DOES GOD REALLY LIVE IN OUR HOUSE?
Many years ago when beginning our introduction of a spirituality of the family I wrote one of my poems that started, “Does God really live in our house, the little one wanted to know? Or does he just live in that place down the road where we go to say our hello?…
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CREATION
Do animals have rights and do plants? Do they have responsibilities? Or do they have rights to exist and flourish while we, human animals, have the responsibility to ensure their welfare? But what about within the animal kingdom, are there not some inherent norms…
THE CHALLENGE TO LOVE ONE’S ENEMIES
March 12. “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Nicholas came up with some awkward questions. “Should prisoners have rights, or soldiers on each side in a war? Do rights only apply to good people, or also to those who have done something wrong,…
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE MORAL REGENERATION MOVEMENT
ETHICS, MORALITY, two words that, to some people, mean the same thing and to others not quite, while to everyone they may even appear quite challenging. It is intriguing that Ethics in Greece was translated as Morality in Rome. To my mind, it might…
MARCH DAILY THOUGHTS – RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
MARCH overview. Family Rights and Responsibilities; a Lenten focus. The right to life should be paramount and in some form it is enshrined in most national Constitutions, the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Church’s Charter of Family Rights. …
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…
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