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Gardening ABCs: B is for Brassicaceae Part 1

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:July 1, 2024
Post category:Food and Gardening
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Introducing the Brassicas This family has many names: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, cabbage or cole family. I was intrigued to learn that the name Cruciferae is used because flowers of these plants…

Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 6

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 28, 2024
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Wisdom 1:13-15 (RM) or Lamentations 3:22-33 (RCL); Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Mark 5:21-43. Twelve years. Twelve long years. Twelve short years. Short if…

Love Changes Everything

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:June 24, 2024
Post category:History RNDMs in Canada
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Know it well, love is its meaning. Who reveals this to you? Love. What does he reveal? Love. Why? For Love. Remain in this and you will know more of…

Reflection for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 21, 2024
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Job 38:1-4, 8-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Psalm 107; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (RM) or 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (RCL); Mark 4:35-41. In 1968, the university where I did my doctoral studies…

The Universe Story: Celebrating Existence

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:June 17, 2024
Post category:Cosmology RNDMs in Canada
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In the first week of June 2024, I met with seven other RNDM Sisters, to reflect together on the “new cosmology”, and its implications for our life and mission. The…

Reflection for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 14, 2024
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Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 92 (RM) or 130 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (RM) or 2 Cor 4:13-5:1 (RCL); Mark 3:20-35. It wasn’t during the ten years I lived in Europe, but…

Moments Under the Sun: A Poetic Journey

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:June 10, 2024
Post category:Poetry Reflections
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Beyond the surface of the routine there exists an invitation, a call, a gentle reminder. Join me on a poetic journey where the sun plays the role of a tender…

Reflection for the Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time / Pentecost 3 B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 7, 2024
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Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 92 (RM) or 130 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (RM) or 2 Cor 4:13-5:1 (RCL); Mark 3:20-35. It wasn’t during the ten years I lived in Europe, but…

A Reflection on Declining Church Attendance

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 3, 2024
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Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Psalm 81; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6 (RCL.) “Here is how we see the Sabbath,” said my Jewish colleague one day. “Six days a week you walk out…

Corpus Christi: The Body and Blood of Christ

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 31, 2024
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Exodus 24: 3-8; Psalm 116; Hebrews 9: 11-15; Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 (RM) “So what’s wrong with magic?” asked Amy, a bright young philosophy-minded student, in the Sacraments of Initiation…