ST MICHAEL, GABRIEL, RAPHAEL ARCHANGELS. marriage and the season of creation. week 6 day 4
September 29. There is a lot of interest in angels in popular culture nowadays. Fr James explained. “Angels and spirits are mentioned in various places in the Bible. Angels are creatures of God and they are given different tasks by God. They are also honoured in…
wHOSE CREATION IS IT ANYWAY?
Today only scraps of the human consciousness recognize God acting to restore and heal the Earth. We have forgotten that we live in the household of God, the oikos, the Beloved Community. Our fundamental interconnectedness has been at best forgotten, at worst…
TRUST. marriage and the season of creation. week 6 day 3
September 28. Psychologists have identified trust as one of the first essential characteristics babies need to develop, ideally through the knowledge that their carers are trustworthy and meet their needs. If it is not acquired at that stage they can be stunted in…
INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION. WEEK 6. DAY 2
September 27. To reflect on the importance of intergenerational solidarity and socialisation there is a valuable insight told from nature. When the Pilanesberg nature reserve near Rustenburg was being established up to 6000 animals were imported from many…
26TH SUNDAYB. TAKING STOCK. Marriage and the season of creation week 6 day 1.
September 26. Week 6. 26th Sunday. Taking stock. Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48. “If you want to know what kind of example married couples are for those around, you have to ask their children,” Fr Peter began. So he called up a few children to ask them, knowing full well…
COVENANT IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP. MARRIAGE AND THE season of creation.
September 25. You hear people talking of covenant in different ways including in marriage. Bruce more fully understood this concept after attending some scripture lectures. The essence of a covenant is an agreement, initiated by God, of a special relationship between…
HERITAGE DAY SA. marriage and the world of families. week 5 day 6.
September 24. Fr Joseph usually began his daily thought by saying, “God is good” and the people would respond, “All the time.” So this time he stopped and asked them to consider this in the light of the 1st reading. The word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet,…
LOVE IS A DECISION. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES WEEK 5 DAY 5.
September 23. Romance, disillusionment, joy belong to a cycle of stages in marriage. At the beginning of their marriage enrichment programme the couples were asked to consider in which of these three stages they saw their marriage to be. It is often…
OUR HERITAGE – IN FAMILIES, WITH GOD
The MARFAM booklet OUR HERITAGE – where on earth did you come from and where in heaven do you think you’re going? carries our message as HERITAGE DAY 2021, a historically popular SA holiday, has come around again this 24 September, but it seems this year with barely a…
DIVORCED STILL PART OF THE CHURCH. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. WEEK 5 DAY 4.
September 22. During the 2012 World Meeting of Families in Italy a Brazilian couple describing the pain of separation from full participation in the Church, because of their divorce and remarriage, addressed their question directly to Pope Benedict XVI. His was…
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