God, you are my God, I am seeking you, my soul is thirsting for you, my flesh is longing for you,… (Ps.63:1) Somewhere deep in the human...

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus the Christ? What does the job description look like? If we read the Gospels with the...

Definitions are convenient. The Concise Oxford Dictionary has a definition of a Christian – [Someone] believing in or professing or...

Prophets: Throughout the Old Testament these figures are the voice of God in the midst of God’s People, a sign or sacrament of God’s...

A couple who are friends of mine have a daughter who runs in marathons around North America. Marathon runners are an interesting or even...

More than 40 years ago I met Jim and Pauline. Jim was a sergeant with the OPP and Pauline worked in a Catholic school in Barrie. At the...

Peace I leave you; my peace I give to you…. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14:27) One of the...

Memory marks us. The people we’ve met, the things we’ve done, the experiences we’ve had, these all help us to recognize who we are and...

Our Easter season began almost a month ago with the three days of the Triduum. On Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper our...

This weekend is the 3rd Sunday of the Easter season. Two Sunday’s ago we celebrated the Feast of Easter. Last Sunday, a week later the...

Sometimes it is hard to hope. The conflicts around the world seem endless. As one winds down, another erupts. At this time, the war in...

Every year brings its own challenges and setbacks, both personal and global. We may have lost a friend or loved one or perhaps we have...

With this Sunday, Passion Sunday, we enter a sacred time in our faith tradition. Holy Week takes us on a journey. It is Jesus’ journey...

This Sunday is Solidarity Sunday. Each year on the 5th Sunday of Lent, our Canadian Catholic Church reflects on our Christian call to...

This 4th Sunday of Lent we hear one of the most beautiful and moving of Jesus’ parables. (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) It is a story that touches...

On very short notice, CWL members answered roll call at their monthly meeting this past Sunday with 77 cans of meat or fish, 2 cans of...

I have seen the misery of my people.... I have heard their cry.... I know their suffering,... and I have come down to deliver them.... ...

The Second Sunday of Lent each year takes us to an episode in the Gospels that is referred to as the transfiguration. Peter, James and...

Here we are – Lent again. Our season began with our experience of Ash Wednesday. The ashes we used came from fire. Whatever their...