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Carry Out Your Ministry
Today and tomorrow have the readings from the Gospel of John about the Good Shepherd. This feast day is always a bittersweet day for me because it is the day my former pastor died. A friend called me to let … Continue reading
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Compassionate Listening
After some pondering, I have decided to call together a group of seven friends who I trust immensely to help me discern what I need to focus on over the next several months. The group consists of Christians whose opinions … Continue reading
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Charged and Crushed
On a recent Lenten retreat the G. M. Hopkins poem, God’s Grandeur, was used as part of the reflection time. When I first was diagnosed a thoughtful friend sent me a copy of The Word in the Wilderness: A Poem … Continue reading
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Thirsting for Water
The people wandering in the wilderness grumbled and complained to Moses about being thirsty. Moses in desperation cries out to God who guides him to the rock at Horeb so that the people can drink from the spring that gushed … Continue reading
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Alone in A Wild Place
Yesterday, my cousin and I read together an Ash Wednesday meditation written by Sarah Parsons. In it, she writes that Lent begins in the wilderness and that for the next 40 days we must go alone into a wild place … Continue reading
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Reprove Your Neighbour
One of the things about dying is that I do not have time for games. I find myself sometimes biting my lip because of well-intentioned comments and trying to decide exactly how much grace I will need to get me … Continue reading
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Fire and Water
If you choose, the First Reading says, you can keep the commandments, and you will be saved. Acting faithfully is a choice given to each one of us and we can choose between life and death, good and evil. Whatever … Continue reading
Light Breaking Forth
Today’s First Reading from Isaiah 58 holds stunning images. As I continue to process the trip to the Dominican I read these words with new eyes: loose the bonds of injustice, undo the thong of the yoke, let the oppressed … Continue reading
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The Child Grew Strong
Today is the Presentation of the Lord in the temple. The reading ends with The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of the God was upon him. I have been thinking about the children of … Continue reading
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In the Midst of a People
The First Reading today is from Zephaniah 2 and 3: For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lonely. This past week I have been standing in the midst of these people. The experience … Continue reading
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God in all things 