A Caravan of Selves
Student demonstrations in Europe and the U.S., Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy being shot, Trappist monk Thomas Merton being electrocuted in Thailand, my Father dying tragically, and my becoming…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter C
Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29 (RM) or Acts 16: 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 67; Revelation 21: 10-14, 22-23 (RM) or 10, 22-27, 22: 1-5 (RCL); John 14: 23-29. How can you have…
Living in the Questions
The quest for answers, The search for solutions, A daily pursuit it seems, The need to know And understand Everything, anything. A quick tap A simple click Reveals, exposes, unveils…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter C
Acts 14: 21-27 (RM) or Acts 11: 1-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or 148 (RCL); Revelation 21: 1-5a (RM) or 1-6 (RCL); John 13: 31-35. “Love, love, love. Love, love,…
Hope for the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River
62 Ferry Road, Christchurch, New Zealand is well remembered by the many Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions as they made their novitiate there, the second convent home of…
Let Us Dream
For the last while I have been reading Pope Francis’ 2020 publication: Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. He writes, “Look at us now: we put on…
Indigenous Surge
Susan Roll is away this week. Her usual Scripture Reflection will return next Friday.Indigenous Surge. That’s the title of the photo at the top of this post. It catches something…
Provencher Bridge
Every time I pass by,I can’t keep my looking back …Look, and look, and give thanksFor the beauty.Even in Yellow Autumn or White WinterThe bridge is amazing!A place to spend…
The Stories My Dog Tells
For forty, of my seventy plus years, I have been walking a dog. It is a routine I usually do happily but not always. Some days it’s a struggle. Especially…
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter C
Acts 5: 27-32, 40b-41 (RM) or Acts 9: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 30; Revelation 5: 11-14; John 21: 1-19. It’s approaching that time of year again, or what used to be…