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Reflections 25 – 31 March
Mary’s simple yes births salvation as Abraham’s children pick up stones against the eternal I Am. The good shepherd voluntarily lays down his life, transforming death into gift through freely chosen love. In a busy week, palm branches wave but crucify tomorrow; hosannas turn to hatred. Yet love never wavers, never chooses escape.
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Ending the Trump-Netanyahu war in the Middle East
The question of whether the world is already in the opening phase of World War III is raised with unusual directness. The Israel-US war on Iran, the threat to global energy supplies, and the absence of any credible peace process combine into a scenario analysts describe as a genuine civilizational risk.
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Reflections 18 – 24 March
The Father’s work never ceases; Sabbath rest becomes love in action, mercy refusing to pause even for sacred rules. Guards return empty-handed from arresting incomprehensible truth. When love calls Lazarus by name, death surrenders its grip.
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‘Throw away the key’ mindset
The story of Nancy, an Oregon mother who rebuilt her life after incarceration, illustrates how faith-based support inside prison walls produces better outcomes for individuals, families and entire communities.
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Reflections 11 – 17 March
The law points toward love like fingers pointing toward the moon; fulfillment comes through living well, way beyond rule-keeping. All commandments hang on two: love God, love neighbor, the root from which all goodness grows.
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Synodality, local churches, and the end of Eurocentric theology
Asian theologians shifted the language of mission from ad gentes (“to the nations”) to inter gentes (“among the nations”). That single preposition change carries enormous weight: it replaces a one-directional, subject-to-object model with a dialogical encounter between communities, cultures, and equals.
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When the bombs fall on other people’s children
There is a bitter irony that demands to be spoken plainly. At home, America cannot stop bullets from entering schools. Abroad, it helps deliver death from the sky and asks the world to call it order. When outrage is calibrated by passport, when foreign children dissolve into geopolitical footnotes while our own are memorialised by…
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Reflections 4 – 10 March
The cross looms ahead for those who follow faithfully while the rich overlook Lazarus at their gates and greedy tenants murder the heir to the vineyard. Yet grace scandalizes every calculation of deserving as the Father throws parties for prodigals and welcomes resentful elder sons alike. At the well, a woman’s hidden shame transforms into…
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Reflections 25 February – 3 March
Beyond spectacular signs lies a scandalous pattern of grace: finding life through descent and glory through service. This Lenten journey moves from the persistent knock of prayer to the reconciliation of the heart, teaching us a mathematics where mercy multiplies by being given away. Looking for wonders? See difference hidden in the ordinary.
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Catholics see wine as a gift — not a danger
Where some traditions view alcohol with suspicion, Chapman argues that Catholics have historically received wine as a gift to treasure. In an age when younger generations either shun wine or misuse it, this sacramental vision offers a saner, richer alternative.
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