LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS WITH BROTHER SUN.
24 February. SEE: Brother Sun and Sister Moon, Sister Water, Mother Earth. Bruce, the group’s scripture scholar noted, “Scripture does contain a number of accounts or references to creation in different contexts. As in Genesis 1 and 2, details differ about the…
LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. THE HOWS AND WHATS OF FAMILY.
23 February. SEE: St Francis. Mrs Beatus had developed a great interest in the life of St Francis and found her research most enlightening. She shared, “Francis himself was no great theologian but others around and after him developed his…
LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT.
Consider some Lenten suggestions for families. https://marfam.org.za/families-and-lent/ 22 February. Sunday Lent 1A. SEE: “Wow, we have two temptation stories today,” Fr Fidelis began his homily., “that of our first ancestors and of Jesus. Eve gave in to the devil,…
ST FRANCIS & LENT. SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
Check out some Lenten activities and suggestions at https://marfam.org.za/families-and-lent/ 21 February. SEE: The Franciscan way. Everyone in the family groups agreed that thinking more about the February theme for the month, “Love gives families life,”…
LENTEN THOUGHT FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
20 February. SEE: Fasting. The participants of the family groups were thinking about ways to fast so as to be life-giving. “Isaiah’s reading gives us good ideas,” Vincent said. “Our family has also made up a list of “Acts of Love and…
LENT. ST FRANCIS. LIFE-GIVING AND THE LAW
19 February. SEE: “Road rage is a horrible thing, an evil, but surely it is so often brought on by someone breaking the law, or being selfish in the traffic,” Mohale said. ”Taxis are the worst on the road,” Gordon added. Joyce said, “ Load…
LENT WITH MARFAM’S ST FRANCIS, POPE FRANCIS AND POPE LEO
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER AND INTRODUCTION Bringing Lent and the Year of St Francis together is the kind of thing I find quite helpful for families. Both can be seen as being good for families and important too. St Francis is probably the most…
FAMILIES AND LENT
The liturgical Season of Lent comes around every year as a time of relationship, repentance, reconcilication, renewal and reparation too for our sins. Each year there can be a slightly different focus. 2026 is Pope Leo’s first and also the YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. These…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. ST VALENTINE. “LOVE GIVES FAMILIES LIFE.” ,
14 February St Valentine. SEE: As a fun activity to commemorate Valentine’s Day the Jackson family at home decided to play a game listing their 5 best “I love…..statements. George explained they had to be real loves, not just passing likes. How do you know? One…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. WHO AND WHAT ARE OUR IDOLS?
12 February. SEE: Bruce continued telling the story of King Solomon. “Having considered wealth and prosperity balanced with God’s expectations, what happens when these are not met? In King Solomon’s case it was his wives who turned him away from his God, by having…
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