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May
30
Apr
A Silent Saint
"Sacred Scripture has no record of any words that he uttered, yet he is the patron saint of Canada, of the universal church, of workers and of the dying."...
29
Apr
United By Our Grief – 5th Sunday of Easter
"Once again, we see people unite in their shared grief for people they didn’t even know. That is one of the strange gifts of tragedies. We know the deep need to come together and be with others when tragedy strikes."...
28
Apr
The Easter Mystery
"Easter is a time to celebrate God’s love for us, a love that He definitively proves in the death and resurrection of His Son. We mediate that love to each other in our family. God calls us to reflect it to the world."...
27
Apr
A New Direction
"This call to “repent” is a call to metanoia, a transformational change of heart, a radical spiritual conversion. Do I really need that, or more importantly, do I really want that?"...
26
Apr
Easter Life
"In my new work with migrants and refugees, Pope Francis says each of us, individually and communally, is responsible to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate them. Don’t these four active verbs also apply to those with HIV or AIDS and their people, the infected and the affected?"...
25
Apr
About Kindness
"When we have been reconciled with God, our smiles are a little wider and our attitudes improve"...
24
Apr
Earth Wisdom
Witnessing the cycle of life in nature ought to call us to do the same in the way we use the earth....
23
Apr
The Art of Blushing
" Here, in gratitude for Maritime memories that sustain me, is an end of winter poem. A kind of letter home."...
22
Apr
Rejoice and be Glad (Gaudete et Exsultate)
As we read about Pope Francis' latest writing - a call to sainthood for all - it is good to recall on this Earth Day his writings on ecology. ...