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Ecumenism – the path forward
Feb 12, 2019
The path to unity then lies not in converting each other over, but in each of us living the Gospel more faithfully so as to grow closer to each other in Christ.
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Snake-Bitten ...
Jan 30, 2019
Everything is of one piece. Whenever we don’t take that seriously, we pay a price.
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A closer look at the widow’s mite
Jan 26, 2019
These coins were believed to be the small prutah or half prutah issued during the Hasmonean or Maccabean dynasty.
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Wendy Beckett – RIP
Jan 25, 2019
No community should botch its deaths. The renowned anthropologist, Mircea Eliade, suggested this and its truth applies to communities at every level.
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Honouring human rights pledges in the new Malaysia
Jan 18, 2019
After some to-ing and fro-ing, the government has finally said it would study six laws and either amend or repeal them.
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Struggling for sustenance
Jan 18, 2019
We all struggle to not give in to coldness and hatred. This was even a struggle for Jesus. Like the rest of us, he had to struggle, mightily at times, to remain warm and loving.
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Poverty, chastity and obedience in a secular age
Jan 12, 2019
Cardinal Francis George was once asked what he thought of the radical pacifism of people like Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan, prophetic figures who b
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The war against trees
Jan 11, 2019
Sometimes it seems we are engaged in a war against trees. In our quest for ‘development’ at all costs, often it is trees that are sacrificed – for construction projects, logging, highways, property development, industrial development.
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We need to be challenged
Jan 04, 2019
“We need to challenge our world towards a more responsible sexual ethos. We’ve lost our way!” Wonderful, needed challenges, all of them.
Sunday Reflection
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Living Faith
Today’s reading speaks about faith and our response to faith. They begin with Abraham, the Father of Faith. Abraham was a prosperous man of his time, living in Ur, located in the fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
