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The Taste of Things VI: Letting Go

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:April 10, 2023
Post category:Reflections
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I was shocked and deeply saddened! A week ago today, the Monday of Holy Week, I first read the news that St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado was closing. And…

Reflection for Easter Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 7, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 (RM in the U.S.), John 20: 1-18 (RM in Canada), or Matthew 28: 1-10 or…

RNDMs Arrival in St. Boniface and Grande Clairière, 1898

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:April 5, 2023
Post category:History RNDMs in Canada
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We have decided to honor this 125th anniversary of the RNDMs arrival in Canada by posting a monthly history excerpt. These monthly posts will seek to pass on a sense…

Friend Among the Asteroids

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:April 3, 2023
Post category:Cosmology Science
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My knowledge of asteroids comes mostly from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful tale of The Little Prince, who lived on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612", and gave the world…

Reflection for Palm Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 31, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Gospel of Palms: Matthew 21: 1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Matthew 26:14--27:66 (long form) or…

A Time To Be

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:March 27, 2023
Post category:Poetry Reflections
Post comments:2 Comments

Lent is a time for embracing reflection and renewal. A time to allow spaces for quieting the buzz of what goes on in and around and allow the silence to…

Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 24, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Ezekiel 37: 12-14 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Psalm 130; Romans 8: 8-11 (RM) or 6-11 (RCL); John 11: 1-45. It may have happened to you, or to someone you know.…

Anchored by Arctic and Antarctic Poles

Post author:Christina Cathro
Post published:March 20, 2023
Post category:Climate Change
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I recently watched a television programme which was reflecting on Cyclone Gabrielle; this powerful, severe ‘weather bomb’ literally wiped out crops and vineyards particularly in the Gisborne and Hawkes Bay…