A Story Too Bodily to Forget
Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension C Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23 (RM), or 15-23 (RCL) or Hebrews 9: 24-28, 10: 19-23 (RM); Luke 24:…
The Taste of Things: Life’s Tensions
I was schooled in the chaos of unbridled tension from a very early age. In truth perhaps, we all are. Maybe it is merely a function of being human, or…
How Can You Be at Peace?
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter C Readings: 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:…
How Novels Can Entertain and Inform
One of my favourite pastimes is reading the novels of Dickens, Jane Austen, and the Brontës, and watching the films that capture the imagination of these novelists. They provide an…
A Commandment: Love Is All You Need
A Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter C Readings: Acts 14: 21-27 (RM) or Acts 11: 1-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or 148 (RCL); Revelation 21: 1-5a (RM) or…
In the Company of Trees
Catherine Walther is a former nurse and hospital Chaplain who lives in Toronto. Catherine has found great meaning in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin, as well as Creation Spirituality,…
Clothed in Strength, Hope and Love
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter C Readings: Acts 13: 14, 43-52 (RM) or 9: 36-43 (RCL); Psalm 100 (RM) or 23 (RCL); Revelation 7: 9, 14b-17 (RM) or…
The Caterpillar: Metamorphosis
This reflection is by RNDM Novice Maria Hien, who is doing her novitiate in Vietnam. In this piece, she explores creation for insights about God, and about herself. The beautiful…
How Much Are We Missing?
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter C Readings: Acts 5: 27-32, 40b-41 (RM) or Acts 9: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 30; Revelation 5: 11-14; John 21: 1-19. It’s approaching that…