Plenary Indulgences in November “An indulgence is the remission in the eyes of God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose culpable element has already been taken away. The Christian faithful who are rightly disposed and observe the definite, prescribed conditions gain this remission through the effective assistance of...
The pandemic has laid us all a bit low in so many ways. In my contacts with parishioners I have come across all kinds of emotions and states of mind and heart. Among the difficult ones are anxiety, fear, boredom, loneliness, depression, anger, frustration and apathy. By no means is...
CALL TO PRAYER: SUNDAY 25th October 2020 Prayer @ 7pm The question asked of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew is simple: ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ (22: 36) It is a part of a series of questions asked of Jesus and the purpose of the...
LOVE DEMANDS LOVE It can seem a strange proposition to command someone to love you. Our experience is that we either fall in love whether we want to or not, or else love blossoms as the result of kinship or other social ties. If someone came up to you and...
In common parlance, it’s refreshing to hear someone being described as “on a mission.” It points to purpose and resolve. Someone is determined to get something done, be it anything from finding the exact degree of “medium rare” in frying a steak to clearing the name of a son accused...
During my own missionary globetrotting, I saw that missionaries often met with tension from the local public authorities. This is especially so when they are engaged in works like education, health and the care of the poor. In poorer countries, the state can envy missionary-run schools and hospitals, not just...
CALL TO PRAYER: SUNDAY 18th October 2020 Prayer @ 7pm Does God go with us? That is a question we might well ask at this time. Does God go with us as we journey through the latest stage of the challenge that we face personally and as a community? Does...
What is dogma? https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-dogma-lives-loudly-in-the-catholic-church 2. Child Euthanasia comes to the Netherlands https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/10/child-euthanasia-comes-to-the-netherlands 3. For Love of Mary https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/11/for-love-of-mary 4. Thou https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/11/thou 5. Well-behaved atheists https://www.thecatholicthing.org
ON MISSION TO CAESAR With his words about Caesar and God, Jesus, the first to do so in history, separated religion from state. It is Christ who commands us to keep these two separate. The state is secular, i.e. it deals with the organization and administration of our earthly affairs,...
