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Reflection for the Baptism of the Lord

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 8, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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RCL: Baptism of Our Lord Genesis 1: 1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1: 4-11 Did you know that, if you were to visit Israel today (although perhaps you’ll want…

Reflection for the Feast of the Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 5, 2024
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Isaiah 60: 1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2: 1-12. The year was 1987. A world-renowned professor of catechetics had assembled a crack team of experts in scripture,…

Ask the Beasts

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:January 1, 2024
Post category:Animals Eco-Spirituality
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In 2014, American theologian Elizabeth Johnson wrote a wonderful book that included in its title Ask the Beasts. Job 12:17 continues, “ask the beasts and they will teach you.” We…

Reflection for the Holy Family, or First Sunday of Christmas

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 29, 2023
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RM for Canada: Genesis 15: 1-6, 17: 3b-5, 15-16, 21: 1-7 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128; Hebrews 11: 8, 11-12, 17-19 or Colossians 3: 12-21; Luke 2: 22-40.…

Nourishing Body and Spirit

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:December 25, 2023
Post category:Social Justice
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“It would be important for a family to have a rice cooker in the home and lots and lots of rice!!” This was part of an email reply an RNDM…

Reflection for Christmas Eve

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 24, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Isaiah 9: 2-4, 6-7 (RM in Canada) or 1-6 (RM in U.S.) or 2-7 (RCL); Psalm 96; Titus 2: 11-14; Luke 2: 1-14. “The people who walked in darkness have…

Fourth Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 22, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 (RM) or 1-11, 16 (RCL); Psalm 89 or Luke 1: 47-55; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1: 26-38. A few years ago I was…

Eulogy for Cecile Delorme – December 4, 2023

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:December 20, 2023
Post category:Death & Dying Memorial RNDMs in Canada
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Cécile Marie Blanche Delorme was born into a proud French-Canadian family, as snow thawed on the prairie fields of St. Joseph MB, in the Spring of 1935. The timing of…

The Taste of Things X: Advent’s Hard Work

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:December 18, 2023
Post category:Grief Personal Growth Reflections
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Newsflash: There is such pain in the world! It is not suffering in general that overwhelms me, but when it devolves into cruelty, brutality, and ruthless violence I feel cut…

Third Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 15, 2023
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Isaiah 61: 1-2a, 10-11 (RM) or 1-4, 8-11 (RCL); Psalm 126 or Luke 1: 46-50, 53-54 (RM) or 47-55 (RCL); 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28.It was absolutely,…