Fifth Sunday of the Year Reflection
The suburb of Bertrams in the Johannesburg is what you would term a ‘rough neighbourhood’; there are gangs, drug lords, prostitutes and destitute squatters. It was here that I live and worked with...
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Fourth Sunday of the Year Reflection
Leslie J Hoppe, OFM – Catholic Theological Union – https://ctu.edu/ The convergence of these three readings is serendipitous. The text from Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you...
Priest: People Deserve Better Liturgy
For all the reasons we can muster to explain why people stop coming to Mass, “There comes a point when we have to stop and ask ourselves an important question: what is the quality...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
In Jesus the Christ we have the full revelation of God, God’s plan, God’s will and the nature and blueprint of all reality. God’s Word is revealed to us in the person of...
Second Sunday of the Year Reflection
At Cana it is Mary the mother of Jesus who is the one known and trusted in the wedding venue. She is the one who instructs the servant, “Do whatever he tells you.” We...
Take Care Judging!
Adrian Kettle, Cape Town – Hoist with my own petard! Shock/Horror! Judge, Jury and Executioner! At Mass, a parishioner near me was looking at a smartphone during the first reading. Nosey me, all righteous...
Pope: Everyone’s Hour Will Come, So Be Prepared for Judgement Day
People would be wise to think about Judgment Day and wonder what God will see when he examines their lives, Pope Francis said. “If the Lord were to call me today, what would I...
Pope: People Must Confront their Evil Desires
God handed down his commandments not for people to hypocritically follow the letter of the law with a proud and righteous heart, but for people to recognise the truth of their weaknesses…
32nd Sunday of the Year Reflection
By Fr John Allen Green OFM The Woman’s Mite Cold and grey and miserable; the Gorbals is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Clyde. This...
The Bible has the Power to Transform Lives
Through God’s word, Christians can taste the sweetness of his love like honey and also feel the sharp sting of a sword that purifies them from sin, Pope Francis said. “The double edge of...
Hypocrisy is a Leaven Impeding Spiritual Growth
The Inward Growing Leaven Hypocrisy is the leaven that causes men and women to be self-centered and indifferent to the world around them, Pope Francis said. “This leaven is dangerous,” the pope said in...
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year Reflection
Life is toil, and then we die! We recognise that our lives are filled so many diversions, so many urgent things that require my attention. Living from one pay check to the next...
