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…
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD
9 December. Driving along through the vast mealie fields around the farm Joseph was thinking about his namesake, Joseph, the spoilt son, abused by his jealous brothers who planned to get rid of him, but rescued and taken to Egypt. Through his ability to…
FEASTST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
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STRONG HOUSES WITH STRONG FAMILIES
7 December. A strong House. Father had always said, “a strong family needs a strong house.” Mom would laugh and reply“ A strong house needs a strong family.” They hadn’t always had a decent house and at one stage had lived in a shack and it had taken their strong…
COP 28 AND THE FAITH PAVILION.
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 6 DECEMBER 2023 Pope Francis concluded the presentation he had prepared for COP28 by referring to St Francis and his Canticle of the Creatures composed, interestingly, 800 years ago in 1224. He explained how Francis was already blind,…
THE USE AND MISUSE OF POWER
5 December. Many countries around the world are gearing up for elections of national or local leadership, sometimes voting for specific individuals or for political parties but, whatever form their government and the election processes take, there is plenty of…
ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS
4 December. Abraham’s descendants. In the context of the Israel-Hamas war some members of a faith sharing group attempted to explore some of the underlying causes of the centuries-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The current war began after a violent…
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