Standing on the Edge
Another year has arrived, and we continue to look in hope for change. We always pray that the New Year will bring us to another stage of transformation—yet as one…
Threads of 2025: A Christmas Examen
As Christmas draws near and the year softly folds into memory, I find myself drawn to a gentle examen practice that invites me to see, to listen, to revisit the…
Advent, Womb, and Word
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent A Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14 (RM) or 10-16 (RCL); Psalm 24 (RM) or 80 (RCL); Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 (RM) or 18-25 (RCL.) A…
How Ancient Imagery Still Shapes Us
Reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Malachi 3:19-20a (RM) or Malachi 4:1-2a (RCL); Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (RM) or 2 Thessalonians…
A Cat Lady’s Thoughts on the Holy Family
Reflection for the “Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph,” First Sunday after Christmas Readings: RM Year C: 1 Samuel 1: 20-22, 24-28; Psalm 84; 1 John 3: 1-2, 21-24;…
Pregnant with the Future
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent C Readings: Micah 5: 1-4a (RM) or 2-5a (RCL); Psalm 80; Hebrews 10: 5-10;Luke 1: 39-45 (RM), or 39-45 or 46-55 (RCL). We’re…
The Rough Ways Shall Be Made Smooth
Reflection for the Second Sunday in Advent C Readings: Baruch 5: 1-9 (RM) or Malachi 3: 1-4 (RCL); Psalm 126 (RM) or Luke 1: 68-79 (RCL); Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 (RM)…
The Grain of Wheat Doesn’t Die
Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Psalm 51; Hebrews 5: 7-9 (RM) or 5-10 (RCL); John 12: 20-33. If you happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the…
The Rite of the Churching of Women
RM for Canada: Genesis 15: 1-6, 17: 3b-5, 15-16, 21: 1-7 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128; Hebrews 11: 8, 11-12, 17-19 or Colossians 3: 12-21; Luke 2: 22-40.…
Nourishing Body and Spirit
“It would be important for a family to have a rice cooker in the home and lots and lots of rice!!” This was part of an email reply an RNDM…