JOSEPH AND MARY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FAMILY RIGHTS
How many Mary hymns do we Catholics know and sing? What is the content, mainly? Mary, Jesus, virgin, mother, sometimes flowers or Star of the Sea? I did find one to St Joseph, “Hail holy Joseph hail” which does make reference to Mary. ...
FAMILY RECONCILIATION SERVICE
INTRODUCTION The Our Father is probably the most well-known and well-loved prayer. When prayed together at home it can also be used as an opportunity to reflect on our relationships. The saying 'WE HURT THE MOST THOSE WE LOVE THE MOST" is true of family life. We can...
A SIMPLE FAMILY PRAYER MEAL
This is a chance to deepen our awareness that when we are together sharing a meal as a family God is present with us in our little Church of the Home. This format is based on the Jewish weekly Sabbath meal and can be used at different times during the year. It could...
REFLECTIONS. EXTRACTS FROM LENTEN THOUGHTS MARCH 2021
March 25. The Annunciation. Pearl shared some of her insights with the others on the feast of the Annunciation. “Mary, a young girl, betrothed to be married, had her life completely turned upside down by the invitation she received through the angel...
THE WORLD OF RIGHTS, families, women, human, creation, st joseph and more.
The best-known Charter of Rights today, no doubt, is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 Since then many other charters or declarations have been developed; rights of children, of women, of disabled people, of migrants and many more. From my own...
REFLECTIONS. EXTRACTS FROM DAILY THOUGHTS MARCH 2021 LENT DAYS 29-34
March 18. Charles contributed his thoughts, “I find it interesting but also a worry. In March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic was still in its early days, Pope Francis and the WHO president kept emphasizing the need for solidarity in...
POPE FRANCIS, A GIFT TO FAMILIES IN IRAQ
Pope Francis has just returned to Rome from an extraordinary trip to Iraq, an overwhelmingly Muslim country, with a much reduced number of Christians, from 1,5 million to less than 400 000. It has a long history of war, division and power struggles, partly...
REFLECTIONS. EXTRACTS FROM MARCH LENTEN THOUGHTS
March 11. Promoting the common good. Stephen added, “It is difficult to legislate for the common good and for things like ecological conversion. It has been interesting to see how much money and energy has gone into fighting the Covid virus. At the same time climate...
SOME ECO-FRIENDLY LENTEN ACTS OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE AND REFLECTIONS EXTRACTS FOR MARCH .
LENTEN PRACTICES taken from LOVE IS HIS LAW, LOVE IS HIS WAY . The family group discussed, “A sacrifice is essentially something offered to God. It can mean taking up something, doing, making, giving extra time for the benefit of others but offered to...
Learning from Two Francises and a Canticle of the Creatures
Ecological conversion is a term often used by Pope Francis and has to do with environmental awareness, with nature, creation, climate change and the many related issues facing the world including of course the Covid-19 pandemic. St Francis is used as a model and...
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