Tag Archive for ‘mission’
The Catholic faith in mainland China — continued
Pastoral Care Normal pastoral care is essentially centred on the sacraments ( Eucharist, reconciliation, last sacraments). At the level of the family or the village Christian life is communal, but few communities of faith exist, and it is hard to develop a personal faith. In the Catholic villages the strongest Catholics gather morning and evening […]
Thursday 11 July
St. Benedict, abbot Genesis 44:18-21,23-29; 45: 1-5, Ps. 105, Matthew 10: 7-15 Mission first Often by the time we realize the importance of the mission of Jesus in the world our lives are already set on a formal course like marriage. My evangelising must fit into this structure. Jesus says for some it is the […]
Tuesday 9 July
Genesis 32: 23-33, Ps. 17, Matthew 9: 32-38 Shepherding the locals The setting for this reading is the locale of towns and villages. The locals though, sense they are witnessing something much larger about the mission of Jesus—something which seems beyond them. This insight dejects them. Jesus addresses this. The message is the same for […]
Missions Memoir: An Ode to Mary’s Love
Born the last of eight, how gracious that I came so late!! And why? Well my Mother might have said: ‘Have I not enough mouths to be fed?’ But I was given life by a generous Mother, Who chose to serve God and no other.Cared for and loved in the first years, even as a […]
Tuesday 4 June
Tobit 2:9-14, Ps 112, Mark 12:13-17 The blessing of taxes All of us benefit from taxes: pensions, social welfare, healthcare, roads, education, law and order. We are all recipients of the beneficence of God. By paying taxes, we enable God’s work to be done through the actions, duties, responsibilities and commitment of others. By paying […]
Sunday 2 June
BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Genesis 14: 18-20, Ps 110, 1 Cor 11:23-26, Luke 9: 11-17 Living bread Living bread to nourish us.Living bread to empower us.Living bread to enliven us.Living bread to challenge us.Living bread to mission us.Living bread to impassion us.Living bread to unite us.Living bread to dignify us.Living bread to embrace us.Living […]
Missionary Audacity – the Mission to Tibet
On September 29, 2012, an exhibition entitled ‘Missions on the Roof of the World’ was opened at the headquarters of the Paris Foreign Mission Society (Société des missions évangéliques de Paris MEP) in Paris. The following is a shortened version of the address given by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation […]
Saturday 13 April
Acts 6:1-7, Ps 33, John 6:16-21 Election or selection There was dissention in the early Christian community, so a committee was elected to deal with it. Their mission was pastoral and practical, not spiritual. In our parishes we have committees to deal with practicalities, and pastoral matters. Jesus called his disciples, selected them. They were […]
Thursday 4 April
Acts 3:11-26, Ps 8, Luke 24:35-48 The why of it all Jesus appeared to his friends and “their joy was so great that they could not believe it, and they stood there dumfounded.” Very mixed emotions! Yet Jesus convinced them and then explained again his mission and what he expected of them. They understood, and […]
Ascension Means No Plan B
Occasionally a legend surfaces which expresses a profound truth in an imaginative way and encourages those who hear it to get on with their Christian life with renewed energy. One I heard recently was a variation of an older one. It fits the Feast of the Ascension and goes like this. When Jesus returned to […]
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