This week's reflection
There is nothing love cannot face. We can always expand our hearts.
Sr. Marie-Paule Willem, FMM
Reflection of the week bank
Reflection for November 25 2022
There is nothing love cannot face. We can always expand our hearts.
Sr. Marie-Paule Willem, FMM
Reflection for November 18 2022
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother Teresa
Reflection for November 10 2022
Remembering the past gives power to the present.
Fae Myenne NG
Reflection for November 04 2022
Even kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
Guru Nanak
Reflection for October 28 2022
I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.
Hafiz
Reflection for October 21 2022
Wishing you a Diwali that brings happiness prosperity and joy to you and all your family.
Reflection for October 14 2022
We do not have to get it together before we show up.
Anne Lamott
Reflection for October 07 2022
For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
Elie Wiesel
Reflection for September 29 2022
Reconciliation is a way of life, continuous, with no end date. It is learning from our lived experiences and understanding on another. It is creating the necessary space for us to heal. It is creating the necessary space for us to heal. It is planting seeds of hope and respect so that our garden blooms for our children.
Governor General Mary May Simon
Reflection for September 23 2022
Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them.
Roy T. Bennett
Reflection for September 16 2022
We join in prayer and concern for those impacted by the extensive flooding in Pakistan.
Reflection for September 09 2022
When it seems things are not going right, and may never be right again, accept that what is yours will come to you in the right way, at just the right moment.
Iyanla Vanzant
Reflection for September 02 2022
It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
Mary Oliver
Reflection for August 26 2022
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa
Reflection for August 19 2022
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
Pope John Paul II
Reflection for August 12 2022
It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.
Debra Wilson
Reflection for August 05 2022
There can be no stewardship without stewards.
John Jay Jackson
Reflection for July 29 2022
We commit to continue walking together on the journey of reconciliation. There is much work to be done.
Reflection for July 22 2022
The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an attendant.
Vera Nazarian
Reflection for July 15 2022
To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
Douglas Adams
Reflection for July 08 2022
Water is precious and sacred. It is one of the basic elements needed for all life to exist. All people need to be concerned about the water in our backyards and how much of it we are using and wasting.
Josephine Mandamin, Anishinabe Elder
Reflection for July 01 2022
Having a superpower has nothing to do with the ability to fly or jump, or superhuman strength. The truest superpowers are the ones we all possess: willpower, integrity, and most importantly, courage. - Jason Reynolds
Reflection for June 24 2022
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
John Steinbeck
Reflection for June 17 2022
It does not take many words to tell the truth.
Chief Sitting Bull
Reflection for June 10 2022
We focus on bringing back Indigenous languages, ceremonies, cultures, traditions... This is how we'll generate hope - for all Canadian people.
Perry Bellegarde
Reflection for June 03 2022
We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.
George Takei
Reflection for May 27 2022
It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Reflection for May 20 2022
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Rumi
Reflection for May 13 2022
I remember the past, and I learn from it. I rejoice and celebrate in the present, and I re-imagine the future. Now is the moment that never ends.
Deepak Chopra
Reflection for May 06 2022
If we want people to fully show up and to bring their whole selves, including their unarmored, whole hearts so that we can innovate, solve problems, and serve people, we have to be vigilant about creating a culture in which people feel safe, seen, heard, and respected.
Bene Brown
Reflection for April 29 2022
With all the love, blessing, and peace on this joyous day.
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Reflection for April 22 2022
There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.
Sister Mary Rose McGeady
Reflection for April 21 2022
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Reflection for April 08 2022
Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.
William J Clinton
Reflection for April 01 2022
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say it's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem. Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
Fred Rogers
Reflection for March 04 2022
A Prayer for Ukraine God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war and peace, for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions. Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear, that you would hold them and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen.
Archbishop Justin Welby | Archbishop Stephen Cottrell - Church of England
Reflection for February 25 2022
During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.
Pope Francis
Reflection for February 18 2022
Black history is not just for Black people — Black history is Canadian history
Dr. Jean Augustine
Reflection for February 11 2022
Loving God, help us to be signs of love and compassion — honoring every person we meet who is in need of healing. When our burdens are heavy, renew us, remind us of the blessing of our calling and reawaken our commitment to the healing ministry. Amen.
Catholic Health Association USA
Reflection for February 04 2022
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus
Reflection for January 28 2022
I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.
Serena Williams
Reflection for January 21 2022
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs
Reflection for January 14 2022
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Reflection for January 07 2022
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
Phil Jackson