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Repentance from our old ways

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 10, 2022 | Lenten Appeal, Lenten Reflections, Reflection, Uncategorized

To my words give ear, O Lord, give heed to my sighs. Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God. Cf. Ps 5.2-3 Lent is time for repentance from our old ways. Lent invites us through prayer, fasting and almsgiving to renew our faith in God and in his Church....

Our phones can be like a ship to Jonah

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 9, 2022 | Lenten Appeal, Lenten Reflections, Reflection, Uncategorized

Remember your compassion, O Lord, and your merciful love, for they are from of old. Let not our enemies exult over us. Redeem us, O God of Israel, from all our distress. Cf. Ps 24:6,2,22 Do we get time to be curious about Jesus and his message of love and mercy? Jonah...

Human life is a mixture of joy and sorrow

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 8, 2022 | Lenten Appeal, Lenten Reflections, Reflection

O Lord, you have been our refuge, from generation to generation; from age to age, you are. Cf. Ps 89.1-2 Most of human life is a mixture of joy and sorrow, pain and pleasure. Even the worry and sorrow brought on by serious illness in a family member is often balanced...

Turn our eyes to the least of our brothers

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 7, 2022 | Lenten Appeal, Lenten Reflections, Reflection

Like the eyes of slaves on the hand of their lords, so our eyes are on the Lord our God, till he show us his mercy. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. Cf. Ps 122.2-3 Our Lord thinks of us as children and not as servants. As much as our eyes are on the Lord, maybe we...

Archbishop Slattery: All our life, our faith and blessings are gifts of God.

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 6, 2022 | Lenten Appeal, Lenten Reflections, Reflection

When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days. Cf. Ps.90: 15-16 A journey home to God is a journey through desert, through temptations, sin and forgetfulness of God. Jesus in the Gospel today is tempted...

Lent: a call for us to become a new creation in Christ

by Phuti Makgabo | Mar 5, 2022 | Lenten Reflections, Reflection

Answer us, Lord, for your mercy is kind; in the abundance of your mercies, look upon us. Cf. Ps68.17 Jesus calls the people who seem so unworthy. Our Lenten period has offered us times for repentance, forgiveness, times of reflection on our lives. And in a sense it is...
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