2023 Lenten Reflections – Afrikaans

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 4, 2023 | Lenten Reflections 2023, Reflection

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Bishop Dlungwane: our conscientious participation in prayer and fasting helps us receive life and love

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorized

The reader of these two texts (Deut. 26:16-19 and Matt. 5:43-48), is immediately struck by the familiarity of the language used, and the seriousness of the relationship between the Lord Yahweh and the people of Israel. It is not about familiar earthly rules. God...

Bishop Vanqa: If injury changes then forgiveness transforms

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized

We cannot blame our parents or society for the good we fail to do. Each of us is held to account for our own life. Many of us would prefer penitential rituals than approach a person and say, “look we cannot go on like this”. It is far easier to seek reconciliation...

Bishop Rucastle: showing respecting is not doing someone a favour

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized

We must be respectful because it is the right thing to do. We shouldn’t only be nice to other people just so we can expect a reward or expect them to be good to us; we should do it because it is the right thing to do. We are enriched by the experience of respecting...

UN and SACBC Nation-wide Survey: To end violence against women go out to meet men in taverns and challenge them to return to God

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized

By: SACBC Justice and Peace CommissionThe UN and SACBC nation-wide survey with men in taverns highlight the importance of family in ending violence against women. In the previous years, SACBC Justice and Peace has been working with United Nations in implementing a...