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The Whale of Emotions

Post author:Bonnie Dickie
Post published:November 20, 2023
Post category:Animals Reflections Whales
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I listened to an interview the other day about animals and emotions. The scientist stated that for decades researchers had been discouraged and sometimes ridiculed if there was any mention…

Can We Trust the Authority of God?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 17, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Proverbs 31: 10-13, 16-18, 20, 26, 28-31 (RM in Canada), or 10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (RM in the U.S.), or Zephaniah 1: 7, 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 128 (RM) or 90 (RCL);…

Bed-Stuy: Service with a Smile

Post author:Claudia Stecker
Post published:November 13, 2023
Post category:Mission Work Poverty Social Justice
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I look forward to Tuesdays. The day gets off to a quick start as my companion and I ready ourselves for the rather long bus-train trek to Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn,…

The Embodiment of Wisdom

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 10, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Wisdom 6: 12-16 (RM) or Amos 5: 18-24 (RCL); Psalm 63; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (RM) or 13-14 and 15-18 (RCL); Matthew 25: 1-13. At my age, just a tad past…

The Awakening Magic of Beauty

Post author:Christina Cathro
Post published:November 6, 2023
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Poetry Reflections
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The new season of Spring has arrived in New Zealand and life is singing in all her splendour. It is such a wonderful time to just wander in the beauty…

Calling a Priest “Father”

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 3, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 (RM) or Micah 3: 5-12 (RCL); Psalm 131; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13 (RM) or 1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13 (RCL); Matthew 23: 1-12. For All Saints Sunday: Revelation…

Declining Membership: Coming to Completion

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:October 30, 2023
Post category:Endings Religious Life
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Many apostolic congregations of religious women in the West find themselves having conversations about “coming to completion,” that is, about declining membership, a rising median age, and lack of interested…

Love of God and Neighbour

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 27, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Exodus 22: 21-27 (RM in Canada) or 20-26 (RM in the U.S.) or Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18 (RCL) or Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (Lutheran); Psalm 18 (RM) or 1 (RCL) or…

You Say Marigold, I Say Calendula Officinalis

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:October 23, 2023
Post category:Food and Gardening
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“Latin is a dead language That is plain to see. It killed off the Romans And now it’s killing me.” Someone wrote these words in my autograph book when I…

Prayer for the Synod at Cardinal Flahiff’s Grave

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:October 18, 2023
Post category:RNDMs in Canada Rome Synod 2023 Synod 2021 - 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB90zTiahfI&ab_channel=RNDMCanada This 20 minute video depicts October 4 prayer at Cardinal Flahiff’s grave in Winnipeg, on the first day of the Synod in Rome. We gathered in solidarity with all…