Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
But: such a small word, yet packed was so much power. Jesus uses this power today to raise our eyes from our navel-gazing to a higher level of that new horizon within the Kingdom...
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
Parents take delight in the achievements of the children. When we realise as parents or grandparents that these children have become good people, our hearts soar and our joy is complete. When a teacher...
Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time Reflection
All of us can live but we cannot live without hope. You cannot look to the future if you do not first know how to value yourselves, if you do not feel that your...
63 Years for Joan and Clive Leon!
Joan and Clive Leon of St John the Evangelist parish in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary with a Mass offered for their intention. They are seen with parish priest Fr...
Youth Mass at St Philip Benizi Parish in Meyerton!
At a youth Mass at St Philip Benizi parish in Meyerton, Johannesburg archdiocese, young people in school uniform came up to receive blessings from Fr Mathew Otika. They also participated in the readings, taking...
Presentation of the Lord Reflection
‘Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; Yea, a sword shall pierce through your own soul also,...
Third Sunday of the Year Reflection
The tribe of Zebulun derived its money from its ports and access to the sea. It helped support the tribe of Issachar, where the most important scholars of the Israelites were originally lived. The...
Second Sunday of the Year Reflection
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...
What Cloth Must Go On The Altar?
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...
The Baptism of the Lord Reflection
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...
Beware Catholics Behaving Badly!
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...
Epiphany of the Lord Reflection
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...
