WHY DO WE FALL INTO TEMPATION?
February 15. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I was tempted by God, for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one, but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Jonathan raised a matter that…
TRUE LOVE AND VALENTINE’S DAY
February 14. Count it all joy when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. As a fun activity to commemorate Valentine’s Day families were asked to play a game at home listing their 5 best “I love…..statements….
SUNDAY 6C. WORLD MARRIAGE DAY
February 13. Sunday 6C. World Marriage Day. Blessed are they who have placed their trust in the Lord. Marriage Moments, past, present and future.’ This was the focus of the event that the parish Marriage and Family team had planned, with a focus on marriage and…
JESUS A KING WITH LIFEGIVING COMPASSION
February 12. “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.” While Bruce was the groups’ Old Testament scholar Margaret’s study had been of the New Testament. She explained, “When you…
OUR LADY OF LOUREDES. DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK
February 11. Our Lady of Lourdes. Day of Prayer for the Sick. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” Ernest had been infected with Covid-19 in the early days and been hospitalized for some time. On his eventual recovery he decided to become a “prayer warrior”…
WHEN WEALTH AND POWER CORRUPT
February 10. The Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord. Bruce continued with the story of King Solomon. “Having considered wealth and prosperity and God’s expectations what happens when things change? In…
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WISDOM AND WEALTH
February 9. When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. Bruce, the Old Testament scholar briefly summed up the story.” King Solomon, David’s son, had asked God for wisdom…
MARRIAGE IS A LIFEGIVING SACRAMENT
When my late husband, Chris, and I composed one of our first publications we called it BECOMING MARRIED – SACRAMENT FOR LIFE. There are a few ways to interpret that and maybe the narrowest way became the obvious one. Becoming Married has been seen as marriage…
ST JOSEPHINE BAKHITA. PATRONESS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
February 8. St Josephine Bakhita. Mercia shared the story with her catechism class emphasizing how recently slavery still existed and what forms it takes in our time. St Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869 into a comfortable family in Sudan, but was…
SOLOMON CREATED A HOME FOR GOD
February 7. Solomon. “I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in for ever.” During these last two years when churches were closed for many months some parishes made great efforts to promote the family, as the domestic church of…
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