By Sr. Doreen, SSJD The October theme of the Anglican Church Calendar is from psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness.” Psalm 65 is a wonderful psalm
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD “The human heart desires happiness that lasts. Is this a wishful dream, or does harsh reality admit of lasting happiness? It does indeed. Joy is lasting happiness, a happiness that does
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD St. Francis of Assisi and the ending of our Church cycle of Creation “The human community and the natural world will go into the future as a single sacred community, or
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada was officially created in 2021, with the first observance taking place on September 30th of that year. This day is a direct response to the
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD Summer ends, and it is time to face another way (Wendell Berry) “Delicious autumn! My soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD “Lift high the cross! Sing a new song unto the Lord, all the whole earth. By means of the cross, God has done wonderful things. God’s own power and holy strength
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD The September quote in the Anglican Church of Canada calendar is from Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD To God, the Holy One, Great Dancer of the Cosmos, whose presence I often sense as I move among the treasures of our beloved planet. (Joyce Rupp) There has been much
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD “Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars.Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings.Now, think.What delight God gives to humankind with all these things .All nature is at the
By Sr. Doreen, SSJD He sent forth his dove into the world, which dropped the tiniest feather from its wing. The king raised the feather, blew on it, and commanded it to fly. The feather
