An Easter Rising
Last month, on March 2, I attended a workshop entitled “Shifting from Climate Anxiety to Climate Action.”1 The sustainability expert’s presentation was upbeat, encouraging the enthusiastic embrace of climate actions…
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter C
Acts 5: 12-16 (RM) or 27-32 (RCL); Psalm 118; Revelation 1: 9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 (RM) or 4-8 (RCL); John 20: 19-31.There’s much to be said for well-founded doubt. Doubt is…
Sunflower Painting: My Love of Flowers
I love flowers! Most photos on my phone are of different kinds of flowers. I like to hunt for lovely wildflowers by the way side of a river that no…
Why Do You Call Yourself A Missionary?
Well, I am sure this is awkward. You are reading this blog on a website of religious missionaries called the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. So, I will…
A Reflection for Easter Sunday
Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43, or alt. Isaiah 65: 17-25 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3: 1-4 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26 or Acts 10: 34-43 (RCL); John…
Catholic Sisters as Eco-Missionaries
The Sisters of Our Lady of Missions, my congregation, was one of the many 19th century congregations founded to involve Catholic sisters in a subordinate capacity in assisting bishops and…
Reflection for Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday C
Isaiah 50: 4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or Psalm 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Luke 22: 14--23: 56 (RM and RCL) or Luke…
Come Into The Garden With Me
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), British horticulturist and garden…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent C
Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3: 8-14 (RM) or 4b-14 (RCL); John 8: 1-11 (RM) or John 12: 1-8 (RCL).We’re approaching Holy Week. Next Sunday is Passion Sunday, Palm…
The Taste of Things
Sometimes the world upsets me, discourages me, and causes me to tremble. Like many in Canada, I was shaken by the recent events of the “freedom convoy” that motored its…