Introduction Who is Jesus for us today? This question continues to divide opinions — just as it did among his disciples. But the challenge of our time is not only unbelief. It is also the growing number of people who claim to know him while twisting his name for cultural, political, ethnic, or even racial agendas. The Gospel of Luke reminds us that the true recognition of Christ lies not in words,...
I had the honour of officiating at the baptism of two children in Kitigan Zibi last Sunday. It got me thinking about the significance of baptism in our relationship with God and why it holds a special place among the sacraments of the Church. As I think about it now, I feel it is a universal sacrament and an ancient ceremony that opens humanity to a quasi-more-than-human experience. A Universal Sacrament and...
Depuis que j’ai fait la connaissance de la spiritualité autochtone du Canada, je n’ai jamais cessé d’être émerveillé par la profondeur de l’expérience spirituelle de mes amis du nord. Au début, ce n’était pas du tout facile. Pourtant, grâce à mes expériences antérieures, je suis devenu très familier avec certains de leurs concepts spirituels.
These days, it is common to see priests, bishops, religious men and women, etc., dressed in traditional attires to manifest their love and attachment to their cultures. Though it might appear new to a Church who has for ages privileged a traditional European culture to other indigenous realities, but I have come to fall in love with the development. It has even inspired me to have some of my mass vestments customized...
