Category: Sarah-Leah Pimentel

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September 1, 2020

Mustard Seeds: In The End, That’s How It All Began

Born January 2014. Laid to rest in August 2020. This is the final “Mustard Seeds” column. It had a good run. This is its 80th and final...

Church / Jesus / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

August 3, 2020

Look for the Kingdom Moments

The cycle of Sunday readings is currently focusing on the Kingdom of Heaven. In a series of parables, Jesus gives us images of what the Kingdom of...

Church / Crisis / Holy Spirit / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

July 7, 2020

Can Any Good Come Out of this Pandemic?

A story by Jesuit Father Anthony De Mello traces a series of events in the life of a Chinese farmer. It begins with the farmer losing his...

Feast Days / Mass / Regeneration / Resurrection / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

June 9, 2020

Back To Normal In Un-Normal Times

Every year, I feel a little deflated after the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. It seems as if the great spiritual journey we have been...

Church / Crisis / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

May 9, 2020

Locked Down and Yet Together

In January column I said that I had made no plans for 2020. It feels a little ironic now! Although I had not made any specific plans,...

Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Easter / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

April 14, 2020

Our Easter In a Desert

This is a very unusual Easter. We are in a national lockdown. Our freedom of movement has been completely curtailed for the greater good. We miss walking...

Christian Living / Church / Easter / Jesus / Lent / Sarah-Leah Pimentel / The Cross

March 17, 2020

See the Real Christ, Not a Picture Postcard Version

Lent is a time when we seek to deepen our relationship with Jesus who died on the Cross to redeem us. This means looking, really looking, at...

Church / Church Teaching / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

February 18, 2020

Let’s Put New Pastoral Plan To Work!

The priest said: “It is not enough!” That was the take-away line of a homily at Mass a few weeks ago. The theme was the last instruction...

Church / God / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

January 21, 2020

I’ve Made No Big Plans For The 2020s

This year, Sarah-Leah Pimentel made no New Year’s resolution, because unity with the heart of God is only possible if she’s not constantly chasing after new stars....

Christmas / Church / Sarah-Leah Pimentel

December 23, 2019

Jesus: The Warmth that Saves

In the southern hemisphere we may lose a bit of the “feeling” of Christmas, which falls in the middle of the exuberance of year-end holidays. Long summer...