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We Were Made for These Times

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:September 25, 2022
Post category:Our Times and Culture
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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

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 23, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:September 19, 2022
Post category:Social Justice
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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

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 16, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:September 13, 2022
Post category:Food and Gardening
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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,…

Mysteries, Yes

Post author:Christina Cathro
Post published:September 12, 2022
Post category:Reflections
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Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood… How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs… How people come, from delight or the scars of…

Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 9, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14 (RM) or 7-14 (RCL); Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke 15: 1-32 or 1-10 (RM) or 1-10 (RCL) I was at work in the university…

Dog Walking

Post author:Bonnie Dickie
Post published:September 5, 2022
Post category:Animal Companions
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Dogs unlike cats require exercise and since I am a responsible human that means daily walks. Luca, my rescue mutt, gets three walks a day and has developed an inner…

Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 2, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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…

Laudato Si’ and Samoa

Post author:Losa Tofilau
Post published:August 31, 2022
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Food and Gardening
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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…