Our Problem Was an Opportunity
By Bishop José Ponce de León – At the beginning of the year I offered the priests of the vicariate of Ingwavuma, […]
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Church Sacraments
Sacraments
How the Eucharist Liberates Us
Continuing from last month’s discussion of the Eucharist as a real encounter with Jesus, let us reflect on three other
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Jesus Sacraments Your Letters
Meet and Experience God in the Eucharist
From Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth – Father Ralph de Hahn (March 23) asks the question, “Are we unknowingly posing obstacles which
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Sacraments Your Letters
Has the Purpose of Marriage Changed?
From Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – If one has the inclination to read an article in the American National Catholic Reporter (March
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Sacraments
Communion is not Just a Ritual
Human beings like rituals. The problem is that we can easily turn something of great significance into a ritual of
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Lent Sacraments
Get thee to a confessional: Pope goes and wants you to as well
By Cindy Wooden – Go to confession. Soon. For Pope Francis, the Year of Mercy is all about sharing the experience of
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Sacraments Shackleton
Did or didn’t Jesus baptise people?
Did Jesus himself actually baptise people with water, as did the disciples? This seems evident in John 3:22 but is
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Fr Chris Townsend Sacraments
Why I Don’t do ‘Bling’ Weddings or Funerals
Recently, at a funeral service, a bling, boutique undertaker asked me to step aside from my customary place at the
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Bishops’ Rules for Blessed Oil
After consultation with the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the bishops of the SACBC have decided as follows regarding the blessed oil commonly referred to as oil of gladness by others.
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