Finding Inner Peace in a Troubled World
Reflection for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost A Readings: Isaiah 25: 6-10a (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 23; Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20 (RM) or…
Leaving: A Poem
I wrote this poem around 1993, and it was published in that same year under the title “RNDM Poetry”. Sr. June Lenzen was the editor. It was part of a…
What Should the Church Hold On To and Let Go Of?
Reflection for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost A Readings: Isaiah 5: 1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 4: 6-9 (RM) or 3:4b-14 (RCL); Matthew 21: 33-43…
Preparing the Garden for a Changing Climate
Sitting outside on this first day of autumn under a sky that is a soft blue backdrop for a few white clouds floating by and a flock of geese honking…
Humility, Freedom and the Mind of Christ
Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Ezekiel 18: 25-28 (RM) or 18:1-4, 25-32 (RCL); Psalm 25; Philippians 2: 1-11 (RM) or…
Our Images of God
Some spiritual teachers have a way of making my heart sing! One such wisdom-speaker is Sister Elizabeth Johnson CSJ. In her latest book, Come, Have Breakfast, Meditations on God and…
Seek Wisdom While She May Be Found
Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time A Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 55: 6-9 (RM) or Jonah 3:10-4:11 (RCL); Psalm 145 Philippians 1: 20c-24, 27a RM) or 21-30…
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Sophia Among Us: Wisdom, Creativity and Sacred Relationship
I imagine that Sophia is the Divine Feminine in all of us.I had a surge of creativity one day. On a sheet of black paper, the coloured pencil moved until…
Forgiveness, Justice and the Path to Healing
Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Reading: Sirach 27:30 – 28:7 (RM) or Genesis 50: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 103; Romans 14: 7-9 (RM)…
Language and Identity: Words, Meaning and Mystery
As I share life with three Vietnamese Sisters who are studying English, I am constantly reminded of the richness and complexity of language as a profound part of our identity…