Let Your Light Illuminate Christ
By Mthetho George Nojekwa – Light is a natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible. It is the absence of darkness, that which is more powerful than darkness. It is a powerful...
Category: Jesus
Thy Kingdom Come, Our Kingdoms Go!
When we pray Christianity’s most important single prayer – The Our Father – do we really attempt to understand and meditate upon the challenge of its words – especially “thy kingdom come”? What is...
We Must Bring Christ into the World
For the Extraordinary Month of Mission and Mission Sunday, ARCHBISHOP STEPHEN BRISLIN reflects on how the People of God can bring Christ to the world. Christ entrusted the Church to continue his mission shortly before his Ascension...
Pope: Jesus Does not Tolerate Hypocrisy
By Carol Glatz – Jesus enjoys unmasking hypocrisy, which is the work of the devil, Pope Francis said. Christians, in fact, must learn to avoid hypocrisy by scrutinising and acknowledging their own personal faults,...
Meet The Women In Luke’s Gospel
Fr Ralph de Hahn looks at the women in the Gospel of St Luke, which we follow in the present liturgical year. Luke the Evangelist tells us that he did much researching among eyewitnesses who personally had...
Inspired by Father Ralph de Hahn!
Ron Maroun, Johannesburg – I was deeply inspired by Fr Ralph de Hahn reflection “Why the Sacred Heart of Jesus Matters” — so much so that I keep the article next to my bed,...
Pope Faces Enemies of Change as Christ Did
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – The Church today is facing a similar crisis which existed in Judaism at the beginning of the common era. This is the time when Jesus strode the dusty pathways of...
Can We Give In to Jesus?
Many Catholics, it seems to me, don’t really know how to converse with God in prayer. If we say we are a prayerful people, do we really believe in the power of prayer, but...
Jesus on the Cross Showed the Courage of the Lion of Judah
Nicolette Whittle, Kroonstad – Socrates and the common soldier seem to face death with greater courage than Christ, Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI suggests in his column “Who wants to die like Jesus?” (June 12)....
17th Sunday of the Year Reflection
The “Our Father”, is the prayer of 1,2 billion Catholics and a further 1 billion of other Christian denominations around the world, in every place, in every occasion; in times of celebration, in times...
It is His Church
Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth – The letter “Catholic or Christian: on the outside looking in” by Hazel James refers. Stating that one is Catholic is understood to mean that one is Christian, belonging to...
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...
