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Sower, seeds, soil and saints

Jul 22, 2017

Last week, we looked at how Jesus’ call for us to be “salt for the earth” could be seen as an exhortation for us to nourish the soil from which his kingdom will emerge.
Understanding grace more deeply

Jul 22, 2017

The mark of genuine contrition is not a sense of guilt, but a sense of sorrow, of regret for having taken a wrong turn; just as the mark of living in grace is not a sense of our own worth but a sense of being accepted and loved despite our unworthiness.
You are fertiliser – not just table salt – for the earth!

Jul 14, 2017

Most of us feel helpless when confronting the numerous challenges facing us — whether local, national or global.
Latin Mass decision gave rise to new divisiveness

Jul 14, 2017

The 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum was celebrated on July 7. This document gave wider permission to the clergy to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 missal of St Pope John XXIII and gave instructions to the bishops to permit the lay faithful to celebrate this “extraordinary form” of the Mass when they so desired.
Inchoate desire

Jul 14, 2017

Sometimes while praying the Psalms, I’m caught looking quite uncomfortably into a mirror reflecting back to me my own seeming dishonesty.
Salt of the Earth: Over 800 youths immersed, exposed to social realities

Jul 07, 2017

In recent years, there has been much talk about the importance of inclusiveness, compassion and mercy in the Church and in the world.
To whom can we go?

Jul 07, 2017

Peter says these words to Jesus. But they are spoken in a very conflicted context: Jesus had just said something that upset and offended his audience and the gospels tell us that everyone walked away grumbling that what Jesus was teaching was “intolerable”.
Reducing violence by reducing inequality

Jun 23, 2017

Reducing violence by reducing inequality
Christianity and noon-day fatigue

Jun 23, 2017

There’s a popular notion which suggests that it can be helpful to compare every century of Christianity’s existence to one year of life.
The uncertain path to transforming the world

Jun 16, 2017

In 1893, a young Indian attorney, was thrown out of a whites-only carriage during a train journey in South Africa. He was left stranded on a railway station platform, feeling thoroughly humiliated.