Laudato Si

November 21. Jesus’ Concern. Pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been popular for many centuries.  Nowadays Jerusalem doesn’t look like it did in Jesus’ time as it was already partly destroyed by the Romans only 30 years after his death. It was captured and fought…

November 19. INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY. When Stuart lost his job it seemed like the end of the world to him.  The retrenchment package was only going to help the family for a few months and he was the main breadwinner.  He went into depression and for a time wouldn’t…

November 18. The diocese had organised a pilgrimage to Lourdes for a number of families who had members with disabilities. They had met beforehand to pray together, and all became very excited.  Would they or any of them be healed?  The trip was quite…

November 17. Sunday 33B.  WORLD DAY OF THE POOR message: “The prayer of the poor rises up to God.”  Fr Peter, first chose the message of the gospel where Jesus spoke of the great tribulation and that he will gather the elect from the ends of the earth.   He then also …

November 16. Widowhood. Widows are commonly mentioned in the Bible, primarily because of their vulnerability, rather than the fact that they are widows, have lost a spouse and maybe mourning that loss and learning to deal with the life experience.  Widowers too have…

November 15.   Isn’t it true that in spite of all the terrible wars  and disasters that we see on TV every day many of us carry on living as normal. We may give some money to a disaster fund or a charity out of a sense of obligation, maybe guilt or compassion. However…

November 14. The Kingdom. From Jesus’ own time until now people keep asking about the coming of the Kingdom. “Where is it, what does it look like?” they asked him.  Different churches and theologians using the Bible and external signs as described in the Book of…

November 12.  Anthony shared, “At the West Park cemetery whenever I visit my parents’ grave I pass a tombstone of a young air force pilot presumably killed in action. On the stone is written. ‘He did his duty.’  In the great wars of the 20th century millions of young…

November 11.  We hear a lot about child trafficking, how these traffickers groom children to become prostitutes. There are complex questions there to be considered. Is that sinful for the children or for the traffickers? Or what about those men who use prostitutes,…