What would Jesus do?
Some years ago that text on a rubber band around the wrist was the craze. Everybody who was somebody wore it. Especially if you wanted to be in with young people.
What...
Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, C – November 6th - 2022
‘He is the God of the living’ - Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” (Jn 14:6)
Among...
31st Sunday of Year C 2022
Wis 11:22—12:2; 2 Thes1:11—2:2; Luke 19:1-10
In today’s Gospel we encounter Jesus in Jericho on his way to Jerusalem. We recall that in Jericho the blind Bartimaeus was healed (Lk...
Praying is for the tough. It's really not as easy as "with God I can scale any wall" as the psalm sings. The mother of a teenage boy drove her mad beyond imagining as...
Youth and Terrorism
The month of September always brings horrific memories of terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 when Islamic militants carried out suicide strikes on the twin towers of the World Trade in New...
Fr. Dumisani Vilakati, Diocese of Manzini, Eswatini
Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13
The Christian life is rooted in a relationship with Christ in such a way that this makes a profound impact...
Dearly beloved, one of the Prefaces of Mass reads: “Almighty and Eternal God, in goodness You created man, and when he was justly condemned, in mercy and love You redeemed him through Christ our...
After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have...
By Fr. Enrico Parry, Diocese of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Don’t worry. Jesus is not undoing the ten commandments, the bit about honour your father and mother. Neither is he breaking up the family. Hate them...
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE SOCIAL AND ECCLESIAL FUTURE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Fr. Telmo Seródio
It is commonly said that young people are the future of any community, be it in the family unity, the national or...
