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Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 26, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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…

Eucharistic Musings

Post author:Barb Cameron
Post published:August 24, 2022
Post category:Reflections
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I’m at Mass in my parish church: Singing: Oh good. inclusive language. Oh no. exclusive language Oh good. It’s Fr ………….. Oh no. It’s Fr ……………. Homily: Oh good. Vatican…

Remembering John Robinson

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:August 22, 2022
Post category:Death & Dying Memorial
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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…

Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 19, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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…

Moving From a Team of 5 Million to a Divided Society

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:August 15, 2022
Post category:Covid 19
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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…

Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 12, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:1 Comment

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…

Summer Travels in Our Garden

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:August 8, 2022
Post category:Food and Gardening
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“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…

Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 5, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:2 Comments

Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM) or 1-3, 8-16 (RCL); Luke 12: 32-48. The Gospel of Luke seems to have a…

The Trees Know: A Reflection

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:August 1, 2022
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Reflections
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David Wagoner‘s poem, “Lost” is one of my favourite metaphors for finding a way forward in difficult times. It is a siren call to live in the present moment no…

Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 29, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
Post comments:1 Comment

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 (RCL); Psalm 90 (RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians 3: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Luke 12: 13-21. A cartoon that appeared…