CO-CREATION WITH THE CREATOR, THE WONDERS OF REPRODUCTION IN NATURE. by Toni Rowland
Reflections on THE TRIALS OF LIFE. A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. An article in a series on OUR WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES by Toni Rowland, MARFAM DAVID ATTENBORROUGH is not only a national treasure as...
A GOOD BEGINNING – WHEREVER YOU ARE.
In south Africa, being a southern hemisphere country with our summer holiday time from December to January and so encompassing the whole Christmas season, there is lots of potential family time and potential God time. It is also the year end and time for rest, but...
HAD ANY GREAT EPIPHANIES RECENTLY?
"Now I see." EPIPHANY. Some words used in religious settings tend to be strange and mysterious. Epiphany is one such word, taken from Greek, it means manifestation, revelation, a sudden intuitive perception or insight, a “Now I...
PARISH FAMILY DEDICATION CEREMONY AND BLESSING
Introduction. (At the beginning of the new year the theme of DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT can be incorporated into the Sunday liturgy when families are back from holidays. All members are asked to recommit themselves to their forms of service.) At the beginning of...
REFLECTIONS ON LOOKING BACK AT POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI. Toni Rowland
His death comes almost 10 years after the late Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Having always been a fairly close follower of the various popes in the more than 40 years of involvement in marriage and family ministry, in one way or another, I spent some time...
MARFAM DAILY THOUGHTS – JANUARY 2023
JANUARY THEME. Family Beginnings. In the beginning there was only God, as Trinity, a community of love. God had a passion to create, to share and to love and so every created thing, as we know them now, came into being. The...
WHAT’S WITH ALL THIS MERRINESS?
This year’s Christmas messages all seem to come with the wish “merry. “ Some greetings might even say “Merry Xmas.” I must admit that worries me somewhat. What is the meaning of merry? Google defines it as cheerful, festive, joyous,...
CHRISTMAS – A TIME FOR ALL THINGS.
Should I, or anyone, be feeling philosophical at this time of the year, four days before Christmas? Maybe a bit of an answer can be found in the Wisdom book Ecclesiastes 3, with its intriguing passages about time, and further comments from the Preacher. How would...
RECONCILIATION, A SKILL TO LEARN AT HOME
Some years ago, in 2008, the bishops of Southern Africa issued a pastoral letter entitled A MESSAGE OF HOPE: A CALL TO BE HEALED AND TO HEAL. The MARFAM Advent booklet that year was called THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE and contained reflections from a family...
LOOKING FOR THE BRIGHT SIDE
COP27 came and went and ended, with at least some resolutions on damage and compensation related to fossil fuel and global warming for more vulnerable nations. But there was no reference to the biodiversity aspect of the climate change issue. That is sad and appears...
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