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The Taste of Things X: Advent’s Hard Work

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:December 18, 2023
Post category:Grief Personal Growth Reflections
Post comments:3 Comments

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…

Liberty to Captives and Release to Prisoners

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 15, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:1 Comment

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…

Eulogy for Patricia Orban – November 23, 2023

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:December 13, 2023
Post category:Death & Dying Memorial RNDMs in Canada
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In trying to describe something of who Patrica Orban was, and what she meant to us, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, I am reminded of the film…

A Teaspoon of Neutron Star

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:December 11, 2023
Post category:Death & Dying RNDMs in Canada
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Usually Advent stirs in me feelings of wonder and light – waiting in joyful hope. This Advent, I am more aware of the hovering presence of darkness and death, than…

Striking Words from Unexpected People

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 8, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:1 Comment

Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Psalm 85; 2 Peter 3: 8-14 (RM) or 8-15a (RCL); Mark 1: 1-8. Really, sometimes you hear the most striking things from…

Footsteps of Yesterday

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:December 4, 2023
Post category:Family Reflections
Post comments:1 Comment

One day during my holiday at home, my dad called and asked if I was free for a morning walk. Despite having just completed a 5 km walk that morning,…

The Saviour is Coming!

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 1, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:1 Comment

Isaiah 63: 16b-17, 64: 1, 3-8 (RM in Canada) or Isaiah 63: 16b-17, 19b, 64: 2-7 (RM in U.S.) or 64: 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 80; I Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark…

Navigating the Depths of Grief

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:November 27, 2023
Post category:Death & Dying Grief
Post comments:1 Comment

My present reality is defined by grief, a profound emotion that has woven its way into the fabric of my life. First is the passing of John Robinson, an indigenous…

Are We Sheep or Goats?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 24, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17 (RM) or 11-16, 20-24 (RCL); Psalm 23; 1 Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28 (RM) or Ephesians 1: 15-23 (RCL); Matthew 25: 31-36. It really touched my heart,…

Are You Willing to Change?

Post author:Jacquie Reimer
Post published:November 22, 2023
Post category:Personal Growth Reflections
Post comments:2 Comments

Jacquie Reimer is a member of Contemplative Outreach Manitoba and a certified presenter of the centering prayer practice. One day at Tai Chi class, our instructor opened the class with…