ASCENSION DAY. CHRISTIAN UNITY AND LAUDATO SI WEEK
May 21. Ascension (Easter 7A). In Southern Africa Ascension can be celebrated on this Sunday. WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY & LAUDATO SI WEEK, Day 1. “Learning to do the right thing.” Scripture: Isaiah 1:17….
MAY 21-28. CHRISTIAN UNITY AND LAUDATO SI’
The SA WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY and THE LAUDATO SI WEEK coincide. The reflections for this week are an attempt to capture some of the spirit of both. Visit the respective websites for more resources and DAILY THOUGHTS published here. Prayer of…
EARTHDAY AND THE TASK OF SERVICE
April 22. After listening to the reading of the day the women of the sodality looked a little perplexed. Mrs Ndlovu said, “Yes, I believe that each person should have a designated role to play in working in the community, but why does it speak of men to…
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
March 29. Freedom of religion. Julius shared on the right toFreedom of religion which has been a source of oppression from very early times until today, as people have been forced to pay homage, worship gods other than their own and convert to other…
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…
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