Laudato Si

June 22.  Which girl, or boy, for that matter, hasn’t stood in front of their cupboard before a party and said, “I’ve got nothing to wear?”  It’s funny that Jesus chose such practical examples, but maybe in an exaggerated way, to make his point. Nowadays…

June 21.    The YCS group to which Patrick belonged had members who came from rich families as well as poor families, with most of them in between. Deacon Samuel led a meditation on the topic of “treasure.”  “It’s really hard to imagine but Jesus…

June 20. This way of praying is becoming one of my pet hates,” Georgina declared, “empty phrases, words that have lost their meaning.  We seem to just babble on.  I think we’ve fallen into the same trap that Jesus warned us about.  It does worry me but…

June 18.   Preston had been a gang member since his early teens   He had felt abandoned by his alcoholic mother, didn’t  know his father and his sister had been looking after the younger siblings but was not kind to Preston. Patrick and his mom had heard about the…

June 17.  “Why did Jesus make such difficult statements,” Maysie asked her mother. “Surely if someone hurts me I’ve got a right to defend myself or fight back?”  Mom sighed and replied, “I agree, Jesus made many difficult statements in the Beatitudes, his “blueprint”…

15 June.   Every year around the day of commemoration of the 1976 Youth uprising the different youth groups, altar servers, choirs, Children of Mary, young adults, and confirmation candidates organised an event and invited the rest of the parish youth who…

June 13.  St Anthony of Padua.  Giving names to children is a very cultural thing. They might be names of relatives or just any name that sounds nice. In some cultures the name has significance related to the time of the birth.  At baptism the Church expects babies to…