One afternoon in a small Ontario city, I was driving, feeling a bit low and discouraged, mumbling some prayer to the Lord when I stopped…
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We are called to live the Gospel, and we know that is impossible without Jesus who told us, “Without me you can do nothing.” Through prayer and the sacraments we will receive the courage and gifts to accomplish his will.
I’ve attended Remembrance Day services as a student then as a teacher for thirty-one years. With time the number of living veterans decreased steadily. Most…
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica November 9 is the dedication of the basilica of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral of the pope as Bishop…
The Desert Of November
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Geese going in the cool September sky,
Telling us November is coming
Colour covered hills in red and orange
Showing us November is coming
I’m So Tired Of This Virus
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We’re tired of this virus. But is it really the virus or something deeper?
O Canada Day
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It’s July 1, that time for Canadian flag flying, fireworks and celebrations marking what many say is Canada’s birthday. While birthday stirs wonderful party imagery…
Covid-19 has exposed our weakness: We fear physical harm more than we fear sin that can separate us from God, eternally.
Covid As Chastisement. Hmmmm.
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Travelling through time with Covid-19 has been a wild ride on a river of beautiful as well as dangerous rapids. We’ve had some fun with…
It’s a desert out there. Everyone’s avoiding each other like the plague. What happens in this solitary place?
No Planes In A Clear, Blue Sky
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As I walked the frozen south shore of Bark Lake on the Madawaska River today, as I do every late spring, the beautiful shoreline once…
Jesus Is Calling Us Now
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A microorganism spreading across the earth faster than the 2019 wildfires of Australia has silenced the restless pace of megacities, hitting every inhabited continent in…
The Mysterious River Of Time
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Time has me fascinated with these tiny wrinkles appearing on my skin like dew on the evening grass. Time is a river carrying me to…
I felt how you were creating, somehow, something more beautiful and good than what you could have made had my marriage not come to such failure.
Something Beautiful for God
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Have you ever been the receiver of someone’s kindness, either a word spoken, a good deed, a helping hand or simply a smile?