Wisdom 9: 13-18b (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 90 or 1; Philemon: 9-10, 12-17 (RM) or Philemon: 1-21 (RCL); Luke 14: 25-33 Really, you’d think it would have…
The more we love Planet Earth the more we will reverence and protect our natural environment. The more we love Planet Earth, the more we will be aware that we…
I’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the crocus growin’ up through the snowI’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the frozen…
Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (RM) or Sirach 10: 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 68 or 112; Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24a (RM) or Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16 (RCL); Luke 14: 1, 7-14…
I’m at Mass in my parish church:Singing: Oh good. inclusive language. Oh no. exclusive languageOh good. It’s Fr …………..Oh no. It’s Fr …………….Homily: Oh good. Vatican 2 theology Oh no.…
John Robinson, a wise and gentle man, living in Toronto, and serving at the Native Peoples Mission in that city, died on May 26, 2022. I am still grieving his…
Isaiah 66: 18-21(RM) or 58: 9b-14 (RCL); Psalm 117 or 103; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13 (RM) or 18-23 (RCL); Luke 13: 22-30 (RM) or 10-17 (RCL) There’s a toxic and…
On 25 March 2020, the New Zealand government imposed a strict lockdown on people in an effort to keep us safe from the worst effects of what came to be…
Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4 (RM) or 11: 29-12:2 (RCL); Luke 12: 49-53 (RM) or 49-56 (RCL.) “When you…
“I spent the summer travelling. I got halfway across my backyard.”--Jean Louis Agassiz, 19th C. Swiss-American naturalist/geologist1 Several summers ago, I began the practice of taking a slow morning walk…