Mass Readings: 26 November – 3 December, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday November 26, Christ the King Ez 14:11-12. 15-17/ Ps 23:1-2. 2-3. 5-6 (1)/ 1 Cor 15: 20-26....
November 2023
Mental Health: STOP the Stigma
Klerksdorp has become the second South African diocese after Johannesburg to embrace the mental health ministry as an integral part of its pastoral activities. This was made...
St Cecilia
November 22 is the Feast of St Cecilia, Roman martyr and patroness of music and musicians. As the story goes, St Cecilia “sang in her heart to...
Vestments: The Layers of Cloth on a Priest at Mass
The citizens of ancient Rome were accustomed to wearing a white towel-like cloth around their necks or over the shoulder. Known as a sudarium, its purpose was to wipe away the perspiration that bothered them, especially in the extreme heat of a Roman summer.
Pope welcomes migrant he’s been praying for since July
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – When Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin told Pope Francis of his harrowing journey to Italy and about the deaths of his wife and 6-year-old...
‘Poverty is a scandal,’ pope says; Christians must use gifts for charity
By CNS – The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a “scandal” that Christians are called to address by putting their God-given...
Pope: God’s call to each person to be holy benefits everyone
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The holiness of individuals and families gives life to the entire Catholic community, Pope Francis said. The call to holiness “is not...
Pope: On World Day of Poor, be poor like those you serve
By Justin McLellan, CNS – To recognise and address the poverty of others, Christians must become poor like the figure of Tobit from the Hebrew Bible, Pope...
A Call to Develop our Talents! 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: A Call to develop our talents! Point...
Vatican aims to have a net-zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2030
By Carol Glatz, CNS – As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a programme to replace its existing vehicle...
