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Daisy Flower Vase Painting

Post author:Giang Pham
Post published:April 19, 2023
Post category:Artwork Reflections
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My childhood was full of white daisy flowers.They return in memory in myriad ways. When I was a teenager, I used to herd cows near the streams and grass meadows.…

Tiny Miracles Part I

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:April 17, 2023
Post category:Food and Gardening
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“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it…

Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 14, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 2: 42-47 (RM) or 2: 14a, 22-32 (RCL); Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1: 3-9; John 20: 19-31. Liturgists are sometimes a very contrary lot. Roman Catholic liturgy scholars and…

The Taste of Things VI: Letting Go

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:April 10, 2023
Post category:Reflections
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I was shocked and deeply saddened! A week ago today, the Monday of Holy Week, I first read the news that St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado was closing. And…

Reflection for Easter Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 7, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 (RM in the U.S.), John 20: 1-18 (RM in Canada), or Matthew 28: 1-10 or…

RNDMs Arrival in St. Boniface and Grande Clairière, 1898

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:April 5, 2023
Post category:History RNDMs in Canada
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We have decided to honor this 125th anniversary of the RNDMs arrival in Canada by posting a monthly history excerpt. These monthly posts will seek to pass on a sense…

Friend Among the Asteroids

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:April 3, 2023
Post category:Cosmology Science
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My knowledge of asteroids comes mostly from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful tale of The Little Prince, who lived on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612", and gave the world…

Reflection for Palm Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 31, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Gospel of Palms: Matthew 21: 1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Matthew 26:14--27:66 (long form) or…

A Time To Be

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:March 27, 2023
Post category:Poetry Reflections
Post comments:2 Comments

Lent is a time for embracing reflection and renewal. A time to allow spaces for quieting the buzz of what goes on in and around and allow the silence to…

Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 24, 2023
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Ezekiel 37: 12-14 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Psalm 130; Romans 8: 8-11 (RM) or 6-11 (RCL); John 11: 1-45. It may have happened to you, or to someone you know.…