Third Sunday of the Year Reflection
The tribe of Zebulun derived its money from its ports and access to the sea. It helped support the tribe of Issachar, where the most important scholars of the Israelites were originally lived. The...
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Second Sunday of the Year Reflection
And when the Advocate comes he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment… John 16:8 Fast forward, and even this same John the Baptist gets it wrong, doubting...
Priest Hopes New Book Will Help Homilies
Dominican Father Joseph Falkiner (pictured) was motivated to write a book of reflections on the Sunday readings for the coming year by positive feedback received over the years from many people, including priests who...
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
The eyes of Love can only see with Mercy and the acts of Mercy are compassion and forgiveness. When we gaze on our beloved, we do not compare, there is no judgement and how...
The Gospel Evangelises
I write this late in the evening on the feast of St Jerome. I’m a little exhausted, having just arrived from Johannesburg, after a rather hectic weekend of endless book discussions on Live Literature...
Understanding the First Chapters of Genesis
Genesis 4:17 says that Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, had a wife. Where did she spring from, considering that up to that point there had been on earth only Cain, his slain...
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
What a spine chilling question, “when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Add this question to Jesus astonishment and sorrow when the people from his home town lacked faith...
SA Joy Over New Bible Day
BY ERIN CARELSE & CAROL GLATZ – The head of South Africa’s Catholic Bible Foundation (CBF) is delighted that Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the...
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
The true nemesis of faith is not doubt, but pride. In the novel by John Updike, reworking the themes of “The Scarlet Letter”, we encounter Roger Lambert, a jaded, and debauched theology professor who...
Count Your Blessings, Not the Sheep
Television ads are so much a part of our daily lives that we hardly notice them most of the time. But just occasionally there is one that tickles our fancy, so to speak… Personally,...
The Story of the True Cross of Christ
For the September 14 feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Günther Simmermacher looks at the history of the True Cross, which was recovered in 326 AD. When the Church celebrates the feast of...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
Who am I; what does it mean for me to be a person, to be a human being? Many people answer this question in the same way as Scripture, “I am John, a member...
