Why Can’t Show That We’re Disciples?
On a Facebook group where citizens of Cape Town are able to dialogue on living in the city, someone posted a picture of rubbish lying in the street after rubbish collection day, calling for...
Category: Gospel
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
A wine merchant lies on his deathbed; surrounded in hushed silence by his sons and daughters, the grandchildren; all gathered around at this sacred moment. With his last breaths, he whispered urgently to them,...
Who Can Die Like Jesus? No-one, That’s the Whole Point
Elaine Chinsamy, Durban – I respect Fr Ron Rolheiser’s article, “Who wants to die like Jesus?”, but find it to be a rather sensitive topic. The first question that came to my mind when...
Fifth Sunday in Easter Reflection
Yes, but… And now comes the bad news; you’re not good enough; your efforts didn’t quite make the grade and there, there goes love flying out of the window to perch on someone else’s...
Of Scribes and Pharisees: Challenging Negative Stereotypes
By Junno Arocho Esteves – When Pope Francis wants to warn Christians against falling into the trap of rigidity and putting too much emphasis on adherence to the law above the merciful encounter with...
NATO Military Alliance Incompatible with Gospel Nonviolence
As foreign ministers of the 29 member nations of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), gathered in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of this largest military alliance in the world,...
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...
Faith When We Are Running on Empty
Two blocks from my house there is a small church. It has no signboard to indicate its denomination. On a Sunday, the parking lot is rarely full and the tiny congregation is elderly and...
How Moralism Sabotages the Gospel
By Kelvin Banda OP – Moralism and Christianity can never complement each other. Being a Christian is not about necessarily following an ethical code or what one does as a Christian. It is about...
Inspire People to be ‘Everyday Saints,’ Archbishop Says
To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in his or her own...
Pope: Jesus Crucified is Our Salvation
True followers of Jesus profess their faith not through pre-packaged platitudes but rather through concrete actions of love for their neighbours, Pope Francis said. When he asked the disciples who they think he is,...
The Core Truth is Christ of the Gospels
PD Hoar, Waterfall, KZN – Christ himself chose 12 everyday men to preach the Good News to all nations of the earth, and Pope Francis as an archbishop mixed with the people of Buenos...
