The Radical Call of Lent
Imagine you’re sitting in front of your doctor, and he says that your health definitely needs to improve. He then looks you square in the eyes and says, “If you wish to live a...
Category: Conversion
Remember Jesus! Christian Memory is the Salt of Life
The memory of the saving power of Christ is what gives life flavour and is a source of strength for Christians, Pope Francis said.
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.
Pause. See. Return. Be transformed
Often we want to return to God. We want to return to the heart of love. We want to return to forgiveness and redemption. We want to return to a life of hope. Yet, something holds us back. Fear…
Let God Be God
Most of us take seriously our duty to bolster our faith by prayer, discussion, reading, discernment and through the sacraments, especially during the Lenten season. In the past the priest would, irritatedly, sermonise about big days and supermarket Christians and all that. These days, as a symptom of growing humility, perhaps, they’re just grateful people still take their faith seriously enough to make an effort.
Atheists Commit Spiritual Suicide
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – It seems that more and more people are either leaving their churches, opting for alternate faith beliefs, or totally giving up on their traditional religions.
Pope: Only Jesus Would Die for Sinners
Going to Mass regularly, praying and doing good works are not enough to make a person a good Christian, Pope Francis said.
When You Say the “Our Father” Do You Believe Any of It?
Pope urges Christians to think about what they say in the Our Father. To pray the Lord’s Prayer and believe what one is reciting takes real courage, he said
Pope Francis: Not listening to God’s word turns Christians into Fools
Christians who do not really listen to the word of the God and are only concerned with outward appearances are corrupt and idolatrous, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Worst sin is doubting God waits for all sinners to convert
The worst sin of all is not trusting in God’s infinite love and not believing that God is always waiting for his sinning children to return to him, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Cling to the Lord, not Horoscopes or Psychics
When passing through the storm of life’s difficult moments, Christians must latch on to the Lord and not the false sense of security offered by psychics and soothsayers, Pope Francis said. Speaking to pilgrims before...
What is the ‘New Evangelisation’?
The “new evangelisation” refers to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a people or culture that has forgotten its Christian roots. St John Paul II popularised the term during his efforts to reawaken...
