DANIEL SAVES SUSANNA
March 27. Susanna. Beauty, like any typical teenager, enjoyed the story from the book of Daniel of Susanna and the randy, lascivious lying judges being caught out. Susanna, a beautiful woman was quite innocently bathing in her husband’s garden when the two old men…
5TH SUNDAY OF LENT A. LAZARUS DEATH AND LIFE
March 26. Sunday Lent 5A. Fr Fidelis started his homily by saying,” Wasn’t that story of Lazarus and his sisters a very long one but a nice one about Jesus and his very good friends. Lazarus is ill but Jesus doesn’t go there until later when Lazarus has…
SOLIDARITY. A COMMON VISION
March 23. Solidarity and a common vision. Nathan contributed his thoughts, “I find it interesting but also a worry. In March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic was still in its early days, Pope Francis and the WHO president kept emphasizing the need for…
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SOUTH AFRICA AND WATER RIGHTS
March 21. Human Rights Day. Zanela shared, “Today we commemorate Human Rights Day in South Africa. It commemorates an ugly but a sad incident in our political history. In Sharpeville in 1960, in one of the first anti-apartheid demonstrations, police fired on a crowd…
THE VALUE OF GOOD ECOSYSTEMS
March 18. Milly brought a school project she had worked on. “Loss of biodiversity is a very serious matter and I have discovered it is often neglected because of short-sighted approaches, like just looking at the economy and the cost of everything without…
FALLING IN LOVE WITH GOD THROUGH NATURE.
Scripture: I will heal their faithlessness. I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be as the dew to Israel, he shall strike root as the poplar, his shoots shall spread out, his beauty shall be like the olive and his fragrance like…
LESSONS FROM THE RUINED TOWER OF BABEL
February 17. Jock had visited Iraq and seen the ruins of some of the ancient little towers called ziggurats, He explained that these structures were possibly the basis for the biblical story of the tower of Babel. It tells how the people were punished for their…
LESSONS FROM DISASTERS
February 16. Julie referred back to the previous day’s issue and their discussion about their children. “It struck me that it was love that made God start over, not the fact that anyone had repented and asked forgiveness. How often do we as parents do the same,…
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH…………
February 15. Owen and Julie were discussing their children and he once asked, “Are you ever sorry that we had them?” She thought for a bit and replied, “It’s a hard one, but I must admit honestly that much as I love them there are times when…
THE EVIL OF JEALOUSY
February 13. In their discussion about sin the catechist had used the story of Cain and Abel. Cain was jealous of his brother and ended up killing him. “I believe that jealousy is a serious problem in some families, starting from small…
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