Bible / Church / Erin Carelse / Mass / Preaching / Priests / Scripture
by Erin Carelse · Published November 28, 2019 · Last modified November 25, 2019
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...
Bible / Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published October 25, 2019 · Last modified October 28, 2019
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...
Bible / Church / Church History / Evangelism / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published October 22, 2019 · Last modified October 21, 2019
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...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published October 22, 2019 · Last modified October 21, 2019
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...
Bible / Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published October 18, 2019 · Last modified October 17, 2019
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...
Bible / Catechesis / Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / Erin Carelse / Scripture
by Erin Carelse · Published October 15, 2019 · Last modified October 14, 2019
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...
Bible / Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published October 4, 2019 · Last modified October 3, 2019
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...
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,...
Bible / Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published September 10, 2019 · Last modified September 9, 2019
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...
Bible / Church / Fr John Allen Green / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published September 6, 2019 · Last modified October 17, 2019
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...
Bible / Editorials 2019 / Scripture
by Editor · Published August 25, 2019 · Last modified September 11, 2019
As Catholics we are taught that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist which we receive at Mass; but often his presence in the Liturgy of the Word is treated as secondary. In last...
Bible / Church / Church Teaching / Scripture
by Admin · Published August 21, 2019 · Last modified August 22, 2019
August 25 will be Bible Sunday. To help us prepare, Br Mike Chalmers CF looks at how Scripture and the Eucharist work together to lead us to Christ. What better way can we prepare for receiving Christ...
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