Laudato Si

July 30. Sunday 17A.  Fr Fidelis in his homily was focusing on the elderly as the month for the elderly was fast drawing to a close.  He reminded the congregation that in the gospel there was much talk about treasures of all kinds and how these treasures…

July 28.  Commandments. The group members discussed. “We hardly hear the word command these days, do we? Is that part of our “rights culture? I can’t even command that the grandchildren go to the shop for me.”  “It’s like laws too. Do we really still respect ‘the rule…

July 24. Making choices.  “Procrastinating and changing our mind are what many of us do much of the time.” “Give us some examples,” Dad challenged them. “I missed out on a job because I couldn’t decide.”  “I studied for 2 years and then decided to change…

July 22. St Mary Magdalen. St Mary Magdalen has always been a controversial figure.   The different gospel accounts are not clear about her identity but Catholics generally accept that she was a sinner, possibly a prostitute and that she was certainly…

July 19.  God talk. In a family discussion  Amy remarked,“Gran, I see Moses as a real “larger than life” character.  Nothing simple or ordinary about him, from his birth to his death.”   Brian responded, “Yes, there are people like that, some…

July 18. Population control. Mr Naicker had been in Justice and Peace groups for many years. He told his family, “If you think about it the Egyptians were forcing birth control on the Israelites way back then. Nowadays influential nations are promoting that for poorer…

July 17.  Xenophobia. When the elderly men met from time to time their conversation was different from that of the women.  “When I was reading the story of the Israelites in Egypt it made me think of the foreigners in our land.  Things were very…