God Up There
God Up There
Read time: 3.5 Minutes
We offer our prayers to heaven. The warmth of candles and the fragrance of incense rises with our prayers. We look to God “up there”; after all, everyone knows, God is “up there”.…
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Parish Reflection
Remembering
Remembering
Read time: 6 minutes
After a glorious fall season, with an incredibly warm October, November has arrived with a vengeance, bringing the cold, snow and double digit minus temperatures that we expect at this time of the year!
Witness
WITNESS
A few years ago, I had the privilege of visiting Canada’s second martyr’s shrine. The Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky National Martyr’s Shrine located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the twentieth century millions of people gave up...
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An Rathad – The Road
An Rathad – The Road
Read Time: 5 minutes
The road is deserted now. No one lives here. The hay has grown outside the fragmented fence and spilled from the field. The road tips up into the depths of the …
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The Church of the Book of Acts
The Church of the Book of Acts
Read time: 11 minutes
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit, sometimes called the pentecostal experience in recent times has been experienced by millions of Catholics around the world primarily through the Life in...
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The Descent of Love
The Descent of Love
Read time: About 6 minutes
In distress and want I ask, “Where oh God are you?”
Here, I am as close to you as the warmth of your breath.
But this does not satisfy my mind, …
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Grandparents
Grandparents
“Respect your ancestors, for you are the result of a thousand loves.”
This is one of my favourite Irish proverbs. I am so grateful to my ancestors for all the struggles and pain they went through to maintain...
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Clay Pots
Clay Pots
Kintsugi
Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer and gold. It is meant to embrace flaws and imperfections and to treat breakage and repair as part of the beautiful history of an object.
We live in Each Other’s Shelter
We Live in Each Other’s Shelter
Inhabitants of rural areas tend to keep an eye out for each other. One Sunday after my father turned 95, something extraordinary happened. He missed Mass! The village was a flurry of questions, “Where …
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Rediscovering Sabbath
Rediscovering Sabbath
Read Time: 5 1/2 minutes
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the... Read More →
