SpiritualityJanuary 23, 2021The Beauty of Humility – Dedicated to all U.S. Officials
"The great Saint Teresa of Avila wrote: “Humility is truth. It is becoming aware of and accepting the truth of who we are.” "
SpiritualityJanuary 20, 2021Remember Your Baptism?
"We are marked as Christ’s own, forever. Like Jesus we, too, are God’s own beloved child. Nothing can change that. Nothing! "
SpiritualityJanuary 17, 2021What are You Looking For? – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
"What do I really and most seriously want? Peace. The end of stress in my life. Health for my grandchild. Just one more year for that friend who has terminal cancer"
SpiritualityJanuary 11, 2021To Be A Pilgrim: Walking with Your Neighbour
"I am convinced that it is only by embracing our own suffering and that of our neighbor, as pilgrims, that we will be able to live this new life in the manner of Jesus."
SpiritualityJanuary 10, 2021Out of the Hidden Life – The Baptism of the Lord
"My experience of accompanying people through the Exercises is that their contemplation on the unspecified events of ages twelve to thirty in Jesus’ life can be invaluable for people who are seeking to grow in more intimate knowledge of Jesus."
SpiritualityJanuary 05, 2021Ignatius The Founder
"...in the beginning, the full responsibility for the Society came to rest upon Ignatius, and the task of drafting the Constitutions fell to him alone."
SpiritualityJanuary 01, 2021New Year’s Day – 2021
Frances reminds us how good politics are at the service of peace.
SpiritualityDecember 21, 2020The Most Important Historical Event.
". . we all received a new relationship to God through the incarnation. "
SpiritualityDecember 18, 2020No Nativity, No Eucharist
"It is important for us to realize that the Nativity scene is not meant merely for pious contemplation. It contains a special message.."
SpiritualityDecember 16, 2020A Dose of Hope
This event offers hope to us who are mired in these troubled times.
SpiritualityDecember 02, 2020Remembering Joan Levy Earle
"One way that God provides His love for us is through the people who brighten our days, encourage our dreams and offer their friendship."
Daily LifeSpiritualityNovember 24, 2020Canadian Jesuits International: A just future, from a South Sudanese perspective
"There are many good things the international community can learn from being in solidarity with South Sudan and South Sudanese women."
SpiritualityNovember 17, 2020Canadian Jesuits International: A Just Future for All: Jesuit Refugee Service Colombia
"JRS Colombia fully embraces the call of the Holy Father Francisco: to welcome, to protect, to promote, and to integrate migrants, refugees, internally displaced people and victims of violence. "
SpiritualityNovember 16, 2020Christ Horse
"Then she stopped and looked at me for a long time with her huge dark eye. “Who are you?” I asked. For I felt a very powerful communication"
SpiritualityNovember 13, 2020Making Time for Prayer Matter
" We fail to remember that prayer is having a conversation with God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. We can pray anytime and as often as we like."
SpiritualityNovember 12, 2020The Story of My Brother’s Death
Bishop Dowd of Montreal shares the story of the death of his younger brother, Chris.
SpiritualityNovember 09, 2020Thoughts During Covid 19
Thomas Hardy's Darkling Thrush with its "blessed hope" offers what is needed at this time.
SpiritualityNovember 06, 2020Never Alone
"During my stay in hospital and since I have been back home, not once have I felt left alone as I knew the Lord was with me and had been all along."
SpiritualityOctober 25, 2020Love of God, Love of Neighbour: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"We need to find our own patterns for showing our love for God. There are as many forms of prayer as there are individuals. My interior life must be mine, not yours."
SpiritualityOctober 16, 2020Cardinal Czerny on Fratelli Tutti: “A Warning and A Call to Hope”
?Pope Francis has published a new thoughtful document - a letter addressed to all faithful and even to all men and women of good faith - on human fraternity. We asked one of his close collaborators, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, to tell us about the meaning of this major document".
SpiritualityOctober 14, 2020Remembering November’s New Normal
"How can a pandemic NOT bring out a fear that is re-awakened by fresh recurrences and continuing confusions and failures."
SpiritualityOctober 11, 2020The Marriage Feast – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"God’s invitation to the messianic banquet is for all of us, whether or not we have the proper garment, and whether or not we are free from sin and imperfection. "
SpiritualityOctober 07, 2020When Bishops Meet: A Review
"What is especially striking about Vatican II was Pope John’s “cordial invitation to the faithful of the separated communities to participate with us in this quest for unity and grace” (p 161), who were urged to send observers. During the council, between fifty and a hundred observers were present f
SpiritualityOctober 03, 2020Saint Junipero Serra
"“I arrived with nothing. I leave you with nothing, but I leave you with a great treasure, the faith.”"
SpiritualityOctober 02, 2020The Work of God
"It is through the power of God’s grace that we will be changed."
SpiritualitySeptember 28, 2020Yom Kippur 2020
Yom Kippur atones for those who repent and does not atone for those who do not repent.
SpiritualitySeptember 27, 2020Yes, No or Maybe – Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Paul is reminding the Philippians to live out the selfless attitude that should arise as a normal response to being rooted and grounded in Christ."
SpiritualitySeptember 26, 2020A Burning Mission
On the feast of the Canadian Martyrs, a reflection from an 8 Day Vocation Discernment Retreat, Martyrs Shrine, 2018.
- SpiritualitySeptember 24, 2020
An Evolutionary Weekend Retreat
Why not take some time - as the fall settles in - - to make a weekend retreat?
SpiritualitySeptember 22, 2020Back to the Glory Days
"God’s people do not return to a better day but move forward to a better day. "
SpiritualitySeptember 20, 2020The Generous Landowner – Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
" . . .the reality is that I always have a choice about how I respond to all that happens – the power of the earth, all that happens to my body or a pandemic."
SpiritualitySeptember 18, 2020St. Mary Magdalene and Me
"Great was her love for Jesus, because she had tasted the healing love of forgiveness."
SpiritualitySeptember 14, 2020Militaristic Metaphors in the Psalms
"One of the commonest themes, is the request of the Lord to take up arms against “my enemy.”
SpiritualitySeptember 05, 2020Surrendering to God
"All my life, I have considered myself to be a Christian, a believer; I, however, am discovering there is always more to uncover and experience of the profoundness of God."
SpiritualitySeptember 04, 2020Soul Matters – Have A Little Faith
"These words are the most comforting for us to ponder on when we find ourselves facing challenging or distressing situations."
SpiritualityAugust 24, 2020Finding Joy in The Presence of God
""‘joy is a response to having been united’ with whom and what we love.""
SpiritualityAugust 17, 2020One Blessing
"Our trust in His words and in His presence can sustain us through anything! Even Pandemics! "
SpiritualityAugust 16, 2020The Grace of Persistence – Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
"The Gospel today offers a great example of persistence."