Author Archives: Edamame

Favourite One-liners Volume 1 (talking to women)

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Edamame

“You talked to the priests? Why’d you do that? Priests are men!”-MT, a lady in Toronto from their local Catholic Women’s League “They get those jobs because they can smooth things over.”-HB, a religious sister explaining the types of priests … Continue reading →

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This is an article I found after visiting Madonna House in 2015. I believe I found it and printed it in 2018. I think this is a good attitude to have for these times of lifelong learning. I am copying … Continue reading →

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Edamame | Comments Off on Wrong For So Long

God speaks

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Edamame

“Sisters is a one-hour documentary film that takes us into the lives of five American Catholic Sisters. It is a film about faith and hope, love and death, seen through the eyes of five women who have committed their lives … Continue reading →

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Why Universals Need Eucharistic Adoration

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Edamame

The sign and the symbol i.e. the projection of God (our Self) has to go somewhere… Can modern enlightened people be taught to use the Eucharist as mirror? “I bow to the Buddha in me.” “I look at Jesus and … Continue reading →

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“God loves you!”

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Edamame

This talk by Rabbi Friedman is the best explanation of the spirit vs the soul, or the Source or, where we come from and where we’re going back. Do you think ‘afterlife’ is the best term? Or, are we just … Continue reading →

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Four Stages of Forgiveness

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Edamame

Four Stages of Forgiveness How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstances instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the people rather than angry. You have nothing left to say … Continue reading →

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Learning to speak ‘Christian’ requires community

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Edamame

“[R]ecalling the ‘dangerous memory of Mary’ challenges depictions of Mary’s life that attempt to neutralize its radical implications for pushing against injustice and its call to stand in compassionate solidarity with all who suffer….It is this dangerous memory of La … Continue reading →

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Buddhist-informed Ignatian Exercises

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Edamame

My Lenten project in 2021 is to begin again; to revisit the Ignatian Exercises I discovered in 2014 and to mediate on where I’ve fallen short in empathy over the last few years. Rather than the dreary Catholic preoccupation with … Continue reading →

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Is that a real word?

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Edamame

Psychologist + theologian = psychologian Am I the only one who thinks of a clever domain name, buys it, renews it for years before doing anything with it?

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Fake websites

Posted on August 2, 1924 by Edamame

Hi Ms C! We’ve been discussing another website that I allege was backdated, for the purposes of obstruction of justice. I wanted to show you it’s easy to change the dates on blog posts. UPDATE 3/17/24 Part of me thinks … Continue reading →

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