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:…
The Threshold of New Life
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." — Matthew 6:9-10 Every day, as I reflectively…
Built on a Rock
Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 22: 19-23 (RM) or Isaiah 51: 1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 11: 33-36 (RM) or Romans…
The Spaces Between
I find myself living between spaces these couple of months, fully aware of the work that calls for my attention, yet gently allowing life’s unexpected interruptions to take their rightful…