Preparing the Garden for a Changing Climate
Sitting outside on this first day of autumn under a sky that is a soft blue backdrop for a few white clouds floating by and a flock of geese honking…
Humility, Freedom and the Mind of Christ
Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Ezekiel 18: 25-28 (RM) or 18:1-4, 25-32 (RCL); Psalm 25; Philippians 2: 1-11 (RM) or…
Our Images of God
Some spiritual teachers have a way of making my heart sing! One such wisdom-speaker is Sister Elizabeth Johnson CSJ. In her latest book, Come, Have Breakfast, Meditations on God and…
Seek Wisdom While She May Be Found
Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time A Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 55: 6-9 (RM) or Jonah 3:10-4:11 (RCL); Psalm 145 Philippians 1: 20c-24, 27a RM) or 21-30…
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Sophia Among Us: Wisdom, Creativity and Sacred Relationship
I imagine that Sophia is the Divine Feminine in all of us.I had a surge of creativity one day. On a sheet of black paper, the coloured pencil moved until…
Forgiveness, Justice and the Path to Healing
Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Reading: Sirach 27:30 – 28:7 (RM) or Genesis 50: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 103; Romans 14: 7-9 (RM)…
Language and Identity: Words, Meaning and Mystery
As I share life with three Vietnamese Sisters who are studying English, I am constantly reminded of the richness and complexity of language as a profound part of our identity…
From Law to Love
Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Ezekiel 33: 7-9 (RM) or 7-11 (RCL); Psalm 95 (RM) or 119 (RCL); Romans 13: 8-10…
Ministry on the Street
Despite tremendous work done by our various social services and the many voluntary charities, there still is a need to attend to the issues that cause so many of our…
Living What We Pray
Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Jeremiah 20: 7-9 (RM) or Jeremiah 15: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 63 (RM) or 26 (RCL); Romans 12:…
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