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The role of the bishop in catechesis
Jul 19, 2024
According to the Directory for Catechesis (2020), everyone in the community has a role in catechesis, “but each one according to his [or her] particular condition in the Church: ordained ministers, consecrated persons, lay faithful.
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Godparents: Strengthening the family tent
Jul 19, 2024
The one who wants to accepts the responsibilities of a godparent must “be a Catholic who has been confirmed (Sacrament of Confirmation) and has received the blessed Eucharist, and who lives a life of faith which befits the role to be undertaken” (Canon Law 874 subsection 1.3).
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Tracing the Spanish Moors
Jul 19, 2024
Echoes of the Moorish architecture are still evident everywhere on the grounds of the Mezquita of Cordoba. There is an orange grove where the Muslims performed their ablutions before prayers.
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Sacred permission to be in agony
Jul 19, 2024
We are not making enough space for grief, either in our churches or in our lives. We are not giving people the tools they need to handle frustration, loss, and heartbreak, nor how to grieve when they are beset by them.
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How do we respond to the mission?
Jul 12, 2024
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
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Schooled by Christ
Jul 12, 2024
Until the second coming, God will have nobody but ours. Even if we do not teach in the public school system, as parents, we can find ways to get through those school gates.
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The power of song: How the choir shaped my relationship with Christ
Jul 12, 2024
Ephesians 5:19: “...speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”
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Praying when it seems useless
Jul 12, 2024
Prayer is most needed just when it seems most useless. Michael J. Buckley, one of the major spiritual mentors in my life, wrote those words.
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Sunday Reflection
Be generative, as your Father is generative
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Dr Lawrence Ng
