Author Archives: Edamame

Instruction during RCIA should be explicit

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Edamame

Explicit instruction means telling inquirers what they need to know directly. I would like to see: less guided discovery (expecting learners to figure things out on their own), no hazing as rite of passage (humiliating or traumatizing people as a … Continue reading →

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My new practice when it comes to names

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Edamame

I’ve been writing here since 2021 and I was very open in the early years and named names. Now, in 2026, I’m replacing full first and last names with first and last initials. This means the story will be clear … Continue reading →

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Why I asked the Catholic Church to baptize me

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Edamame

First of all, I should say I didn’t want to “become Catholic”. I wasn’t in search of an identity of belonging or to become a member of an exclusive club. I had read and prayed and meditated and dreamt my … Continue reading →

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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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