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Reflecting by the shore: December 2015
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Reflecting by the shore. Friday, 25 December 2015. A clarion call to the world at Christmas. Here is the text of the homily, which Pope Francis made in St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve:. Tonight 'a great light' shines forth (Is 9:1); the light of Jesus' birth shines all about us. How true and timely are the words of the prophet Isaiah which we have just heard: 'You have brought abundant joy and great rejoicing' (9:2)! What a wonderful sermon that speaks to our consciences! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Reflecting by the shore: December 2014
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Reflecting by the shore. Tuesday, 23 December 2014. Merry Christmas to you and your families. May your hearts be filled with joy and happiness this Christmas season, for it is a special occasion. A time of warmth, friendship, laughter, festivity and, above all, celebration. Let's keep the true meaning of Christmas in our hearts. Pope Benedict XVI expresses it clearly in these words:. God is always faithful to his promises, but he often surprises us in the way he fulfills them. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Reflecting by the shore: April 2013
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Reflecting by the shore. Sunday, 7 April 2013. As a special way of celebrating Easter this year we decided to visit the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. We had been meaning to make a visit there for some time, and since my father-in-law was unwell after suffering a stroke we decided the time was right for the trip. So we headed to the small village on the north coast of East Anglia on Saturday 30 March, stopping at the capital city of Norfolk, Norwich, for the night. Prayed that ...
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Reflecting by the shore: Merry Christmas
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Reflecting by the shore. Tuesday, 23 December 2014. Merry Christmas to you and your families. May your hearts be filled with joy and happiness this Christmas season, for it is a special occasion. A time of warmth, friendship, laughter, festivity and, above all, celebration. Let's keep the true meaning of Christmas in our hearts. Pope Benedict XVI expresses it clearly in these words:. God is always faithful to his promises, but he often surprises us in the way he fulfills them. 26 December 2014 at 14:12.
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Reflecting by the shore: March 2014
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Reflecting by the shore. Sunday, 30 March 2014. I thought the days of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist were over, but obviously not. A report by the charity Oxfam has found that the five. Richest families in the UK are wealthier than the bottom 20% of the entire population and the gap between the rich and the rest of the population has grown significantly over the last two decades. According to the report:. With billions in welfare cuts still to come and increasing pressure to offer more tax cuts for the ri...
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Reflecting by the shore: June 2014
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Reflecting by the shore. Monday, 2 June 2014. Something to think about. 1 Stay away from anger…It hurts…Only You! 2 If you are right then there is no need to get angry, and if you are wrong then you don’t have any right to get angry. 3 Patience with family is love; patience with others is respect. Patience with self is confidence and patience with GOD is faith. 6 Beautiful things are not always good but good things are always beautiful. 7 Do you know why God created gaps between fingers? Knights of St Co...
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Reflecting by the shore: November 2013
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Reflecting by the shore. Sunday, 3 November 2013. St Martin de Porres. Today is the feast day of St. Martin de Porres, one of the greatest saints in the pantheon of Catholic saints. He is the patron saint of barbers and social justice. Here is a short biography of his life. 8221; When his priory was in debt, he said, “I am only a poor mulatto. Sell me. I am the property of the order. Sell me.”. Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantan...
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konradomini.com: Mei 2013
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Tanya-Jawab dengan Pastor Gabrielle Amorth: Pakar Eksorsisme Gereja Katolik. Pastor Gabriele Amorth dilahirkan pada tanggal 1 Mei 1925 di Modena, Italia utara, sebagai anak dan cucu pengacara. Di kemudian hari, sementara saudara laki-lakinya mantap memilih profesi sebagai hakim, Gabriel yang mengambil kuliah hukum di universitas akhirnya memilih untuk menjawab panggilannya menjadi seorang imam Katolik. Berikut wawancara dengan beliau:. 1 Bagaimana akhirnya Romo memilih menjadi seorang imam Katolik? Melal...
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konradomini.com: Maret 2011
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Hearing the silent cries of the mothers. Konradus Epa, Jakarta. March 7, 2011. It is common nowadays to see dozens of mothers of dead human rights fighters, standing silently across the road from the presidential palace. Dressed in black, holding black posters, banners and umbrellas, they say nothing. Onlookers might wonder what was going on. As a matter of fact, in silence, these women are crying out loud, seeking justice for their kidnapped or killed activists. But what do they get in return? The women...
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konradomini.com: Juni 2011
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Hierarchy celebrates fifty yearsChurch celebrates golden anniversary in Indonesia. Konradus Epa, Jakarta. May 25, 2011. This year the Indonesian Church celebrates the golden anniversary of the establishment of its hierarchy. Capuchin Bishop Martinus Dogma Situmorang of Padang, president of Indonesian Bishops’ Conference, called the journey of the past fifty years “the result of synergy between hierarchy and laity.”. Another reason to be grateful is that in the past fifty years it has been an integral par...
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