SUNDAY 5C. CATCHING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF FISH
February 6. Sunday 5C. Jesus said, “do not be afraid: henceforth you will be catching people.” The parish marriage and family team were planning a special liturgical event involving married couples for the upcoming World Marriage Day on the 2nd Sunday of…
VALUE AN UNDERSTANDING MIND
February 5. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind. The young couples were discussing, “Isn’t it true that when one starts something new, exchanging wedding vows or also renewing vows, or after being newly elected to an important…
BEAUTY AND JOY GOD’S LIFEGIVING GIFT IN CREATION
February 4. David sang praise with all his heart and he loved his Maker. He gave beauty to the feasts. The Lord took away his sins and exalted his power for ever. Beauty sent a youtube link to each one in the group and asked them to watch and listen so that they…
GOOD HEALTH IS PART OF GOD’S LIFE-GIVING PLAN
February 3. St Blaise. “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man. Kuan was a paramedic. He shared,” Although St Blaise is said to have cured a young boy choking on a fishbone a tradition grew up around blessing of throats of…
PRESENTATION OF THE LORD IN THE TEMPLE
February 2. The Presentation of the Lord. “Lord now let your servant depart in peace for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared.” Already as a young woman Patricia had had a special gift of tenderness, patience and mercy with older people, even…
BLESSED BENEDICT DASWA. SOUTH AFRICAN MARTYR
February 1. Blessed Benedict Daswa, South African martyr. If I give away all I have and deliver my body to be burned but have not love I gain nothing. At the time of his murder there was serious division within the community of the village of Mbahe where…
ST JOHN BOSCO. PATRON FOR YOUTH
January 31. St John Bosco. Fr Eugene explained“John Bosco was a saintly man, with a great concern for youth and street kids in particular. He founded congregations of Salesian priests, brothers and sisters, the Salesians for boys and Daughters of Mary to care…
LOVE IS THE GREATEST OF GIFTS FROM GOD
January 30. 4th Sunday C. Love is patient, love is kind.” “Only Selfless Love, Jesus shows the way,” are some of the words of a special hymn song, one of thousands of songs of love composed over the centuries, most of us having our own favourites. Some speak of…
CALLING LEADERS TO ACCOUNT
January 29. Nathan said to David, “The Lord says, ‘You have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ A discussion about immorality and injustice in leaders was held in groups who continued it in families at home….
GROWING GREEN
January 28. One project that the parish pastoral team was considering was to invite families to have, at least, a small vegetable garden or some fruit trees, even in an urban area. Farming has been an important way of life for thousands of years. Large commercial…
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