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Discipline-SA. A good way to start 2013
I live in Pretoria/ Tshwane, where driving is a type of gambling… Drivers ignore pedestrians who ignore drivers who ignore trucks who ignore busses who ignore taxis who ignore motorcyclists who ignore cyclists who ignore traffic lights and rules. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Hope & Joy, it's my life
Tagged 2013, awareness, Burry Stander, cycling, discipline, road deaths, road safety, south africa
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2012. Leap year horror
2012 has been a leap-year-horror. I am so pleased it has ended. I’m still trying to work out what was beneficial and what was just a complete waste of time. In December, I was given two puppies. One was planned … Continue reading
Posted in it's my life, New Media, Priesthood
Tagged dogs, friendship, horror, Nita, pastoral, priesthood, relationships, SACBC, trauma, Xavi
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
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Go quickly – bring the poor, maimed, blind and lame (Lk.14:15-24)
Despite reading and loving Sacred Scripture and being familiar with the wealth of the Word, I’m amazed every day that I get led to see something that I have not noticed before. The Gospel for today starts with one of … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy, Reflecting on Scripture
Tagged Banquet, Blind, Disastrous Dinner Parties, Jesus, Kingdom of God, lame, maimed, Poor
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Take 2.
I’ve been away from this blog for longer than I realised. So much has happened in the interim. I have moved on from my position as the Information Officer of the SACBC. It’s a great joy to face a new … Continue reading
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Unfriending – Letting your Peace return to you. Mt 10:13
Today I’m sad but strangely peaceful. I’ve done something that I have not had to do before in my multi-connected Social Media world. I’ve had to un-friend someone. I’m beginning to untangle the many-linked webs in which people become part … Continue reading
Posted in it's my life, New Media, Prayer
Tagged Act of Faith, facebook, God's Peace, Good shepherd, healer, hero, hurt, linked-in, New Media, pain, Peace, Social Media, unfriending
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Repentance, forgiveness and atonement
Sometimes we feel the need to repent for what we have done or what we have omitted to do. In our Catholic tradition, this has always been seen as a sign of the movement of the Holy Spirit- moving us … Continue reading
Posted in it's my life, Liturgy, Prayer, Priesthood
Tagged atonement, Forgiveness, mercy of God, repentance
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