Cathy Carphin, Author at Faith Tides

Sorrowful Saturday

Cathy Carphin — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:08:22 +0000

Alleluiah! We are now in Eastertide, that glorious 50-day period of celebrating the light of Christ in this world. Just as Christians have done so to commemorated this time for the last 20 centuries, I have been reflecting on the significance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Good Friday is always a challenge for […]

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Concepts of love

Cathy Carphin — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:06:29 +0000

Love is a wonderous thing. It expands our horizons and fills us with joy. It also encourages us to reach out to others, to give without expectation, to share our God-given gifts and to care for the disadvantaged. I cannot begin to plumb the depths of love any better than Paul does in 1 Corinthians […]

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The day my muse went on vacation

Cathy Carphin — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:08:58 +0000

She was always with me, my muse. My writing and my poetry would come to me readily with an idea partly fleshed out, waiting for me to fill in the bits. They would appear early in the morning, somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, or they would come to me while driving or while contemplating some […]

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December — joyful and challenging

Cathy Carphin — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:00:05 +0000

We are at the opening of the Christian year, a time of reflection in Advent, of joy and celebration at Christmas and entering into a new year of commemoration of God’s plan and act of redemption. For many, December also can be a challenging period, if only from a secular perspective. Christians live in both […]

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“And all the company of Heaven…”

Cathy Carphin — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:12:26 +0000

Our church year set this time aside to honour those who have gone before us — All Hallows Eve on October 31, All Saints Day on November 1 and All Souls Day (the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed) on November 2 — the Allhallowtide Triduum – when we remember the saints, martyrs and the […]

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Both body and soul

Cathy Carphin — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:25:48 +0000

Someone asked this question a while ago, and I have wondered since what would make a “right” reply. The premise was that if Christians believe that the soul leaves the body — and through Jesus — joins the Father, then what is there to be sad about? Shouldn’t we rejoice that our dear ones have […]

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Taking care of ourselves and each other

Cathy Carphin — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:08:21 +0000

We are still recovering from the pandemic closures of 2020 and afterwards. Thankfully, we can now return to in-person church services and gather with our fellow parishioners, and as well to have personal choices to wear a mask or not. Some of us took this isolation in our stride, taking comfort in our home and […]

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