Category Archives: Catholic

Facing Death

Posted on December 30, 2016 by sstyves

I had been talking with a friend via Skype when I realized he was right… again. I had mentioned to him that when I was working I would use the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s to hunker down … Continue reading →

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Lighting the Way

Posted on December 27, 2016 by sstyves

I watched as the last of the Chanukah candles burned out yesterday. Everyone else had moved on to latkes and conversations. I had too but I kept one eye on the candles in the menorah. These three brightly-coloured candles whose … Continue reading →

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What to Become?

Posted on December 23, 2016 by sstyves

In the Gospel of Luke today, we read about the naming of John the Baptist, who is given a moniker that puzzles people. Only when Zechariah concurs with his wife Elizabeth about the name does a bit of Christmas magic … Continue reading →

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Here Comes The Son

Posted on December 22, 2016 by sstyves

The sun showed up early this morning in all its glory, as if to say Here I am, after the longest night of the year, here I am where I have always been, waiting for you to notice me. Ah, … Continue reading →

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Do You Hear?

Posted on December 20, 2016 by sstyves

Do you hear what I hear? Angels appear in the oddest of places with the most remarkable timing. People often ask me what is helpful in this cancer maze. I cannot explain why a person does something and I find … Continue reading →

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Love Came Down

Posted on December 18, 2016 by sstyves

Love comes down, from Heaven to earth, in a Divine Leap of Joy at Christmastime. God leaves the heavenly throne and rests his head as the Son in a manger because there was no room for him elsewhere. How often … Continue reading →

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Clothed With Joy

Posted on December 15, 2016 by sstyves

As I read Psalm 30 tonight, I pouted. Joy has not always come in the morning this week, but I do feel clothed in Joy. When I lit the Joy candle on Sunday, I thought I would relight it as … Continue reading →

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Rejoice and Blossom

Posted on December 11, 2016 by sstyves

Joy Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, the Pink Candle Sunday…whatever you call it, the readings today have a mixed reality message. The rejoicing does not come without a cost. The wilderness and dry land shall be glad. Strengthen the weak hands. Make … Continue reading →

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Voices Cry Out!

Posted on December 7, 2016 by sstyves

(*This was written but for some reason not published on Sunday). As I sat down to write this blog, I clicked onto social media and saw the news that President Obama had intervened on the pipeline situation, denying permit for … Continue reading →

Posted in #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #Gratitude, #Joy, #Peace, #Prayer, #PreparetheWay, #Sundayreadings | 4 Comments

Bread of Adversity

Posted on December 4, 2016 by sstyves

Tomorrow we light a new Advent candle. This week of Hope will be ending shortly. Where did you find Hope? When, as in the First Reading, we are given the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, we are … Continue reading →

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