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Reflection for November 25, 2015

Posted on November 25, 2015 by srdianne

We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases. We … Continue reading →

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Reflection for November 18, 2015

Posted on November 25, 2015 by srdianne

Pilgrim Blessing May flowers spring up where your feet touch the earth. May the feet that walked before you bless your every step. May the weather that’s important be the weather of your heart. May all your intentions find their … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for November 29, 2015

Posted on November 24, 2015 by srdianne

Land where my fathers died / Land of the pilgrims’ pride Did you know that the Pilgrims who arrived in 1620 and whom we remember every Thanksgiving were not called Pilgrims until 1840?  At the time of their arrival they … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for November 22, 2015

Posted on November 17, 2015 by srdianne

So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You could put it that way.  I prefer to put it this way: that I was born and came into this world to testify to the truth.”               … Continue reading →

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Reflection for November 11, 2015

Posted on November 11, 2015 by srdianne

Three Thomas Merton Quotes I Love: We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and the divine is shining through it all the time. We are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for November 15, 2015

Posted on November 10, 2015 by srdianne

The jar of flour did not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry.             Ever since Vatican II we have been exposed (over a three year cycle) to an Old Testament reading at every Sunday Mass prior to … Continue reading →

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Reflection for November 4, 2015

Posted on November 4, 2015 by srdianne

“…deeds are done which appear so evil to us and people suffer such terrible evils that it does not seem as though ant good will ever come of them; and we consider this, sorrowing and grieving over it so that … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for November 8, 2015

Posted on November 3, 2015 by srdianne

Them One September when my wife and I entered the twelfth century cathedral of Ravello (a terraced town overlooking the Mediterranean south of Naples) we were struck by the beauty of its tall white walls and timbered ceiling and especially … Continue reading →

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Reflection for October 28, 2015

Posted on October 29, 2015 by srdianne

Dies Irae The day of wrath, that day Will dissolve the world in ashes As foretold by David and the Sibyl! How much tremor there will be, when the Judge will come, investigating everything strictly! The trumpet, scattering a wondrous sound through the … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for November 1, 2015

Posted on October 27, 2015 by srdianne

All Saints Day             It was early in my freshman year (a long time ago) at a Christian Brothers’ high school back east that Brother Francis – in our religion class – gave us a research assignment.  We had to … Continue reading →

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