In this brief article, I want to share something of my experience of the May 25-28 General Assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference. As I began to write, I found…
Exodus 34: 4b-6, 8-9 (RM) or Genesis 1:1-2:4a (RCL); Canticle from Daniel 3 (RM) or Psalm 104 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13(RCL); John 3:…
In the silence of the night, I lay awake, Mind restless, unable to sleep, Pondering what tomorrow brings, As the dawn begins to sing. Yet, a presence nears, Peace gently…
Acts 2:1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL); Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 (RM) or 3b-13 (RCL); John 20: 19-23. There’s Pentecost and then there’s, well, Pentecost. Luke and John…
Back in July 2022 I wrote a blog about the wonder and delight of my two budgies. Last month I took Beautiful Boy to the vet. He had a bleeding…
Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23 (RM) or 15-23 (RCL); Matthew 28: 16-20 (RM) or Luke 24: 44-53 (RCL). A friend of mine, whose career prior to university…
“To tell the story of anything, you have to tell the story of everything.”1 This quote from Thomas Berry, describing the inherent relatedness of all creation, is also reflected in…
In my last blog I wrote about the death of a pet and the emptiness it can leave in one’s life. Within a few days of writing that piece, my…
Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17 (RM) or Acts 17: 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3: 15-18 (RM) or 13-22 (RCL); John 14: 15-21. Today we’re going to extract just four…
With great joy and celebration, on Monday April 24, 2023, Thi My Dung Nguyen was admitted as a postulant to the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (RNDM). Several…