All Beings Confluence
The following post is a transcript of the presentation made by Fenella Temmerman, at the launch of Rosa Bruno-Jofré’s history of the RNDMs in Canada, on October 5, 2022.I am…
Diversity, Resilience and Gratitude
The Horn of Plenty, associated with our Thanksgiving Day and overflowing with a diversity of fruits and vegetables, is the image in my mind each year as I plan the…
The Taste of Things III
Most would agree with the newspaper article I read today that stated “we live in a fraught and fractured time!” Signs of disorder, chaos, and collapse are everywhere. Distrust, disinterest,…
Reflection for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Please note that there will be no scripture reflections posted on October 7th and October 14th. Susan's scripture reflections will resume on October 21st. Habakkuk 1: 2-3, 2: 2-4 (RM)…
Queen
Queen For a week I saw the possibility Of the world coming together Not with signs and shouting Not out of anger or discontent Not because things were going badly…
We Were Made for These Times
There is an emerging consensus that we humans of planet earth are in a time of systems collapse. Systems we have built – e.g. health care, education, government, religion, politics,…
Reflection for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16 (RM) or 6-19 (RCL); Luke 16: 19-31 In 2009 I accepted a longstanding invitation to visit the St. Ephrem Ecumenical…
Imagination and Social Justice
Many years ago, I came across a photograph and reflection from theologian Elizabeth Johnson that I have had on my computer desktop ever since. Both photo and reflection come from…
Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Luke 16: 1-13 or 10-13 (RM) or 1-13 (RCL) Well now we’ve seen everything. The Bible advocating…
An Arbour, Birdhouse Gourds and a Meter Reader
On April 12, I sowed some birdhouse gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) seeds indoors, hoping they would yield a few gourds that could be used as birdhouses next year. Two weeks later,…
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