Soul Food for Sunday 1st December 2024, the First Sunday of Advent
The calendar on the wall says 1st December, the first day of the last month of the calendar year. The supermarkets, billboards and television ads have long ago announced the beginning of the Christmas season. They tell us to spend more, to buy that perfect gift “while supplies last.”
Author: - November 17, 2024
Soul Food for The Eighth World Day of the Poor, 17th November 2024
Practising ‘the little details of love’. Given the state of the world, it can be hard to believe that “the prayer of the poor rises up to God” (Sirach 21.5) and is heard, the theme of the Message of Pope Francis for this year’s World Day of the Poor. How can we fathom that “the poor hold a privileged place in God’s heart” when we are witnessing so much suffering...
Author: - October 24, 2024
Soul Food for The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, 10th November 2024
Hunger affects so much of the world. Material food is very important for the survival and sustenance of every living being. As the saying goes, a hungry person is an angry person; with food, we can even tame a beast.
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Soul Food for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, 3rd November 2024
What is Religion? We often ask people the question: “What is most important in life?” Various things come to mind: family, faith, love, peace of mind, financial security and so on. In the Gospel today, Jesus was asked a similar question. His most important word is "love" –anything in the religious tradition of the time is secondary to the love of God and the love of neighbour...
Author: - October 23, 2024
