Tag Archives: #GreatPhysician

Ash Heaps and Thanks Heaps

The Canadian Thanksgiving is the perfect day to stop and be conscious of the many blessings received this year. Where do I begin? Of course, I start with the Creator who has accompanied me through all of this. From there … Continue reading

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Cured All

The Gospel today is from Matthew 12 and mentions that many crowds followed Jesus and he cured all of them but told them not to make him known. I honestly do not know what to do with such words. My … Continue reading

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Limping for Life

The story of Jacob wrestling with God–or the angel of God depending on who you read–has special meaning for me. In my twentieth year I was told that I had a benign tumour at the tip of my femur. I … Continue reading

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Bold Faith

The readings today are challenging on so many levels. At first glance they are about suffering and death. Wisdom 1 proclaims that God did not make death and he does not delight in the death of the living. Rather, the … Continue reading

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Rejoice and Be Glad!

In the First Reading, Paul writes to the church of God in Corinth, greeting them with words that I want to use to you tonight: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed … Continue reading

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Three Weeks

Three weeks ago today I closed my eyes without knowing if I would open them again. I took a breath in Yah and a breath out weh. Yahweh. I have no further memories until I saw a light and heard … Continue reading

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Why Do We Stand?

In the opening chapter of Acts today, there is a synopsis to Theophilus about how Jesus was taken up to heaven and how two men in white appeared suddenly, asking why the apostles were standing there, looking up to heaven. … Continue reading

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I’m Alive

The last word before I slipped into la-la land that left my mind was Yahweh, a total word, a perfect word, a word that I surrrendered to completely as the anaesthesia took hold of me. Hours later in recovery, the … Continue reading

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Grow, Little Liver!

More than a handful of people have mentioned that I must be frustrated because I have been waiting for so long. I have shrugged and said I am good to wait as I know that the Great Physician is growing … Continue reading

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Who Touched Me?

In the Gospel reading today, the courageous woman reaches out and touches the cloak of Christ. This marvelous story is placed in between the telling of another bold man in need whose daughter is dying. These two stories involve people … Continue reading

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