I have been talking for some Sundays now about human dignity, which comes from human beings being made in the image and likeness of God. This image is not a physical image, obviously, because God is spirit, and has no form. In Christ, God takes to Himself a human form and becomes visible, but manContinue reading “Intercessory prayer (Sunday XVII of Ordered time)”
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Choosing the better part (Sunday XVI of Ordered time)
“…we must find our priorities and choose the better part for ourselves. For while we focus on charity to our family, friends and others (as Martha), let us not forget prayer and devotion (as Mary).”
‘Who is my neighbour?’ (Sunday XV of Ordered time)
“The image of God in man is manifested in community life. And the first building block of our communities is the family.”
Christus imperat, Christ commands (Sunday XIV of Ordered time)
“…the Church defends the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception in the womb of the mother, and until the moment of natural death…”
Engraved upon our hearts (Pentecost Sunday)
We suitably terminate our seven weeks of Easter with today’s festival of Pentecost. This is not necessarily a Christian system; it is a Jewish one. Long before our Lord walked this earth as a man, the Hebrew nation celebrated their liberation from slavery in Egypt with the festivals of Passover and of unleavened bread. ImmediatelyContinue reading “Engraved upon our hearts (Pentecost Sunday)”
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