); Matthew 5: 38-48. For those marking Transfiguration Sunday: Exodus 24:…
Do Plants Multi-task?
It’s February – the time that I, and many gardeners in Canada, are making plans for this year’s growing season. My own saved seeds, stored in envelopes, are inviting me…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10 (RM) or 3: 1-9 (RCL); Matthew 5: 17-37 (RM) or 21-37 (RCL). One of my…
The Taste of Things V: Hope
I was part of an engaging conversation recently about “collapse!” In the midst of a climate catastrophe will the planet survive? Will the human species survive? Will I survive? Of…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Isaiah 58: 7-10 (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 112; I Corinthians 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Matthew 5: 13-16 (RM) or 13-20 (RCL). For this Reflection: Matthew 5: 1-12…