Laudato Si

FOR AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DECEMBER ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS GO TO https://marfam.org.za/2023/12/01/december-advent-family-thoughts-introduction/ 1 December World AIDS Day. Shame and guilt.  Johnson sat thinking back over the last 25 years or so. Although the…

30th November. Daniel and the lion’s den.  Mom mused, “Almost every young child already knows the story of Daniel and the lion’s den and how God saved him. Do they know this happened because he was not afraid to lose his life, but he was faithful to God instead of…

28 November.  In very recent times there have been many of the events that Jesus mentioned when he spoke of the end times.  Earthquakes, fires, famines and disease have come and there is a constant state of war somewhere in the world.  But these things have also been…

27th November. Widows and orphans are commonly mentioned in the Bible as being poor and needy.  We often think of grandmothers caring for grandchildren who are orphaned, having lost one or both parents.  There are also youth and child-headed families of…

26th November. Sunday. Christ the King. There are many parishes dedicated to Christ the King, but at St Damian’s Fr Teddy had put a crown on the figure on the cross for all to see.  He spoke of kings and queens, princes and princesses  who hold a rather…

25th November.   16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE.  This campaign every year from 25 November to 10th December is an opportunity to create awareness, to dialogue and share, for many organisations but also for men and women, at home, school…

23rd November.  Jesus’ Concern. Going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land has been popular for many centuries.  Nowadays Jerusalem doesn’t look like it did in Jesus’ time as it was partly destroyed by the Romans only 30 years after his death. It was captured and fought…