“But wisdom is justified by all her children” (Lk 7:35) Children’s upbringing is a difficult deed but the difficulty does not exempt parents from the responsibility. The future of society is placed in the hands of the children. These children however, the citizens of tomorrow, are moulded today by our hands. One wonders, have all of us fully comprehended this truth? …
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The Metastasis of St John the Theologian: 1John 4: 12-19; John 19:25-27, 21:24-25
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle ”God is love; whoever lives in love, lives in God and God in him” (1 John 4:16) The holy Church celebrates the memory of the Evangelist John the Theologian on the 26th of September, the essential preacher of love – …
Read More »Sunday after Holy Cross Mk 8:34-9:1; Gal 2:16-20
‘’…if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor’’ (Gal 2:17-18). We destroy our sins via confession to our spiritual father, and yet we find ourselves building again those same …
Read More »Holy Great Martyr, Niketas (Nicetas) the Goth Feastday 15th September
St Niketas the Goth: Historical Background The difficulty in acquiring knowledge or an understanding about the life or times of St. Niketas, stems in part from the turbulent era into which he was born in. A period which historians sometimes term the Dark Ages due to the lack of extensive or surviving written documentation which could help us better understand …
Read More »12th Sunday of Matthew: Matt 19:16-26
Today’s Gospel concerns the young man who asked Christ, what it is necessary to do in order to have eternal life. Our Lord tells him first of all to keep all the commandments which were given by divine inspiration to Moses. However, our Lord sums up those commandments, by giving only two commandments: ‘Love God with all your heart and …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.