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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
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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
Post category:Scripture Reading
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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, barley…

Friends in Low Places

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 19, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Luke 16: 1-13…

Bridging the Past: Lest We Forget

Post author:Claudia Stecker
Post published:September 15, 2025
Post category:History Social Justice
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This past week, I have been at Mercy by the Sea, a retreat and conference center in Madison, Connecticut, on the shores of Long Island Sound (pictured above). One of the popular…

The Sheep and the Coin

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 12, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14 (RM) or 7-14 (RCL); Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke…