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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 17, 2020 · Last modified January 13, 2020
And when the Advocate comes he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment… John 16:8 Fast forward, and even this same John the Baptist gets it wrong, doubting...
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by Michael Shackleton · Published January 11, 2020 · Last modified January 6, 2020
A sacristan recently told me about a priest who refuses to cover the altar with a full-sized cloth because he doesn’t like “fancy decorations”. I was brought up to believe that the altar must...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 10, 2020 · Last modified January 6, 2020
As we look upon the life of Jesus we see total coherence; there is an alignment between will, intention, word and action. This is what it means to be beloved; for God to take...
Leo van der Sandt, Pinetown – All adult Catholics, ordained and lay, should know that the Church has received much negative publicity recently, and that a concerted effort is needed by all to portray...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 3, 2020 · Last modified December 22, 2019
Franciscans have a long history of standing at the exits, standing in that gap between us and them, the periphery of things that can become quite messy, especially for those who crave control...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 27, 2019 · Last modified December 25, 2019
Dreams and violence; A young family fleeing from the violence of despotic leadership to become refugees in a foreign country. This is a story that is all too familiar in our world today....
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 13, 2019 · Last modified December 12, 2019
The Great Scandal! – Rejoice and be glad, what incredible, wondrous and awesome good news: you have been made an heir to the greatest fortune on earth; all those things beyond your dreams… But, hold...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published December 6, 2019 · Last modified December 4, 2019
Deep within our ancestry there lies a need to gather, to hoard, clinging to our possessions and even to people. This need translates also into our epistemology and the way we see the world:...
Bible / Church / Erin Carelse / Mass / Preaching / Priests / Scripture
by Erin Carelse · Published November 28, 2019 · Last modified November 25, 2019
Dominican Father Joseph Falkiner (pictured) was motivated to write a book of reflections on the Sunday readings for the coming year by positive feedback received over the years from many people, including priests who...
By Carol Glatz – Jesus invites everyone to always go to him, which, Pope Francis said, also means no longer making life revolve around oneself. “What direction is my journey going? Do I only try...
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by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 8, 2019 · Last modified November 4, 2019
This is truly an awesome aspiration; called to the perfection of holiness as children of the resurrection. This holiness is participation and reflection of God who is Love. The desert fathers and mothers emphasised...
Jesus’ love for each person is a concrete love, a love that is addressed to each person “with their first and last name,” Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass in the chapel of the Domus...
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