To bring our brokenness and learn to love mercy…

To bring our brokenness and learn to love mercy…

The words of the prophet Joel in the first reading for this Valentine’s Ash Wednesday are piercing: “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourning. Rend your hearts and not your clothing.” How is it that we...
Stepping willingly into the waves of mercy

Stepping willingly into the waves of mercy

Photo Credit: Stephanie Strauss Hall There’s a lot of talk about mercy in the church right now, and in all generations, but especially this year, thanks to Pope Francis. I have been given several opportunities to speak about it. But everywhere I go, there is at least...
Plowing the way for peace…with mercy

Plowing the way for peace…with mercy

Photo Credit: Sandy Normand Before the first snow fell in Saskatoon this year, before the purple candles were unpacked, a small insurrection erupted in our home.  Before the Remembrance Day service, our beloved little people had been enjoying the day off school,...