Why We Need the Word of God
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...
Category: Bible
Ascension Sunday Reflection
We adore you most holy Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all the churches of the world, and we bless you because, by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. As a Christian...
In Search of the Historical Jesus
The study of the historical Jesus was the subject of a day-long workshop delivered by three leading biblical scholars. The workshop was presented at Holy Redeemer parish in Bergvliet, Cape Town, by Oblate Father...
Pope: Word of God must be the Beating Heart of Church
By Cindy Wooden – Reading the Bible and praying with it is “the best vaccine” against Catholic communities closing in on themselves or focusing only on self-preservation, Pope Francis said. God wants “a church that...
Easter Sunday Reflection
Together as humble people of hope, as people of the resurrection, we have journeyed with Jesus through the chaos, the pain and the bloodshed of Good Friday and the hushed Holy Saturday and into...
Fifth Sunday in Lent Reflection
What’s in a Name? We all know the experience, hearing our name across a crowded noisy room. In the study of cognitive psychology this is known as the ‘cocktail party effect’. Someone mentions our...
Fourth Sunday in Lent Reflection
One single sip of God’s Mercy and our lives change for ever, but it is also possible to forsake God’s Mercy. We can block this Mercy, refusing the gift of Love, the gift of...
3rd Sunday in Lent Reflection
We live in a world of restless anxiety where much of our relationships are based on the commercialisation of love, the Babylon effect. Our cherished world of winners and losers bases integrity upon expediency,...
2nd Sunday in Lent Reflection
There is a pattern that we find in the life of Jesus that unfolds on the high places, those places where God was sought and the places of encounter. These high places are however...
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...
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...
