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Forest Bathing
...trees swishing in the wind, a squirrel scurrying along the forest floor, an unseen bird somewhere high up in a tree singing its distinctive song. It is when we use all our senses to connect with the forest that ‘the magic happens.’” Dr. Li summarizes the importance of forest bathing with these words: “The forest (read The Woods) is like our mother, a sacred place, a gift to us humans from the divine. It is a paradise of healing.” Ingrained...
Sunday, December 12, 2021: Third Sunday of Advent
...bit like a fan. It resembles a basket more than anything. Several things I read described it as shaped like a baby’s cradle. These are images I can use and understand. Before this year, this passage had me imagining God at the head of a long line of human persons sorting through us one by one. The wheat (good folks) was directed forward. The chaff (the not-so-good folks) was pushed to a place that no one wanted to go. This...
What does it mean to love my neighbor as myself? A visit to the border
Sister Joni, Postulant Leslie and Sister Tracey during the visit to Nogales Recently Leslie Dao, our postulant, and I had the opportunity to volunteer in Nogales, Mexico at Kino Border Initiative. Our own Sister of Providence Tracey Horan ministers as Associate Director of Education and Advocacy there. Kino helps promote policies that affirm the dignity of the human person. Kino also imparts humanitarian assistance and accompanies migrants who have found themselves fleeing terrible violence, in many cases fleeing for their...
The Season of Creation 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
...being muted in conversations. Many voices are muted in public discourse around climate change and the ethics of Earth-keeping. These are voices of those who suffer the impacts of climate changes. These are voices of people who hold generational wisdom about how to live gratefully within the limits of the land. These are voices of a diminishing diversity of more-than-human species. It is the voice of Earth. The 2022 Season of Creation theme raises awareness of our need to listen...
Season of Creation 2022: Eco-Spirituality
...to us, and the security that Christ has taken unto himself this material world and now, risen, is intimately present to each being, surrounding it with his affection and penetrating it with his light. Then too, there is the recognition that God created the world, writing into it an order and a dynamism that human beings have no right to ignore. May the power and the light of the grace we have received also be evident in our relationship to...
Providence Associate Stephen Modde on finding a safe and welcoming community
...the Woods who I have kept contact with, say, “We always suspected you were gay.” Ray, the husband of Providence Associate Stephen Modde, takes his photo with Sister Carol Meyers on the day of Steve’s first commitment as a Providence Associate in 2019 Life today Fast forward. In Chicago for 22 years I worked in human resources at five hospitals and medical centers. A vice president of human resources, at age 65 and burnt-out, I retired. For six years I’ve been married...
December 25, 2022: The Nativity of the Lord
Gospel: John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God....
Congregation shares LCWR statement in response to Colorado shootings
...free from violence. Our hearts and prayers go out to those family members, friends, and members of the LGBTQ+ community as they grieve the loss of those killed and injured in the Colorado Springs shooting on Saturday, November 19. As women of the Gospel, we stand in opposition to all forms of exclusion and violence committed against any member of the human family. There can be no tolerance for hate. We pledge ourselves to work for the change of structures...
A reflection for the Epiphany of the Lord
...translations call them “wise men.” Others call them astrologers, kings, or magi. Which is it? The Greek word here is “magoi,” which means neither “wise men” nor “kings.” Magi were likely highly educated and knowledgeable in astrology, astronomy, history, philosophy, medicine and mathematics. They would interpret dreams, foretell the future, and read the stars and how they affect human events. Some were magicians — mediators between humans and the higher powers — and would attempt to use their own rituals...
Sister Mary Roger Madden
...time, Sister Mary Roger was evolving into the kind of educator who revered learning and imparted knowledge with clarity and conviction. As a master teacher, she inspired younger educators to explore and create classrooms where connections could be made in younger minds for a better grasp of the universality of the human experience. She also inspired them to see how the impact of Christianity and the followers of Jesus Christ could change the world. And as is true with all...
Message of Pope Francis for Creation Day 2023
...in every situation, to live according to laws and thus to enable life to flourish. When we “seek first the kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33), maintaining a right relationship with God, humanity and nature, then justice and peace can flow like a never-failing stream of pure water, nourishing humanity and all creatures. On a beautiful summer day in July 2022, during my pilgrimage to Canada, I reflected on this on the shores of Lac Ste. Anne in Alberta. That lake...
October 22, 2023: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the scent. How little they understand him. But, boy, how they do understand typical human behavior! Who among us hasn’t used (or been entrapped by) flattery? There’s a fine line between knowing our strengths and who we are as human beings and allowing ourselves to be lulled into thoughts or behaviors under the influence of someone else’s honeyed words. Being immune to flattery requires deep self-knowledge, the kind of knowledge that comes through prayer, reflection and study. Clearly, Jesus knew...