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Advent Reflections

The New Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Ezekiel 18:31 “Rid yourself of your offences, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.” Ezekiel 36:26 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will

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The Broken Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Psalm 34:18; “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 147:3 “God heals the heartbroken and bandages their wounds.” Isaiah 43:2 “Don’t be afraid,

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The Attentive Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Proverbs 22:17-18 “Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have

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The Seeing Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “God does not see as humans see, humans see only appearances, but God sees into the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7 Inclusive Bible Translation) “You’re blessed when you get your inside world –

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The Searching Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections You will seek me and find me when you seek me wholeheartedly. (Jeremiah 29:13) O God you have come searching for me. You know me inside and out. So, God, search my

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The Waiting Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The October Anglican Church of Canada Calendar scripture reflection:    “Be patient, then brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop,

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The Listening Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “My children, if you heartily accept my words, and treasure my requirements, incline your ear to Wisdom, and take her truth to heart.” (Proverbs 2: 1-2 Inclusive Bible translation) In my experience

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Getting to Know You: A Journaling Quiet Day

Retreat format:                 In personDate:                                 Nov 30th  2024 Getting to Know You Take a journaling journey to self-learning and growth Journaling is a self-acknowledgement practice just for yourself. Journaling speaks to you by writing down words and/or

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An Open Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Thinking back to my first meditations around having an open heart, today I needed to think about what really happened when literally I experienced an open heart, in a sense was forced

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My Bible and James

By the Rev. Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD. Deuteronomy 4.1-2, 6-9   Psalm 15James 1.17-27                                                                                   Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Way back in the 1960s I was in graduate school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. I had

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