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The Taste of Things: Diversity

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:November 17, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture Social Justice
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It is 6:30 in the morning. No time for a weekend sleep in. I am on my way to a historic flag-raising ceremony! Two friends and I are walking to…

How Ancient Imagery Still Shapes Us

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 14, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Malachi 3:19-20a (RM) or Malachi 4:1-2a (RCL); Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (RM) or 2 Thessalonians…

When Justice Rolls Down Like Waters

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:November 10, 2025
Post category:Our Times and Culture Social Justice
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I recently realized that I could name all nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. I could even recall their alleged political leanings, which seem to influence their legal decisions…

The Feast and the Fire: Lessons from November 9

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 7, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Readings: Roman Missal: Ezekiel 47: 1-2, 8-9, 12; Psalm 46; 1 Corinthians 3:9b-11, 16-17; John 2:13-22. It’s a church.…

From Loss to Renewal: Reimagining our Landscape

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:November 2, 2025
Post category:Ecology Food and Gardening
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Gratitude for What Was On October 15, a row of septuagenarian spruce trees that defined the Eastern edge of our property came down in one day. The serious forest fire…

The Ones the Light Shines Through

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 31, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for All Saints / All Souls Day Readings: All Saints (RM) Revelation 7: 2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a. All Saints (RCL) Daniel 7: 1-3, 15-18;…

The Interplay of Science and Faith

Post author:Mary McInerney
Post published:October 27, 2025
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Science
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Recently I have been challenged by questions of the interface of science and faith . This was highlighted in a webinar ‘Spirituality on the Couch’ when I listened with wonder…

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
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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)…