Learning to love the bible
Today, every day around the country, Catholics are engaging scripture in their communities, homes, parishes and education centres and it is supposed to be fun!The fact...
February 2012
The living stones
More than at any other time in the liturgical year, except perhaps Christmas, on our Lenten journey we turn our minds to the Holy Land.
Is it gremlins or the devil in my works?
Do you believe in gremlins? Wikipedia gives a handy definition for a gremlin which might even be a little too impish. It describes an imp as an...
Don’t tar all catechists with the same brush!
From Collette OSullivan, Cape Town I take great umbrage to a number of erroneous statements in John Lees letter, Evangelised catechism needed (January 25), not least of...
Lord Cardinals
I was disturbed to read that at the recent consistory Pope Benedict had addressed the new cardinals as “Lord Cardinals”. “Lord” is the word we use for...
Healing old wounds
A decade ago the abuse scandal in Boston broke, setting off a seemingly endless domino effect of allegations and revelations of Church personnel molesting minors, and Church...
May we dip the sacred host in wine?
In my home parish, when receiving Communion we are allowed to dip the sacred host into the chalice (with the permission of the local bishop). I was...
A good lesson on the beach
Last week, as I write, I took a leaf out of the book of a two year old boy with regards to being in the moment, relaxing...
Finding love in unity
By Dominee Mike Smuts One day in the 1960s I travelled by car from Pretoria to Durban. Along the way I picked up a young hitchhiker. When...
Living like refugees in the land of their birth
From Colin Arendse, Cape Town Land is Gods gift to all of which we as human beings are responsible as custodians. This poignant statement issued recently by...
