Ignatius Day North Bay 2017
The Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage celebrated Ignatius Day in North Bay. Erik Oland,SJ preached at the Mass....
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Sep
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Aug
The Transfiguration of the Lord – August 2017
"This Sunday in Ordinary Time falls on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Today is also the anniversary of the Second World War bombing of Hiroshima, and, a few days later, Nagasaki. The Church invites us to pray for peace at this time."...
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Jul
The Road Not Taken
One day, Ignatius met a Moor travelling in the same direction. Today - the feast of St. Ignatius - Greg Kennedy, SJ imagines the Moor’s version of what has come to be known as “donkey discernment”....
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Jun
Corpus Christi
Using as a starting point the quote: "In Baptism Eucharist is begun; in Eucharist Baptism is sustained.", Eric Jensen, SJ looks at the celebration of this feast in our faith lives today....
03
Jun
Pentecost: Peace be with you!
How do we need the Spirit? There are the seven traditional gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and a sense of wonder). I've written previous posts about each of these gifts. But my mind today is closer to home. What do I need?...
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May
Ascension: All Nations?
How do we speak about evangelization in our pluralistic and politically correct culture? More and more, we have to be extremely careful about language and assumptions. Recent discussion about cultural appropriation offers a helpful reminder about the need for caution before we open our mouths and utter words that we will come to regret, words that hurt or are, at the very least, insensitive....
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May
Someone With Me: 6th Sunday of Easter 2017
The post for this 6th Sunday of Easter takes us into the meaning of today's gospel words that the Spirit "abides with you."...
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May
Mother’s Day 2017. Fifth Sunday of Easter
We celebrate Mother's Day. I'm present with my own mother today, spending time with her as I prepare for major surgery in a few weeks. We are both spending easy time together. I occasionally go out with friends for a visit or to see icebergs (this is Newfoundland after all), but generally we are at home. We sit and read, chat and spend time with family and friends....
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Apr
Peace be with you. – 2nd Sunday of Easter
I can't imagine a person who can proudly boast, I have enough peace." Whether we look at our own lives or the state of the world, we are easily aware of areas with an absence of peace."...
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Apr
Good Friday 2017 – Jesus: “the passive object of an active verb”.
I was a member of the team at Loyola House, our Jesuit spirituality centre in Guelph, Ontario, in the 1990s. On most Good Fridays we acted out a mime version of the events of the Pascal Triduum for the retreatants. A member of the team who had studied theology in California brought the production back. I'm not usually drawn to such things, but this was really striking in its beauty and simplicity. Several of us were involved, playing the major actors of the Gospel events from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday....