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Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Sunday, 14 September 2025

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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The following extract from a reflection on today's feast by Fr. Enzo Del Brocco CP has an important message for all Christians, but has...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025

How one Gaza family dedicates each day to finding enough food to survive

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  Image credit: religionnews.com The following is an extract from an article in RNS, Religion News Service by Magdy reporting from Cairo. Re...
Friday, 28 June 2024

A Prayer Against Racism

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A prayer by Fr John Bucki, SJ Lord, Jesus Christ who reached across the ethnic boundaries between Samaritan, Roman and Jew who offered fresh...
Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Refugees (and Migrants) - a Spiritual Reflection

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  Sculpture by Banksy REFUGEES By Brian Bilston They have no need of our help So do not tell me These haggard faces could belong to you or m...
Sunday, 5 December 2021

Hills, Valleys and Rough Roads

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  "Make the rough ways smooth." A friend sent me a refection on the readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent by Louis J. Luzbetak SVD...
Friday, 7 May 2021

St. Joseph was an ordinary worker

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Following spiritual reflection is by Denise Bondy, Chair of the ONRC Spirituality Committee. Read the original reflection on the Spiritual...
Sunday, 22 November 2020

How does King Jesus want to be served?

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  Christ of the Breadlines - Fritz Eichenberg Today's parable tells us that the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe, chos...
Sunday, 25 October 2020

You shall not molest or oppress an alien

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Following is an extract from a reflection on the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Steven P Millies The Gospel from Matthew today (Matth...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Laudato Si’ Day 2 - #246 A Christian Prayer

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Today we continue Laudato Si’ #246 Firstly, simply read what the pope wrote. Then read it again, finding and reflecting on a word, phrase ...
Friday, 8 May 2020

Laudato Si’. Introductory Hors D'oeuvres

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Picture credit: iustitiaetpax.va Five years ago, on 25 May 2015, Pope Francis promulgated his famous encyclical letter, Laudato Si...
Monday, 13 April 2020

In Easter message, Pope Francis proposes universal basic income

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The following is reprinted from  the Jesuit review, " America " , under the title: In Easter message, Pope Francis proposes univ...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020

MESSAGE CONCERNING THE PANDEMIC - By Archbishop Emeritus Sylvain Lavoie OMI

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MESSAGE CONCERNING THE PANDEMIC - By Archbishop Emeritus Sylvain Lavoie OMI   National Spiritual Advisor Archbishop Emeritus Sy...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019

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Third World Day of the Poor - Questions for reflection and discussion  The numbers in parentheses refer to the Pope's Message which...
Friday, 4 October 2019

The spirit of egotism or the spirit of sacrifice - October reflection

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(Updated 8 October 2019) Jesus told the pharisees: “You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow, red sky in the mor...
Sunday, 14 July 2019

The priest, the scribe and the Good Samaritan

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... and who is my neighbour? "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." -...
Thursday, 20 June 2019

When Religion Cannot Ignore Politics

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Those of us who believe in the sacred inviolability of life from conception to natural death usually have no difficulty speaking out against...
Saturday, 20 April 2019

Ontario’s cuts to legal aid will hurt the poorest

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On Good Friday this year, as on every Good Friday, I read about the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate and how, in a travesty of ju...
Sunday, 14 April 2019

The health of immigrant and refugee children after their arrival in Canada

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As Vincentians, we not only want to help the poor, but we need to work with others to find and address the root causes of poverty and its ef...