ALL CREATION CRIES OUT
We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of the victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in…
HITTING THE BOOKS: NOVALIS BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
As the days get shorter and cooler, and as our regular routines take shape, we may have more time for diving into a book. Reading is much more than a leisure activity – it’s a way to make sense of…
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in splendor with Jesus our King. I have spent time this summer pondering who Mary was and is. She was completely human, but with a significant difference from the rest of…
ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
In the Catholic church, St. Maximilian is honoured as a confessor of the faith and a martyr of charity. He is most well known for offering to stand in the place of one of the men sentenced to starve to…
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS: A PROFOUND REVELATION
Imagine you are Peter, one of Jesus’s closest disciples along with John and James. Jesus leads the three of you to the top of a mountain, where you witness something extraordinary, an event unlike anything the world has ever seen.…
ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
If you think back on growing up as a Catholic, you may discover many ways that St. Ignatius of Loyola has influenced your faith development. St. Ignatius left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church. This was a saint who took…
CONNECTING IN LOVE: WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND ELDERLY
This post was scheduled to go live July 28, but due to an error in our system, its publishing was delayed. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you can still enjoy this very thoughtful reflection! -Novalis staff If you…
ST. ANNE AND ST. JOACHIM
In the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, July 26 is the feast day of Saints Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These saints are not biblical figures. Most of what is known about them comes from apocryphal…
HAPPY CANADA DAY!
This post is largely a photo and prose prayer based on photographs taken while preparing Northern Light (Novalis, 2020). Ponder each photograph to find how God is speaking to you as you consider these samples of the Canadian landscape. Last…
ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL
June 29 is a day of great significance for the Church as it celebrates the legacy of two pillars of Christian faith: St. Peter and St. Paul. Where would the world be today, I wonder, without the groundwork for the…