A Jesuit at the Cape in the 1680s
Jesuit Father Guy Tachard, an astronomer and something of a secret agent, visited the Cape of Good Hope in 1685 and again two years later. While he...
June 2018
Pray With the Pope July 2018: The Loneliness of Priests Overcome
Intention: That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests.
Cartoon of the Week: Too Tired for Life
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have decided to make them available online!...
Mass Readings: 1 July – 8 July, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, July 1, 13th Sunday of the Year Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24, Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15,...
This Week’s Issue: 27 June – 3 July, 2018
» The theological formation of Pope Francis » Where We Find Water in the Bible » Pope to Oil Execs: There’s No Time » US and local...
Understanding St Paul’s Teachings
Pauls moral teaching often causes controversy. Scripture scholar Victor Paul Furnish, who tries to show how a more critical reading of Pauls ethics can retrieve the spirit of what he said, observes that when one treats Pauls teaching as if it were a sacred cow, one runs the risk of turning it into a white elephant.
St Paul Today
As we study St Paul, we are faced with the almost inevitable question: what does a Jewish preacher of the Risen Christ who was executed in Rome in around 61 AD have to say to Christians today? After all, so much has changed since Paul’s death.
Paul and Jesus
What did St Paul actually know about Jesus? Before his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-6) Paul would have known very little about Jesus. Having never met the historical Jesus of Nazareth, he had to rely initially on what was being said about him in Jerusalem by Jesus’ disciples and detractors.
St Paul’s Big Round-Trip
Even among those who have perhaps no knowledge of St Paul, some will have heard of his dramatic conversion and we often hear the phrase “the road to Damascus” or his “Damascus” moment.
Paul and Salvation
It used to be a common joke to say that while Jesus was Catholic, Paul was Protestant. Of course we know that both Jesus and Paul were Torah-observing Jews but as with many jokes it has a core of truth.
