Advent Reflections

The Perfect Moment is NOW

Sister Doreen’s Reflections When I began to think about this, I found myself looking at one of Terry Pratchett’s quotes (he is Sir Terry Pratchett, an English author, humorist, and satirist who died in 2015)  he

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The Best Way to Get There is to Start

Sister Doreen’s Reflections It was my morning coffee Splenda that again sparked my ponderings today with the message ‘the best way to get there is to start’. It was Walt Disney who said: “The way

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Love One Another

By the Rev Michael Burgess Jesus says, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (John 15: 12). Jesus said a great many challenging things to his followers during

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Why Do You Worry?

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The July Anglican Church of Canada Calendar scripture reflection. “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.” (Matthew 6:28)

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Canada Day Homily

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD Isaiah 32:1-5, 16-18  Psalm 85:7-13Colossians 3:12-17John 15:12-17 In 1939, in response to the violation of sovereign borders between the countries of Europe at the beginning of WW 2, Winston Churchill described

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Leave a Little Sparkle Wherever You Go

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Today as I opened the Splenda package to stir it into my decaf-coffee, this message “leave a little sparkle wherever you go” created such a smile and a challenge!  It made me

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Seed of the Word

By the Most Rev’d Fred Hiltz In his teaching about the kingdom of God, Jesus paints images drawn from fields and vineyards and seashores, and marketplaces and homes. He speaks of seeds and vines and

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Unconditional Acceptance

Sister Doreen’s Reflections How are you preparing a home of unconditional acceptance for yourself? In one of Richard Rohr’s daily medications there was a quoted question by Felicia Murrell that is the title of this

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