A Prayer for a World in Pandemic

A Prayer for a World in Pandemic   Loving and caring God, we have done everything we’ve been told: worn masks, stayed home, gotten our shots – isn’t about time all this is over?   Let us remember always that no, it’s not over; its not over for ...

What Does It Mean When We Say God Protects?

    Live without fear: your Creator has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Go in peace to follow the good road and may God’s blessing be with you always. Amen. St. Clare of Assisi   Clare of Assisi (1194- 1253) ...

In This Strange, Overwhelming, Almost-There Time

  Be joyful  though you have considered all the facts.     Wendell Berry   What a strange, challenging, upsetting, thought-provoking, overwhelming time these last 16 months have been!   Layered on the ...

I Wish our Children Didn't Need to Experience This

"I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given ...

A Prayer As I Put On My Mask

    Creator, as I prepare to go into the world, help me to see the sacramentin the wearing of this cloth –let it be “an outward sign of an inward grace” –a tangible and visible wayof living love for my neighbours, as I love myself.   Christ, ...

Pandemics are Teary!

I know that most of us don’t like to talk about or, in some cases, even acknowledge our emotions.  In our North American context, emotions are often considered an annoyance we would rather not have.  In Canada, we even apologize for our tears… “I’m ...

There Are More, You Know

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A Blight on the Nation

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We Need To Do More Than Be Sorry

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