CHILDRENS’ PEACE PILGRIMAGE STORY. day 2.
(For the full story download from the MARFAM website or get the booklet from [email protected]) 19 December. Read, reflect, share, pray. Grandpa Joseph had been a catechist and had studied some of the history of Israel, the Holy Land, where Jesus lived and died…
A CHILDREN’S PEACE PILGRIMAGE. Day 1.
A CHILDREN’S PEACE PILGRIMAGE. A Christmas parable for our time for families and family-minded people. Published in daily installments from 18 to 26 December. Also published in full as part of the monthly pdf for December….
SUNDAY ADVENT 3. LIVE IN JOY!
“O come, o come Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel shall come to thee O Israel.” 17 December. Sunday Advent 3B. Live in Joy! Three candles are lit on the Advent wreath and we…
FORGIVING IS NOT FORGETTING.
In the light of the ongoing conflict in Palestine the passage from Pope Francis Fratelli Tutti part of which was preached in Jordan in 2014 is most relevant. Would Bishop Tutu say the same? 16 December. Day of Reconciliation. This is a special South…
ARRIVE ALIVE
December 15. December 11th. Arrive alive. In an end-of-the-year project the children had made a poster of the 10 Commandments. “Which ones should we be aware of at this time, I wonder,” Mom had asked. “Probably all of them” was the answer. “But let us pray around…
GOD STILL PROVIDES
14 December. God provides through his mercy. Granny Mabel was getting ready to welcome all the family visitors while the children and grandchildren were packing up and leaving their normal lives behind. Jessica stopped to think. ”When we go…
ADVENT, CHRISTMAS 2023 and Families, the “same old” or different?
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 13 DECEMBER 2023 I suppose one could say the same thing every year, “This Christmas is going to be different!” and of course it will be. Do I mean it will be better, or worse or I will make an effort to make it better? Or maybe it was…
ETHICS AND THE MEANING OF MY LIFE
12 December. Ethics “Grandad do you really have a hundred sheep here on the farm?” George asked “and would you go searching for one that is missing?” “My child, I have much more than a hundred sheep and we do count them. But things are different these days. We…
THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS
11 December. The Power of Forgiveness. Michael said, “You know what, when we did training for marriage preparation I was quite challenged by the idea that couples through their Sacrament have the grace of forgiveness. It’s not quite the same as God’s taking away…
ADVENT SUNDAY 2B. REPENTANCE
10 December. Advent Sunday 2B. Two candles are lit on the Advent wreath as we pray. After they had participated in a hurting marriage programme Audrey and Josh had belonged to a couple support group for quite a few years. As couples they used a dialogue technique and…
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