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The Taste of Things VII: Zeal

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:June 12, 2023
Post category:Celebrations Religious Life RNDMs in Canada
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My favorite liturgical feast is Pentecost! It announces itself with aliveness, zeal, and spirit—a wildly untamed Spirit that is—and one cannot commit their life to this Spirit and expect to…

Corpus Christi / Body and Blood of Christ or Second Sunday after Pentecost

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 9, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14-16 (RM) or Hosea 5: 15 – 6:6 (RCL); Psalm 147 (RM) or 50 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17 (RM) or Romans 4: 13-25 (RCL); John 6:…

First Winter in Grande Clairière

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:June 7, 2023
Post category:History RNDMs in Canada
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In last month’s “history highlight”, (Wednesday May 3) writer Sr. M. de la St Trinité Goutelle, described the joy of the Sisters in Grande Clairière, when in early December 1898,…

God is Alive, Magic is Afoot: Reflections on the 2023 Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) General Assembly

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:June 5, 2023
Post category:Poetry Reflections Religious Life
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In this brief article, I want to share something of my experience of the May 25-28 General Assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference. As I began to write, I found…

Reflection for Trinity Sunday

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 2, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Exodus 34: 4b-6, 8-9 (RM) or Genesis 1:1-2:4a (RCL); Canticle from Daniel 3 (RM) or Psalm 104 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13(RCL); John 3:…

Whispers in the Night: A Journey of Wonder and Surrender

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:May 29, 2023
Post category:Poetry Reflections
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In the silence of the night, I lay awake, Mind restless, unable to sleep, Pondering what tomorrow brings, As the dawn begins to sing. Yet, a presence nears, Peace gently…

The Feast of Pentecost

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 26, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 2:1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL); Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 (RM) or 3b-13 (RCL); John 20: 19-23. There’s Pentecost and then there’s, well, Pentecost. Luke and John…

The Fragility of Life

Post author:Christina Cathro
Post published:May 22, 2023
Post category:Animal Companions Eco-Spirituality
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Back in July 2022 I wrote a blog about the wonder and delight of my two budgies. Last month I took Beautiful Boy to the vet. He had a bleeding…

Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 19, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23 (RM) or 15-23 (RCL); Matthew 28: 16-20 (RM) or Luke 24: 44-53 (RCL). A friend of mine, whose career prior to university…

Everything is Connected – My Dung’s Reception Continued

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:May 17, 2023
Post category:Celebrations RNDMs in Canada
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“To tell the story of anything, you have to tell the story of everything.”1 This quote from Thomas Berry, describing the inherent relatedness of all creation, is also reflected in…