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The Crisis in Gaza: How We Can Help

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:February 26, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture Social Justice
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The ongoing crisis in Gaza demands urgent attention and action. But how can we make a difference from afar? While it may seem challenging, the resources below offer a strong…

Seeking Peace in Palestine and Israel

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:February 24, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture Social Justice
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“We are afraid. We are tired. We are alone.” These words were shared by Palestinians to a friend of mine who recently visited the West Bank on a Solidarity Tour.…

Above All, Be Compassionate

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 21, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time C or the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Readings: I Samuel 26: 2, 7-9 (RM) or Genesis 45: 3-11,15 (RCL); Psalm 103 (RM)…

The Miracle of Silence

Post author:Teresa My Dung Nguyen
Post published:February 17, 2025
Post category:Meditation Reflections
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I have thought that silence is being silent in a quiet atmosphere: there are no sounds; nothing moves; everything stops working. However, it is exactly the opposite. Being in silence…

What Lives On After We Die?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 14, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time C or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Jeremiah 17: 5-8 (RM) or 5-10 (RCL); Psalm 1; I Corinthians 15: 12, 16-20 (RM)…

What Will History Say About 2025?

Post author:Mary McInerney
Post published:February 10, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture World Events
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As I watch the services for former President Carter I ask the question ‘What will history say about our present world leaders?” This year marks eighty years since the foundation…

I Will Make You “Catchers of People”

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:February 7, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time C or the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Isaiah 6: 1-2, 3-8 (RM) or 1-8 (RCL); Psalm 138; I Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke…

Healing the Earth with Rewilding

Post author:Liz Hartigan
Post published:February 3, 2025
Post category:Climate Change Ecology
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Let the great rewilding of the world begin with you Let yourself be absorbed into something larger and Less tame than your isolated self. (Lorraine Anderson) Recently a heading in…

Clean Hands and a Pure Heart

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 31, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Feast of the “Presentation of the Lord” Readings: Malachi 3: 1-4; Psalm 24: 7-10 (RM or RCL) or 84 (RCL); Hebrews 2: 14-18; Luke 2: 22-40 (RM…

Resolutions and Fear of the Future

Post author:Rose Mary Harbinson
Post published:January 27, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture Reflections
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How many New Resolutions have we made and broken within a couple of weeks or even within days, over the years? There is so much excitement around the Christmas Season…