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Priest’s Afrikaans poetry
SEEVLAK TOT SAVANNA by Bonaventure Hinwood. Bent Uitgewers, 2008. 60pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
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The non-biblical Lord’s Prayer
Why do we break up the Lord’s Prayer from its original text in the Bible? During Mass we say the words up to “but deliver us from evil”. The priest then says: “Deliver us, Lord, from every evil…” Only then does the congregation carry on with: “For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever”.
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Hark, Harold and other angels
A frequently used English phrase is: “Out of the mouths of babes”, which of course comes from two separate biblical sources; the first from Psalm 8:2, the second from Mathew 21:16.
Interestingly, in both the singular is used: “Out of the mouth of babes.” Like many, I’ve been getting it wrong for decades. Today I want not to dwell on the niceties of grammar, but rather to present some quite spectacularly cute examples of what can come out of the mouth of babes if you give them half a chance. Read more…
Will SA cope with the need for ethics?
They delude themselves, those who think morals and ethics are not going to be a major issue in next month’s national and provincial elections. Enlightened South Africans are sick and tired of venal politics and immoral society. This time around they demand more from their would-be leaders. Read more…
Liturgical translations explained
By Bishop Edward Risi
During their January plenary session, the bishops of the Southern African Conference had the chance to evaluate the responses to the new English texts of the Mass received via the website of the Conference, in the post and also those which appeared in The Southern Cross. Read more…
When the media get it wrong
By Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM
Shortly before Christmas I participated in a BBC Radio debate on what that radio station had described as Pope Benedict’s “attack” on homosexuals. Read more…
Sex life according to the Spirit
Your Point of Debate article by Michael Carstens (December 31-January 6) refers. Mr Carstens combines a lesson in the theology of Redemption with his views on sexuality and homosexuality with the customary denigration of Humanae vitae. He stops short of explaining how our becoming partakers in divine nature is possible. Read more…
Unity with traditionalists
A pope can bend over backwards only so much before acknowledging a lost cause. So it appears with Pope Benedict’s endeavours to heal the schism with the ultra-traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX).
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Pope leaves Africa
By John Thavis
Pope Benedict XVI bid farewell to Angola and to Africa, asking the continent’s people to care for one another and telling the international community it has an obligation to share the world’s resources in an equitable way.
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Papal Mass in Luanda
By John Thavis
At a Mass for hundreds of thousands of Angolans, Pope Benedict XVI called on Africa to embrace the Gospel and disperse the “clouds of evil” that have brought war, ethnic rivalry, tribalism and greed to the continent.
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