SeasonsMay 30, 2022Remembrances of Things Past( (We Hope)
One Polar bear rouses from sleep briefly lifting a head in greeting. Another is carelessly sprawled out in the snow looking like dead!
SeasonsMay 29, 2022Ascension of the Lord and World Communications Day
"as he says at the start of his annual message, listening is a condition for genuine dialogue. It is a great need for each one of us: to be heard, to be listened to..
SeasonsMay 23, 2022And So I Cry
May Day, maybe mayday mayday. April’s ended having rained in damaging ways. Yes, flowers are expected now in great array. Yet, just north outside our east front door Are still to be seen—mounds of snow. Maybe I’m mistaken that winter is gone. Most of the frost has left the front lawn. And the sun s
SeasonsMay 15, 2022A New Earth … and New Life :Fifth Sunday of Easter
"A new heaven and new earth are offered to each of us in this season of Easter. How do you experience it?"
SeasonsMay 09, 2022Something to reflect on during Easter , , . . .
"Because Jesus was truly human, He died and was entombed. His death and resurrection (not resuscitation) is the essential part of the proclamation of His humanity and divinity. "
SeasonsApril 28, 2022Resurrected Stranger
Resurrection brings life, new work, a fresh start where nothing learned will be of much help.
SeasonsUncategorisedApril 24, 2022Divine Mercy Sunday – 2nd Sunday of Easter
"The resurrected Lord is in evidence when I have a change of heart about my feelings toward an enemy".
SeasonsApril 21, 2022Whom Have I nailed to a Tree
Listen to the Lenten hymn "Where you there when they crucified my Lorrd Where ere you? ??
SeasonsApril 17, 2022Easter Sunday 2022: : … so we too might walk in newness of life
"Easter offers us an invitation to walk with Jesus in a life renewed by his Resurrection. The Risen Lord makes all things new.."
SeasonsApril 16, 2022Holy Saturday 2022: A Great Silence on Earth
Three posts by two authors are offered to readers for reflection on this day.
SeasonsApril 15, 2022Good Friday 2022 in Two Parts:(I) An Introduction to three Good Friday reflections by Michael Coutts, SJ. And (II): Watch and Pray by Philip Shano, SJ
Three reflections on Good Friday for your contemplation by Michael Couts, SJ
SeasonsApril 14, 2022Holy Thursday 2022 The Washing of the Feet: As I have done for you . . . .
"Thursday is a celebration of turning those ordinary forms of service, hospitality and availability, into a way to imitate Christ. "
SeasonsApril 13, 2022Grateful Gazing
"Henri Nouwen also invites us to, “always look at Jesus, because in his crucified and glorified heart we will see ourselves called to share in his suffering as well as in his glory.”"
SeasonsApril 10, 2022Passion (Palm) Sunday – 2022 – The Doorway To A Sacred Journey
"Rupp helps us see that something as everyday as a doorway can help us to ponder our spiritual growth. A good exercise for Palm Sunday and Holy Week is to unlock the spiritual lessons that are being offered to us. "
SeasonsApril 09, 2022Three Reflections on the Crosses we bear
In this post you will find three distinct reflections on the crosses we all carry.
SeasonsApril 08, 2022Four Lenten Reflections
The four reflections were meant to be published as four distinct texts. This was not done and I apologize for any confusion this has caused. in the official posting
SeasonsApril 07, 2022Lent 2022 – New Beginnings
This year, Lentin is " .. . a time of meeting one another again in person and a time of looking forward to celebrating and worshipping in person in our own churches/"
SeasonsApril 02, 2022Icicle Time in Winnipeg
Icicle time is not unique to Winnipeg and today's poem offers some marks of that "dreaded" beauty from Mother Nature.
SeasonsMarch 27, 2022The Prodigal – 4th Sunday of Lent
"This return is what he prayed so fervently for. But he also understands the resentment of the older child. No doubt, he spends sleepless nights worrying about how to heal the damaged relationship between his two children. "
SeasonsMarch 25, 2022The Annunciation of the Lord
"Mary is presented today as an obedient and faithful woman who generously agreed to be the Mother of God, thus cooperating freely in the plan of salvation."
SeasonsMarch 22, 2022Easter: A Call to Walk in Newness ofLife
"Who is being ignored and marginalized today? Whose voices are not being heard? How do they show us to walk in newness of life we are called to?"
SeasonsMarch 20, 2022God as a Gardener in Our Lives – 3rd Sunday of Lent
"How easy it is to write off certain situations or individuals, seeing that they seem barren, unable to produce."
SeasonsMarch 17, 2022Purim 2022
"It is also customary to give monetary gifts to at least two poor people and to send two food gifts to at least one person."
SeasonsMarch 13, 2022Transfiguration – 2nd Sunday in Lent
"Peak experiences don't have to be profound moments of prayer. They don't even have to be confined to religious experiences. It's just a felt sense that all is right with my world and that God hasn't abandoned me."
SeasonsMarch 06, 2022Listening in the Desert – 1st Sunday in Lent
shanoshan"Lent is a period of preparation, a type of spiritual retreat that evokes the experience of the desert."
SeasonsMarch 04, 2022Ask a Priest: Lenten Coverage
A concerned parishioner asks a priest about "changes" in Lent.
SeasonsMarch 03, 2022Ashes – Ash Wednesday 2022
A reminder of the meaning of ashes from yesterday's Ash Wednesday.
SeasonsMarch 02, 2022Ash Wednesday – 2022
"Perhaps the sad and scary reality of our world has made me realize that it is only God who can rescue us from this mess."
SeasonsMarch 01, 2022Shrove Tuesday 2022
"Whatever your traditions and practices, try to take time today to consider how you head into Lent."
SeasonsFebruary 28, 2022Novalis book review: Lent Goes to the Movies
"If you’re finding it hard to gear up for another season of self-sacrifice, I hear you. It feels like we’ve been in sacrifice mode for a long time."
SeasonsFebruary 26, 2022This Joyful Season of Lent
"However my plan or rather my hope and prayer is to ask Mother Mary to Journey with me during this Lenten season."
SeasonsFebruary 22, 2022Thoughts on The Wedding Feast at Cana
" As John the Baptist reminded those complaining that everyone was leaving him and going to Jesus. Jesus is the bridegroom! He is only the friend of the bridegroom! We, the Church, are the bride. And there is more."
SeasonsJanuary 20, 2022O Magnum Mysterium
"Christmas never stops tugging at us, as this igNation series illustrates in its seasonal exploration of that strange dance between religion and popular culture and deeply grafted traditions, expectations, and associations. This is the time of year when sentimentalism overpowers even the most auster
SeasonsJanuary 18, 2022A New Day Dawns
If your Christmas tree could talk what might it say after Christmas??
SeasonsJanuary 15, 2022Home Alone, Christmas 2021!
" there comes a realization that community is at the heart of the mystery of Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation"
SeasonsJanuary 10, 2022What will you bring? Epiphany 2022
T.S.Eliot wrote that the Magi had " a cold coming" in "the very dead of winter." Even so, they brought special gifts. What do we bring to Christ?
SeasonsJanuary 09, 2022Out of the Hidden Life – Baptism of the Lord – 2022
"Many people find themselves reflecting back on their own hidden life and experiencing a closer kinship with Jesus. In other words, they allow themselves to advance in wisdom, age, and grace along with Jesus."
SeasonsJanuary 06, 2022Are You Ready for Christmas??
"We may not like the person, but as disciples we are called by that infant born this sacred night, to love them"
SeasonsJanuary 05, 2022Mary, Did you Know?
As we end the 2019 Christmas season, a modern Christmas song invites controversy.