Soul Food for the Second Sunday of Easter, (Divine Mercy Sunday) 16th April 2023
Divine Mercy Sunday is affiliated with the devotion to St Faustina. However, as we know, the message of God’s mercy is universal. I believe it was Alexander Pope who said to err is human, to forgive divine. As we know, many in our world today do not experience mercy or forgiveness. The experience for many vulnerable people is isolation, polarisation and rejection. All these experiences are the opposite of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Author: - April 10, 2023
Soul Food for Easter Sunday, 9th April, 2023
Today’s Gospel from John opens with: "On the first day of the week … while it was still dark." This description evokes admiration for Mary of Magdala as someone who could face the darkness and chaos. (In other gospel accounts we hear of other women also going to the tomb). Unlike the male disciples who had vanished – out of fear, perhaps - she was willing to confront the void.
Author: - April 4, 2023
Soul Food for Good Friday 7th April 2023
Good Friday, and especially the Cross, was always problematic for me when I was growing up. What’s good about it? It is something that has intrigued, challenged, confused and fascinated me to the core of my faith, and still does. It is a scene of extremes and I still struggle with this. So, as many will walk the Stations of the Cross in some way today, here’s my mini-reflection from where I currently am.
Author: - April 3, 2023
Soul Food for Holy Thursday, 6th April, 2023
I taught at St Henry’s Marist College in Durban, South Africa for 16 years. At the start of every year, we took the senior class away on a leadership camp. On the last night, after supper, we gathered in the main hall. Pupils and teachers sat in a circle with candles lighting the gloom. We read John’s account of the washing of the feet and then the headmaster or another member of the school’s management team would take a towel and bowl of water, kneel at the feet of one of the pupils and wash their feet, speaking the words “now do likewise”.
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