A South African Easter in Pictures – 2
Catholics from all over South Africa celebrated Easter in special ways in their parishes and schools… More Stories: Stations of the Cross – I Jesus is condemned to death A South African Easter in...
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Tlhabane Parish Took it to the Mountain
By Ezzy Seabelo – On the day before Palm Sunday, the community of St Peter’s church in Tlhabane, led by parish priest Fr Peter Ackappady, braved the boiling heat and walked for 6km from the...
Via Lucis Stations Booklet Now Out in Afrikaans
The Via Lucis (Way of Light), consisting of the 14 Stations of the Resurrection, is now available in an Afrikaans edition.
From Crucifixion to Resurrection: Here, But Not Yet
Christ is risen! Truly, he is risen! Jesus Christ has conquered sin and death. We know that God has the final word. And that word is love. For “God is love” (1 Jn. 4:8).
A South African Easter in Pictures
Catholics from all over South Africa celebrated Easter in special ways in their parishes – here they are in pictures…
Pope Francis: Urbi et Orbi Message 2018
Jesus is risen from the dead! This message resounds in the Church the world over, along with the singing of the Alleluia: Jesus is Lord; the Father has raised him and he lives forever in our midst.
Christians Cleansed by Christ Can No Longer Be Corrupt
Though they may go to church and say they are people of faith, the corrupt and “mafioso” have absolutely nothing Christian about them, Pope Francis said. “They call themselves Christian, but they carry death in their souls and bring death to others,” the pope said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
An Incredible Event
Why is it that many Catholics wear crucifixes around their necks but not representations of the empty tomb? Without the Resurrection on the third day, the events of Good Friday would merely mark the...
Prayer for Easter
Christ is Risen: The world below lies desolate Christ is Risen: The spirits of evil are fallen Christ is Risen: The angels of God are rejoicing Christ is Risen: The tombs of the dead...
Why Don’t We Want God’s Mercy?
Carrying a cross in our pockets can be a beautiful prayer. There are times when we pray with words and times when it is just the silence of our hearts — like St John Vianney who used to say about his prayer in from of the Blessed Sacrament: “I just look at him and he looks at me.”
How Christ Frees Slaves
This Holy Week we will hear a lot about redemption and how Christ’s death on the cross redeemed mankind. In our modern usage, to redeem something means “to buy it back”; and in Holy Week we can use that idea.
The History of the Stations of the Cross
During Lent, the faithful practise the devotion of the Stations of the Cross. Prof MICHAEL OGUNU explains the history and purpose of that devotion. Stations of the Cross is a devotion, especially during Lent, which prayerfully...
