GO SELL WHAT YOU HAVE AND GIVE TO THE POOR
February 28. Go sell what you have and give to the poor. Patrick and Patience were a wealthy couple.They blessed God for their successful business plans, achieved through their hard work and no doubt some wise investments. As committed Catholics at the same time…
HOW CEAN IS OUR BACKYARD?
February 27. Sunday 8C. In the Lord your labour is not in vain. Some Justice and Peace groups had begun to focus on environmental issues. The Mayberry team had chosen to combine that with a family focus. “It makes sense to ask ourselves, ‘How clean…
CHILDREN’S BASIC RIGHT IS TO BE LOVED
February 26. “Let the children come to me for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” After their discussion on divorce the members of the group went home feeling quite challenged. Quite a few had experience of divorce in their families. Jack asked himself,…
MARRIAGES DO NOT NEED TO BE LEFT TO DIE
February 25. Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, but Jesus said “for your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. Mrs Baker shared in her group, “I know that divorce is legal in our country and that means that people consider it as a…
HOW JUST IS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH LABOUR?
February 24. The J&P desk sent out a notice to their members. “Catholic Social Teaching has long spoken out against unjust labour practices and exploitation of workers. We are aware that even the so-called good guys can be guilty of that. J&P Parish groups…
THE SINFULNESS OF FAILING TO DO
February 23. Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. Belinda shared that she was quite shocked one day when she was saying the “I confess” and she suddenly realized that the words “I have greatly sinned in what I have done…
LIFE-GIVING HUMAN-ANIMAL LOVE or DOES GOD HAVE A DOG?
Lifegiving love has been my focus all throughout February, the month of love, expressed in a variety of ways, birth, parenthood, marriage – death, divorce, dementia. All these were in humans while in the background was also a growing awareness of the loving care of…
PASSION DRIVES ACTION TO GOOD OR BAD
February 22. What causes wars and what causes fighting among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members? Marcia observed, “We hear a lot nowadays in motivational and coaching classes about having passion and how one should…
WISDOM BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
February 21. Beloved, who is wise and understanding among you? Over the years Jeannette had tried hard to build a relationship with her daughters-in-law. “This isn’t easy in our African families today as the younger generation does not appear to have…
SUNDAY 7C. LOVE AND FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES
February 20 Sunday 7C. God is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful even as your Father is merciful. The Marriage Enrichment group with Fr Andrew had been meeting regularly during this month as they had decided to make a special effort to work on…
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