Reconciliation is not sustained by annual observances alone. It grows through faithful relationships, honest listening, and the courage to let repentance reshape the way we live. This reflection challenges the Church to move beyond good intentions and embrace the ongoing work of truth, justice, and healing with Indigenous peoples—one faithful step at a time.
Category Archives: Reconciliation
Truth That Walks: Reconciliation Beyond Good Intentions
The work of truth and reconciliation is not complete because we have acknowledged the past. The Gospel calls the Church beyond good intentions into faithful action—listening deeply, building authentic relationships, and pursuing justice with humility and courage. Reconciliation is not a destination but a lifelong journey of discipleship, where our prayers become partnerships and our faith becomes visible in the work of healing.
Truth That Walks: Reconciliation Is a Journey We Must Keep Choosing
Truth and reconciliation cannot remain annual observances or well-intentioned words. The Gospel calls the Church to a deeper commitment—one marked by humility, listening, repentance, and the patient work of rebuilding relationships with Indigenous peoples. As we prepare for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this reflection invites us to consider what faithful discipleship looks like when reconciliation becomes not simply something we remember, but something we live.
Learning to Sit Around the Fire Together
And relationships wounded deeply over long periods of history are not restored quickly simply because we wish them to be.
Healing requires truth. Humility. Listening. Presence.
It requires learning how to remain in conversation even when the work becomes uncomfortable or slow.
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Bearing Witness, Walking Together
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation calls us to more than remembrance—it invites us into the ongoing work of listening, learning, lamenting, and walking together toward healing. With humility and hope, this reflection explores the Christian call to bear witness to the truth of the past while committing ourselves to relationships marked by justice, compassion, and reconciliation. It reminds us that genuine healing begins when we have the courage to listen deeply and faithfully accompany one another on the long journey toward a more just future.
Orange Shirt Sunday: Every Child Matters
Orange Shirt Sunday invites the Church to remember the children who suffered in the residential school system, to honour Survivors and their families, and to recommit ourselves to the ongoing work of truth, justice, healing, and reconciliation. Rooted in the Gospel’s call to love our neighbours and seek the dignity of every human being, this reflection encourages us to listen deeply, learn humbly, and walk alongside Indigenous Peoples with compassion, honesty, and hope. It reminds us that every child matters, and that faithful discipleship calls us to bear witness through both remembrance and action.
Celebrating Love: Love for God and Love for Neighbour during Pride Month
Pride Month offers the Church an opportunity to reflect more deeply on Christ’s commandment to love God and to love our neighbours. This reflection explores how Christian faith calls us to embody welcome, compassion, dignity, and respect, reminding us that God’s love is expansive, life-giving, and offered generously to every person created in the image of God.
I’m going to laugh again: reflections on the journey of healing through forgiveness
Forgiveness is rarely a single moment. More often, it is a long journey through grief, healing, and the slow rediscovery of joy. This reflection explores the transforming power of grace, reminding us that while forgiveness does not erase the past, it can free us to laugh again, hope again, and embrace the future with hearts no longer defined by old wounds.