lent
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My calm, peaceful life was suddenly thrown into a rush of deadlines and long nights just a week ago. Lesson plans to review. Lessons to rewrite. New worksheets to produce. I had agreed to take on the project months ago. But the other side stalled until only a few days ago. The deadline? End of… Read more
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My phone — which I hardly use for calling — is really a collection of apps. Apps that manage my life: work, navigation, communication, banking, even personal identification. A small device holding together a complicated life — a digital life. One I did not really choose, but was swept into simply by being born into… Read more
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It is easy to go for Mass, to make a contribution to the offertory bag, to join the Stations of the Cross. Practising the faith can feel easy. But being in a community, sharing the Word of God week after week, becoming companions on the same journey — that is tough. It is messy. Challenging.… Read more
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I was wide awake at 6am on Friday. Can I blame You for that? If I sleep well, I give You thanks. If I wake too early, is that not on You too? Why was I sitting in the pews before the sun even rose? Pondering. What should I give up this Lent? What do… Read more
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“Come back to Me.” As I sit in church this morning, waiting for Mass to begin, this season feels different from the past few months. Christmas tide. The New Year. The Lunar New Year. And in between, Ordinary Time. The colours, the gatherings, the abundance of food and noise. Now it all feels distant. In… Read more
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