Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter A
Acts 2: 42-47 (RM) or 2: 14a, 22-32 (RCL); Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1: 3-9; John 20: 19-31. Liturgists are sometimes a very contrary lot. Roman Catholic liturgy scholars and…
The Taste of Things VI: Letting Go
I was shocked and deeply saddened! A week ago today, the Monday of Holy Week, I first read the news that St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado was closing. And…
Reflection for Easter Sunday A
Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 (RM in the U.S.), John 20: 1-18 (RM in Canada), or Matthew 28: 1-10 or…
RNDMs Arrival in St. Boniface and Grande Clairière, 1898
We have decided to honor this 125th anniversary of the RNDMs arrival in Canada by posting a monthly history excerpt. These monthly posts will seek to pass on a sense…
Friend Among the Asteroids
My knowledge of asteroids comes mostly from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful tale of The Little Prince, who lived on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612", and gave the world…
Reflection for Palm Sunday A
Gospel of Palms: Matthew 21: 1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Matthew 26:14--27:66 (long form) or…
A Time To Be
Lent is a time for embracing reflection and renewal. A time to allow spaces for quieting the buzz of what goes on in and around and allow the silence to…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent A
Ezekiel 37: 12-14 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Psalm 130; Romans 8: 8-11 (RM) or 6-11 (RCL); John 11: 1-45. It may have happened to you, or to someone you know.…
Anchored by Arctic and Antarctic Poles
I recently watched a television programme which was reflecting on Cyclone Gabrielle; this powerful, severe ‘weather bomb’ literally wiped out crops and vineyards particularly in the Gisborne and Hawkes Bay…
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent A
1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a (RM) or 1-13 (RCL); Psalm 23; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41 “What did I do to deserve this? What was God thinking? Is…
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