SpiritualityApril 04, 2020Be Still
"I am invited to pray in the silence of my innermost being to a God who is a friend of silence. "
SpiritualityMarch 27, 2020Finding Encouragement During an Endemic
"For me, this mantra brings me to that consciousness and to a deep hope, faith and love in God who journeys with us through this time of suffering."
SpiritualityMarch 23, 2020Saint Oscar Romero – 40th Anniversary of Martyrdom
"Romero is an example of a bishop who has the smell of the sheep (the phrase coined by Francis) and who walks alongside his flock."
SpiritualityMarch 19, 2020Saint Joseph: The Righteous Man
"As we celebrate the life of a husband and foster father who remained faithful, let’s ponder the illustrations of faithful devotion and the righteous men and women we see all around us."
SpiritualityMarch 18, 2020Sometimes It Makes Me Tremble
" I’m not looking for signs of God’s presence, but that day in unexpected circumstances, I knew that I was a loved."
SpiritualityMarch 12, 2020“Do You See What I See?” – St. Teresa of Liseux : A Friendly Saint
“Do You See What I See.” is a new series. Contributors were invited to ask the question “Do You See What I See?” and apply it one of their favourite saints in a way that explains “why” this particular member of that great community is the one they return to time after time. Readers are encouraged t
SpiritualityMarch 06, 2020“Do You See What I See?” – St. Teresa of Avila: A Woman For All Ages
“Do You See What I See.” is a new series. Contributors were invited to ask the question “Do You See What I See?” and apply it one of their favourite saints in a way that explains “why” this particular member of that great community is the one they return to time after time. Readers are encouraged t
SpiritualityMarch 05, 2020Friendship with the Mother of God.
"For me, a stronger friendship with Mary gave birth to a closer relationship to Her Son Jesus in my heart and in my life. My friendship with the Mother of the Lord helps to make me a better person, and opens my heart wider to the promptings of the Holy Spirit."
SpiritualityMarch 04, 2020“Do You See What I See?” – St. Bernard of Clairvaux
“Do You See What I See.” is a new series. Contributors were invited to ask the question “Do You See What I See?” and apply it one of their favourite saints in a way that explains “why” this particular member of that great community is the one they return to time after time. Readers are encouraged t
SpiritualityFebruary 23, 2020Niceness or Love? – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
"A discerned approach to life – even a simple reading of the Gospel – can be so challenging. Many of us would prefer that someone just tell us how to live."
SpiritualityFebruary 16, 2020“But I Say This To You” – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Magis "is about a resolute determination never to settle for less, and to see obstacles not as barriers but new opportunities."
SpiritualityFebruary 13, 2020Trinity
"We do not just commemorate the event of the Last Supper; we receive the bounty of that sacrifice whenever we seek it. Isn’t that amazing? Perhaps even “prodigal”?"
SpiritualityFebruary 06, 2020Saint Paul Miki and Companions
"The leaders had hoped the example of these deaths would frighten other Christians. Instead, it emboldened them. They grew stronger in the profession of their faith."
SpiritualityJanuary 27, 2020Ask a Priest – Cancer and Church
"Even in my suffering I was comforted because your promise gave me life." (Psalm 119:50)"
SpiritualityJanuary 26, 2020Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 – The Incarnation
"Perhaps our reading of the Catholic press should be accompanied by reading the Acts of the Apostles"
SpiritualityJanuary 24, 2020My Brother in Christ
"Scripture states that Our Lord promised to provide us with a special family if we followed and believed in Him. Jerry Howarth has become my ‘brother in Christ’"
SpiritualityJanuary 23, 2020Does God Like Me?
"We struggle, and we suffer, and many of us find ourselves in situations which we simply cannot “solve."”
SpiritualityJanuary 22, 2020Ask a Priest – Is Mary the new Mediatrix?
"Another underlying interpretation from these reported apparitions seems to be: Pray to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for she is the new Mediatrix. "
SpiritualityJanuary 15, 2020Ask a Priest: Aren’t we all Saved by Faith Alone?
The priest answers questions about salvation thru faith alone.
SpiritualityJanuary 14, 2020Loving the Church
" What I realized over the following days was how much my instinctive love of Holy Mother Church is almost visceral. I have a reflex instinct to defend her"
SpiritualityJanuary 13, 2020Courage
Recently, Cardinal Czerny - along with other Jesuits - was asked to write about courage. His article is today's post.
SpiritualityJanuary 11, 2020Compassion
"I started to think about the Prodigal Son Parable. Of all of Jesus’ parables, this one has always spoken to me the most. Not because of the prodigal son, but rather the older son. The one who is resentful. The one who has obeyed his father throughout his life. Obeyed, not out of love; obeyed o
SpiritualityJanuary 10, 2020Time Has Come
Some thoughts from the General Synod of the Anglican Church on marriage equality.
SpiritualityJanuary 09, 2020Our Lady of the Way
"“Through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Way, I invoke God’s abundant blessings upon all the world’s migrants and refugees and upon all those who accompany them on their journey.” "
SpiritualityDecember 28, 2019Contemplating the Nativity Narrative as a Gay Catholic
"The first ten days went well until my spiritual director Father John Govan asked me to pray over the Nativity story in Luke"
SpiritualityDecember 09, 2019Advent: A Call for Just Relationships
"After centuries of harm done through domination, a deep transformation in the relationship had occurred through friendship and mutuality."
SpiritualityDecember 06, 2019Labyrinth Longing
I left myself open to God’s presence, not placing any high expectations on the outcome of walking the labyrinth. What helped once again, was reminding myself to, “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10)."
SpiritualityDecember 02, 2019The Mountain of the Lord: A Place of Hope
"Together, in solidarity, we can bring hope as we stand with vulnerable people who CJI supports in some of the most conflicted and hard to reach places in our world."
SpiritualityNovember 26, 2019Autumn Memories
"It is with a heart full of gratitude that I share these words that remind me of the gift of faith I received over fifty years ago."
SpiritualityNovember 25, 2019BeIng Prepared for Battle
"We never know when we might have to face a small battle, nor how the enemy will use those we love to hurt our feelings. Let us always be prepared!
SpiritualityNovember 23, 2019What Christ the King Means to Me
"Jo-Anne Henderson is living with cancer in its last stages. She shares her reflections."
SpiritualityNovember 22, 2019Retirement?
"God will miss us if we go, and will chase after us like a lost sheep. It must be close to impossible to resist returning that love if one feels it. I can’t. I won’t even try. It’s too good to be true.."
SpiritualityNovember 21, 2019Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for Us
Mary's . . . ‘yes’ changed the whole world and began to fulfil the Will of God to restore all creation to its original purpose– to praise, reverence, and serve the Creator
SpiritualityNovember 16, 201930th Anniversary of the Salvador Martyrs.
"Martyrdom is the grace with which God seals and accepts a whole life of often ordinary, hidden commitment, service, and transforms it into the root meaning of the word “martyr”: - witness."
SpiritualityNovember 15, 2019My Friend Maple
" During these years many wonderful trees have befriended me in a way that is totally surprising to me. It was a tree that took the initiative in one of the early years."
SpiritualityNovember 06, 2019Our Teachers The Trees
"On one occasion I could hear the leaves and the wind whispering to each other and see the branches gently swaying to the wind’s rhythms. I seemed to hear the message; “Tell them to listen and let the Spirit move them”. "
SpiritualityNovember 04, 2019The Day of the Dead
"I believe there is a Scriptural foundation for the doctrine of Purgatory, and that it is found in the parable of the Prodigal, what Kenneth Bailey calls “The Parable of the Father and the Two Lost Sons.”"
SpiritualityOctober 25, 2019The Gathering
This refection from a Newfoundland minister deal with the opening section of the Anglican lliturgy - the gathering.
SpiritualityOctober 16, 2019A Woman Jesuit and the Mother of the Church in Canada
For Women's History Month, let’s look at two examples of strong women who were close to the Jesuits and who were active in the success of their mission.
SpiritualityOctober 10, 2019A New Day
"We do not get to relive yesterday, but we are given the opportunity to do a better job with today. That is our choice."