Pray with the Pope – March 2016
Let’s Pray with the Pope for his intentions for the month of March Mercy for refugees General Intention: Families in Difficulty. That families in need may receive...
February 2016
We have the Cure for Blemishes Inside
As I grow older I have become more and more aware of the Catholic Church as a church of sinners. By this I mean that more than many...
Mass Readings: 28 February – 6 March, 2016
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday February 28, 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15, Psalms 103:1-4, 6-8, 11, 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12,...
Pope Francis: Use wealth, power for common good
Wealth and power are meant to serve the poor and the well-being of everyone, not to selfishly exploit others, Pope Francis said. When power loses that sense...
Victory with Self-Control
GUEST EDITORIAL BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON This month we reported that Cardinal Napier of Durban had written a pastoral letter in which he had called on parishes to...
Pope Francis: Don’t lose Heart, God will forgive
But the greatest sign of God’s commitment – his “extreme commitment” to humanity – is his decision to send his son to save us Jesus welcomed sinners...
Did or didn’t Jesus baptise people?
Did Jesus himself actually baptise people with water, as did the disciples? This seems evident in John 3:22 but is contradicted in John 4:1-3. What is the...
Lent: Our Annual Rehab Programme
So God each year gives us a rehab programme called Lent A good friend of mine is an addict. There, Ive said it. For someone to admit...
Better to discuss than to lecture
In our postmodern way of free thinking, does the word lecture come across as rather dictatorial?It possibly does even more than the words ‘sermon’ or ‘homily’; all...
