Shanah Tovah (Have a good year) – Rosh Hashanah
"To all Jews throughout the world, have a sweet and peaceful New Year."...
19
Sep
Philip Shano, SJ has many years of rich and varied experience working with Ignatian spirituality: teaching, writing and using it in his ministry. He resides in the Jesuit community in Pickering, Ontario.
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13
Sep
Remember the end of your life – Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"True reconciliation in family life is not just sharing in the inheritance. It is truly being brother and sister."...
07
Sep
Labour Day – Endings and Beginnings
"We see this as the unofficial end of summer, the last long weekend before there is a lasting chill in the air. "...
06
Sep
The Inexpressible Comfort of Feeling Safe – Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
"I find that the most stressful situation is with someone with whom I have a casual working relationship...
30
Aug
A burning fire shut up in my bones … . Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
"His image of a burning fire refers directly to the Old Testament notion of Yahweh as a consuming fire. "...
23
Aug
Who do you say I am? – Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Peter never fully moves beyond his weakness, fear and sinfulness. He is called to a particular role, precisely in his imperfection."...
16
Aug
The Grace of Persistence – Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
"The Gospel today offers a great example of persistence."...
15
Aug
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
"St. John XXIII famously stated: I am only infallible if I speak infallibly but I shall never do that, so I am not infallible."...
09
Aug
The Sound of a Gentle Breeze – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"It is because God’s voice can be so silent and gentle that we need to be discerning"...
02
Aug
Teach me to Listen – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
" have found myself using the lines of a poem over and over in my ongoing dialogue with self. If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … That’s from Rudyard Kipling’s If:"...