WHO IS YOUR FAMILY? MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES week 5 day 3
September 21. For many Westerners the complexities of extended family ties and the roles they play are a real mystery. Why does an uncle get involved in wedding arrangements or why is a cousin called a sister or brother? Why does the firstborn remain responsible…
MARRIED COUPLES A SIGN TO THE WORLD. MARRIAGE AND THE SEASON OF CREATION. WEEK 5 DAY 2.
September 20. It was when they participated in a programme to enrich their marriage spiritually as well as practically that Pamela and John came to understand the deeper meaning of the Sacrament of Matrimony. The old definition of an outward sign of inward grace…
SUNDAY 25B. peace begins in the home. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES WEEK 5. DAY 1
September 19. Fr Peter posed a question, ”What is worse, a jealous wife or a jealous husband?” He spoke to everyone not only to couples but stressed that emotions like jealousy and ambition are constant challenges in marriage. Jealousy may manifest itself first as a…
DIFFERENCES. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. WEEK 4 DAY 7.
September 18. “Why is it that in one family people can turn out so differently? They come from the same background, have some different genes but is there something in the environment that affects them.” “Maybe they had a bad friend, or someone abused them, or maybe…
FAMILY AND FARMING. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. WEEK 4 DAY 6.
September 17. The Alexander family told their story. They used to have a small farm and grow maize and vegetables for their own use and as time went by for the members of their extended family too. Her widowed mother stayed with them but other members came and…
MARRIAGE PREP IN THE FAMILY. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. WEEK 4 DAY 5.
September 16. In the family groups there were young and older couples but as Michael said, “We all have this responsibility to prepare for anything important in life that is necessary. In the Church we prepare for the various sacraments, baptism, 1st…
OUR LADY OF SORROWS. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. week 4. day 4
September 15. Mary-Anne found the sharing groups a great support. She was a single mother, abandoned by her husband who had brought her from Nigeria and then had more or less made her into a slave for himself and his new South Africa wife. He lorded it over…
DOWN AND OUT, OR UP AND ABOUT. THE CROSS – A PARADOX
My Thought for the Day for 24th Sunday began with a story. The local parish priest, Fr Peter, enters the church carrying a huge cross to the surprise of the congregation. He explains that the gospel of the day concluded with Jesus’ challenging invitation “if anyone…
THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS. MARRIAGE AND THE WORLD OF FAMILIES. WEEK 4 DAY 3
September 14. Triumph of the Cross. Each of the faith sharing families came to the conclusion that if the world does not understand creation and nature as belonging to God how can we have the right attitude towards it and our responsibility for the right use and…
SPIRITUALITY AND COUPLE PRAYER. marriage and the world of families. week 4 day 2
September 13. Myra was happy with what she had heard in her catechetical course. She explained, “A simple definition: theology is the study of God, spirituality is the lived experience of a relationship with God. So the theology of marriage or of creation can be…
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