GUARDIAN ANGELS. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION. WEEK 6 DAY 7.
October 2. Guardian Angels. There is a long tradition in the Church of devotion to our Guardian Angels but it has rather faded in recent years while an interest in angels in the wider world has grown, at times in quite esoteric ways. Sometimes they are portrayed as…
ST THERESE. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION. WEEK 6 DAY 6
https://marfam.org.za/2021/10/01/october-family-on-mission-monthly-theme- October 1. St Therese, the little Flower. An exemplary model of Creation Spirituality. Because of her poor health Therese grew up as a pampered girl in a very religious family. When she felt…
EVANGELISING WITH JOY. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION WEEK 6 day 5
September 30. The extended Jackson family had always been close but had undergone a tough time in their family business and some of the younger members wanting to break away and do their own thing. Joe and Vanessa felt as if the family was falling apart. Two of the…
ST MICHAEL, GABRIEL, RAPHAEL ARCHANGELS. marriage and the season of creation. week 6 day 4
September 29. There is a lot of interest in angels in popular culture nowadays. Fr James explained. “Angels and spirits are mentioned in various places in the Bible. Angels are creatures of God and they are given different tasks by God. They are also honoured in…
wHOSE CREATION IS IT ANYWAY?
Today only scraps of the human consciousness recognize God acting to restore and heal the Earth. We have forgotten that we live in the household of God, the oikos, the Beloved Community. Our fundamental interconnectedness has been at best forgotten, at worst…
TRUST. marriage and the season of creation. week 6 day 3
September 28. Psychologists have identified trust as one of the first essential characteristics babies need to develop, ideally through the knowledge that their carers are trustworthy and meet their needs. If it is not acquired at that stage they can be stunted in…
INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION. WEEK 6. DAY 2
September 27. To reflect on the importance of intergenerational solidarity and socialisation there is a valuable insight told from nature. When the Pilanesberg nature reserve near Rustenburg was being established up to 6000 animals were imported from many…
26TH SUNDAYB. TAKING STOCK. Marriage and the season of creation week 6 day 1.
September 26. Week 6. 26th Sunday. Taking stock. Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48. “If you want to know what kind of example married couples are for those around, you have to ask their children,” Fr Peter began. So he called up a few children to ask them, knowing full well…
COVENANT IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP. MARRIAGE AND THE season of creation.
September 25. You hear people talking of covenant in different ways including in marriage. Bruce more fully understood this concept after attending some scripture lectures. The essence of a covenant is an agreement, initiated by God, of a special relationship between…
HERITAGE DAY SA. marriage and the world of families. week 5 day 6.
September 24. Fr Joseph usually began his daily thought by saying, “God is good” and the people would respond, “All the time.” So this time he stopped and asked them to consider this in the light of the 1st reading. The word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet,…
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