First Sunday of Advent: Preparing Spiritual Whitespace
Advent Sunday One 2021 Year C – Luke 21:25-28,34-36 – Discerning the signs of the times proposes that we should ask ourselves questions about current trends of...
Category: Holy Spirit
Pope: Learn to Invoke the Holy Spirit
By Cindy Wooden – In times of trouble, Christians must be like the disciples in the boat on the stormy sea, calling out to Jesus and waking him...
Pope: Look in the Mirror Before Correcting Others’ Mistakes
By Carol Glatz – To believe in Jesus means to follow him and avoid going “the opposite way,” following one’s own interests and inflating one’s own ego,...
Pope: Faith Cannot be Reduced to Suffocating Bureaucracy
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The beauty of faith comes from opening one’s heart to love and not fixating on following rules and regulations, Pope Francis said....
Francine Nzombo of Holy Family College Confirmed
At Holy Family College Durban we acknowledge the commitment of our learners. We are very proud that Grade 12 learner, Francine Nzombo, managed to make her Confirmation...
Pope on Holy Trinity: Jesus Shows us the Face of God and the Spirit of Truth
On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis said unity is essential to Christian life because God is a communion of love. “This mystery of...
Pray to the Father, Through the Son, in the Holy Spirit: Trinity Sunday Reflection
Theme: “Divine Presence of God: we pray TO the Father, THROUGH the Son, IN the Holy Spirit” Holy Trinity is LOVE. God the Father so loved the...
Pope on Pentecost: Say ‘yes’ to the Holy Spirit, ‘no’ to divisive ideologies
“The church is human, but it is not merely a human organisation, it is the temple of the Holy Spirit,” he said. “Jesus brought the fire of the Spirit to the earth, and the church is reformed by the anointing of grace, the gratuity of the anointing of grace, the power of prayer, the joy of mission and the disarming beauty of poverty. Let us put God in first place!”
Empowered by the Spirit of Truth: Pentecost Reflection
Theme: Empowered For the Mission by the Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Truth Point of reflection: Last Sunday we celebrated the Ascension of the Lord to...
Pope: Ask God to Help You Pray
By Carol Glatz – Every Christian is unique because the Holy Spirit inspires something new and original in each person, creating “an endless field of holiness,” Pope Francis...
Pray with the Pope: October 2020
General Intention: That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring” in the Church. I wonder if Pope Francis’ crisp little phrase, “Christendom no...
A Growing Lesson
By Maureen Pratt – As my birthday approached last month, I decided to purchase a few new additions to my indoor garden – a blooming and three...
