Category Archives: #YearofMercy

God’s Fingerprints

As I prepare to move, I am trying to declutter first.  No one warned me how emotional it might be to walk down Memory Lane. I stumbled across a box of items from a variety of eras:  class photos from … Continue reading

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Widow Youville

Sundays Feast Days are skipped but today is a special one for our family. Marguerite d’Youville is the first Canadian-born saint and foundress of the Grey Nuns of Montreal.  My aunt has followed in her footsteps, eventually leading the Western … Continue reading

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Time to Meet One Another

When I was in Spain, I tried to figure out how I might go to Avila so that I could visit the birthplace of St. Teresa.  Alas, I could not bring myself to fit one more thing into a very tight … Continue reading

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Mystery of God’s Will

Blessed be God who has blessed us in Christ Jesus with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Paul writes in Ephesians 1. He continues, saying that God has made known to us the mystery of God’s will with all … Continue reading

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Lamentable Past

The quote at the end of today’s mass readings was by St. Francis Xavier: Speak to them of the great mercy of God… Sometimes people are helped by your telling of your own lamentable past.  I often wonder why I … Continue reading

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Singing Hearts

What makes your heart sing? This photo makes me think of The Colour Purple, where one of the character says: I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice … Continue reading

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Praising God Loudly

Canadian Thanksgiving occurs up in my part of the world this weekend. It is easy to give thanks this year, despite the cloud that could hang over my head. I am grateful for the graces I have received at the … Continue reading

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Asking to Receive

We pray for what we desire — Scripture tells us to as in Luke 11 today — and then we wait and see if we receive it. Prayer takes on many forms: intercession, praise, adoration, thanksgiving, petition.  Like the man … Continue reading

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Pax et Bonum

Peace and goodness be with you! The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi makes my heart sing. The pilgrimage I took in 2014 marked me.  The pieces of the puzzle began to fall further into place during the journey … Continue reading

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Rekindling the Gift

October has arrived and the world here in the north is ablaze with the glory of God. In the Second Reading today from  Timothy 1 the beloved church members are reminded to rekindle the gift of God that is within … Continue reading

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