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  1916 Remembered

Apr 22, 2026
This month I have been remembering my mother, Brigid, who was born on April 9, 1916, and thinking about some of the other major events of that year that are still impacting my life today.
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  Rediscovering the Lament Psalms

Feb 05, 2026
Recently I came across a talk by scripture scholar Walter Brueggemann on the theme of “Faith in a Time of Disorientation”.
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  “Take nothing”

Feb 05, 2026
I recall my days as a young missionary traveling around the villages that made up the parish of Naililili in the Rewa delta.
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  Not on the Same Page

Jan 16, 2026
PolitiFact, a fact checking organization, labelled 2025 as “the Year of the Lies” due to the volume of misinformation in circulation and what they called an “up is down” narrative that constantly calls into question “established” facts.
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  Christmas Novena

Dec 24, 2025
This year I was again blessed by preparing for Christmas by taking part in the Novena of the Latin American community.
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  Let us pray for peace

Dec 22, 2025
Are we so afraid of what the future may hold that we refuse to look for or acknowledge signs of promise or of doom?
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  Thank God for environmental activists and volunteers

Dec 11, 2025
As we read in the reading from the prophet Isaiah 41:13-20, God works through the poor and insignificant, the puny and the least. This may not very encouraging
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