ADVENT JESSE TREE. DAY OF RECONCILIATION AND DAVID’S FAMILY
December 16th. Day of Reconciliation. The story of David’s family is spread through the books of Samuel and Kings. David was recognised as the greatest of Israel’s kings. He was highly successful as a warrior and overall as a ruler, but his own family life was…
TIME FOR RECONCILIATION IN THE WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
RECONCILIATION IN THE FAMILY, A SIMPLE SERVICE. https://marfam.org.za/2021/03/23/family-reconciliation-service/ We’re coming to the end of a very difficult year, another difficult year. We thought 2020 was hard. It was from the start of a pandemic that does not…
ADVENT JESSE TREE. KINGS SAUL AND DAVID
December 14th Saul and David. The book 1 Samuel has a long historical account of the first years of the Israel as a kingdom. God revealed Saul to Samuel to be anointed as the first king. He was popular and a great commander…
ADVENT JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS. SAMUEL A WISE PROPHET
December 13th. SAMUEL. Read 1 Samuel 1-3 and later parts of the book. Samuel’s mother, Hannah was childless and mocked by her husband’s other wife. Once in the temple Hannah was praying in her distress and the prophet Eli saw her and thought she was drunk. After she…
ADVENT JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS. 3RD SUNDAY
December 12. 3rd Sunday of Advent C. joy. This Sunday has always been known as Gaudete Sunday, which means joy. during this penitential time the priest wears pink instead of purple. But what is true joy? The readings of the day give a long list of experiences and…
ADVENT JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS. THE ROLE OF THE JUDGES.
December 11. Deborah and Samson. At the time of the Judges Hebrew society was patriarchal and most judges were men. Deborah was a married woman and a prophetess who counselled people but also dealt with military matters. Read Judges 5. Samson was another one of the…
ADVENT JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS – fEMALE RIGHTS
December 9. The girls who stood up for their rights. In the book of Numbers 27 and 36 we read of a group of girls or young women protesting, because they were concerned that after their father’ death only brothers could inherit the father’s property. They put their…
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. a QUESTION OF POWER OR SEXUALITY?
Why does Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continue to literally bedevil humanity and remain such a pervasive issue in our society? In South Africa, whenever the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence comes around it is often called another pandemic,…
ADVENT JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS: JOSEPH FROM SPOINT CHILD TO FORGIVING BROTHER
December 7. Joseph. Read from Genesis 37-45. The story of Joseph tells how the Israelites came to be in Egypt. Being Jacob’s favourite and spoiled son, having been given his famous coat of many colours, he also had a gift for interpreting dreams. His brothers were…
ST NICHOLAS, THE ORIGINAL SANTA CLAUS
December 6. St Nicholas. The story of the original Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born into a wealthy family in what is now Turkey. His parents died while he was young. Following Jesus’ words to “sell what you own and give the money to the poor” Nicholas…
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