Our 15th Year Anniversary
Hear ye! Hear ye! God is within and ahead! The present moment is bathed in future! We are becoming digital missionaries in a future that is drawing us forward into…
The Wisdom That Gives Rest
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Zechariah 9: 9-10 (RM) or 9-12 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or (RCL); Romans 8: 9, 11-13…
Universe as a Communion of Subjects
About 25 years ago, I became familiar with Thomas Berry’s statement that "The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects."1 I have repeated that line like…
Aerial view of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
A Communion of Subjects
"Have you ever stood in a forest and felt that you weren't simply looking at nature—you were somehow with the forest?" This question was put to me recently, and my…
A Cup of Water, A Heart of Hope
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16a (RM) or Jeremiah 28: 5-9 (RCL); Psalm 89 (RM) Romans 6:…
Mary at Cana: A Sign of Hope
“Would it be outlandish to say that the mother of Jesus, in effect, gave birth to the first sign of who he was as divine? Birthed his public ministry? Accompanied…
Rooted Beyond Fear
Reflection for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 (RM) or 7-13 (RCL); Psalm 69; Romans 5: 12-15 (RM) or 6: 1b-11 (RCL);…
RNDM Ireland Sisters at the Maori Camp, Waitara, 1945.
Let’s Celebrate Women!
Do we always have to wait until there is a special celebration or occasion to raise the status of women? At one stage in society, after World War II, women…
Holiness That Radiates Outward
Reflection for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Third Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Exodus 19: 1-6a (RM in Canada) or 2-6a (RM in the U.S.) or 2-8a (RCL); Psalm…
The Blooming Golden Padauk: Seeing the Father in the Midst of Chaos
“Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” — John 14:9 Lately, God has been whispering the profound truth of these words to me—not merely through Scripture, but through…