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No lasting city

Jul 14, 2023

Scripture tells us that in this life we have no lasting city. True enough. But, it seems, we also don’t have a lasting house, school, neighborhood, town, zip code address, or most anything else. Eventually nothing lasts.
Our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters

Jul 14, 2023

For many of us who strive to seriously practise faith in Jesus Christ, and to extend that practise out into the marketplace, the political square and society at large, persecution rarely means more than being ridiculed, verbally harassed and, to a certain degree, socially and politically marginalised.
Catholics in the Workplace

Jul 07, 2023

Being a Catholic usually conjures an image of a person going to church for Mass every weekend, makes the sign of the cross, prays the Rosary and wears a crucifix on a necklace around his/her neck.
The gift of acceptance

Jul 07, 2023

The Bible is full of assurances of God’s acceptance of us, flawed and broken as we are. This heavenly acceptance should flow into our daily lives and allow us to accept our own limitations and situations.
The elderly – living life to the fullest

Jul 07, 2023

All of us will eventually become an elderly person one day. It is a state of life that nobody can escape from.
The therapy of public life

Jul 07, 2023

More than fifty years ago Philip Rieff wrote a book entitled The Triumph of the Therapeutic. In it, he argued that widespread reliance upon private therapy today arose in the secularized world largely because community has broken down.
Live and let live

Jun 30, 2023

This verse encourages all of us to seek peace and live in harmony with others. While we can’t control everything, we can control our own words, actions, and conduct to encourage peace. It is important to be at peace with everyone, even if it is difficult.
Let us ‘be bread for the world’

Jun 30, 2023

We focused on forming ourselves as being closely connected to God, learning from Jesus; what He did, how He did it, and especially how He transformed Himself for the life of the world.
Post-Sophistication

Jun 30, 2023

A generation ago, J.D. Salinger wrote a novel, The Catcher in the Rye, which became immensely popular, as well as becoming required reading in most undergraduate literature programs. It deserved both. It’s a great piece of literature.
The Simple Life

Jun 30, 2023

Created by Dr Steven Selvaraju, this is a comic strip that wishes to tell simple stories of life and faith.