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What’s in a Name?

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:February 20, 2023
Post category:Social Justice
Post comments:1 Comment

There is much that Canada and New Zealand do not have in common. Canada is nearly 40 times larger than New Zealand area-wise and very different in respect of climate.…

Reflection for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 17, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Leviticus 19: 1-2, 17-18 (RM) or 11-2, 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 103; I Corinthians 3: 16-23 (RM) or 10-11, 16-23 (RCL); Matthew 5: 38-48. For those marking Transfiguration Sunday: Exodus 24:…

Do Plants Multi-task?

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:February 13, 2023
Post category:Food and Gardening
Post comments:3 Comments

It’s February – the time that I, and many gardeners in Canada, are making plans for this year’s growing season. My own saved seeds, stored in envelopes, are inviting me…

Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 10, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10 (RM) or 3: 1-9 (RCL); Matthew 5: 17-37 (RM) or 21-37 (RCL). One of my…

The Taste of Things V: Hope

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:February 6, 2023
Post category:Climate Change Reflections
Post comments:4 Comments

I was part of an engaging conversation recently about “collapse!” In the midst of a climate catastrophe will the planet survive? Will the human species survive? Will I survive? Of…

Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 3, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Isaiah 58: 7-10 (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 112; I Corinthians 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Matthew 5: 13-16 (RM) or 13-20 (RCL). For this Reflection: Matthew 5: 1-12…

Twenty-Five Years Ago: Arrival at Grande-Clairière

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:February 1, 2023
Post category:History Poetry
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Carrying on from my post of January 30, here is a reflection by Sr. M. of the Trinity, (front centre in the photo) one of the early RNDM Canadian pioneers…

The Time of Our Lives

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:January 29, 2023
Post category:Cosmology History
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Lately I have been reading a lot about the new cosmology. I find this research energizing and so hopeful in relation to the future of our planet home. For example,…

Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 27, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Zephaniah 2:3, 3:2-13 (RM) or Micah 6:1-8 (RCL); Psalm 146 (RM) or Psalm 15 (RCL); I Corinthians 1: 26-31 (RM) or 18-31 (RCL); Matthew 5: 1-12. I don’t know what…

The End

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:January 23, 2023
Post category:Poetry Reflections
Post comments:3 Comments

The end.I woke up this morning with that thought.When the season is all about beginning anew,why am I thinking of the end?I recently suddenly lost a very good friend.She was…