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The Pharisee and the Publican

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 24, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18 (RM) or 35: 12-17 (RCL); Psalm 34 or 84; 2 Timothy…

I Have Formed This People for Myself

Post author:Noreen Mya Sie
Post published:October 20, 2025
Post category:Divine Missions Meditation
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“I am doing a new thing: now it springs forth.” (Is 43:9)The current global situation has stirred in me to be more attentive to God’s new acts of transformation in…

The Power of Persistence

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 17, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Exodus 17: 8-13 (RM) or Genesis 32: 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3: 14-4:2 (RM)…

Culture: A Means of Existence

Post author:Rose Mary Harbinson
Post published:October 13, 2025
Post category:Missionary Spirituality Saints
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As we fast approach the canonisation of a Melanesian Catechist, Peter ToRot, it is a great move within the Church to recognise that local, indigenous people can offer something to…

Clearing Away the Barbed Wire

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 10, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: 2 Kings 5: 14-17 (RM) or 2 Kings 5: 1-3, 7-15c (RCL); Psalm 98 (RM) or…

Bonfires in Cyberspace

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:October 6, 2025
Post category:Poetry Reflections
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I have fond memories of sitting around bonfires in my younger years—overnight at the beach, whiling away the time with family and friends. We would sing, talk, eat, or simply…

The Smallness of a Seed, the Greatness of Faith

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 3, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Habakkuk 1: 2-3, 2: 2-4 (RM) or Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 2:1-4 (RCL): Psalm 95 or…

Listening to Mayon’s Echoing Voice

Post author:Weeyaa Villanueva
Post published:September 29, 2025
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Poetry Reflections
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I grew up at the skirt of Mayon Volcano, rising over 8,000 feet with a perfect, living cone. At her sight, each morning was to awaken into awe and wonder.…

What’s in Your Wallet? A Parable Reflection

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 26, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16 (RM) or 6-19 (RCL); Luke 16:…

Journey to Lebret: New Beginnings

Post author:Bonnie Dickie
Post published:September 22, 2025
Post category:Divine Missions History
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If you travel west from Winnipeg, Manitoba on the Trans- Canada highway you traverse a relatively flat expanse of Canada’s prairie landscape; mile after mile of vibrant fields growing wheat,…