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Kids say the darndest things
As a father and grandfather, it never ceases to amaze me, the logic that kids come up with.
Give us a smile!
How was your Holy Family Sunday? Too close for comfort? Too close to Christmas? I noticed far fewer people in church on that Sunday, the day after Christmas.
Good music needs training
From: Joan Kerswill SFO, Pretoria
I Refer to Fr Chris Townsend’s letter on “Why I hate Catholic Music”. While I have to agree that there is rubbish that passes for Catholic music, sadly much of it comes from hymn books supplied to music groups by their parishes.
Blessed John Paul II
When a pope who is remembered vividly by millions of people is to be beatified, it is surely a newsworthy and uplifting moment.
Great wheels of fire
It was in the late 1950s, when I was a typical teenager with that typical teenage loathing for getting out of bed before noon, when my mother insisted that I serve Mass every Friday morning.
The mystery of our reality
BY FR RALPH DE HAHN
We live in the world that is both real and unreal. Most people live in the unreal and superficial world of illusion. We fall in love with concepts and therefore we are strangers to reality. Surely, we can understand that our concepts are not the same as reality, for our prejudices, emotions and conditioning get in the way.
Source of procession
When we speak of God the Father and his Son “born”, “begotten” and so on, we imply that the Father is the origin or source of the Son. Then we say the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Are we also able to say that the Father is the source and origin of the Holy Spirit? I am aware we are trying to express what is inexpressible and eternal. – Carmen Smith
How a great idea can go wrong
Small Christian Communities (SCCs) are one way in which the Church is trying to assume an African face and touch. SCCs are groupings of Catholics in a neighbourhood, who meet regularly to pray, share and support one another as a way of living and witnessing their faith.
We Catholics should stand tall
From Bernard Cole, Johannesburg
I must express my appreciation of Chris Moerdyk and The Southern Cross (December 29) for bringing to our attention the talk by Sam Miller, a Jewish businessman from America.
19 January to 25 January, 2011
Headlines
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