Laudato Si

June 25. Bernadette thought to herself,  “Much of what the church is teaching us seems to be kind of negative, “don’t do this, or look at the problem side.” When I was confirmed I decided to put a different message on my wall in my room, and also on my facebook wall….

June 24. Birth Of John the Baptist.  “JB is one of my favourite saints, Alan said.   “He was a specially chosen person but he chose to respond to what he had to do, preached a message of repentance and conversion. Why are so many of our young people so…

June 23.  Sunday 12B.  Fr Kgomotso posed a question. “Why do you think so many natural disasters seem to be happening around the world?  Why not go and discuss it with your families.” The Masons did and it became quite a heated discussion.  “People…

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…