As cities around the world continue to grow, they are increasingly home to a new wave of young leaders committed to addressing the pressing issues of climate change. Youth are at the forefront of local action and innovation, playing a catalytic role in shaping sustainable urban futures. On 31 October […]
Feast of the Holy Family, Year B – 2023-2024
Today’s celebration is familiar to us, Christians. When the expression ‘Holy Family’ is pronounced, a picture comes immediately to our minds –that of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. But when the single word ‘family’ is spoken, it evokes pictures of all kinds. Nowadays, this singular word is often used with other words […]
World Refugee Day – 20 June 2023
2023 Theme: Hope Away from Home World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape […]
5th Sunday of Easter, Year A – 2023
Someone may have chosen to live in a luxury apartment. Another person has found the ideal family house. Yet another has bought a summer residence. A friendly shack is reserved for sport activities for still another. All these locations serve as some kind of residence where rooms are available. Yet […]
7th Sunday of Year A – 2023
Reading the word of God in the Bible, one can experience all kinds of feelings: joy and consolation, hope and anticipation, wonder and questioning, regret, perhaps… or helplessness?… But there are times when the feeling is one of surprise – total and unexpected amazement! The first lines of today’s 2nd […]
Nativity of the Lord, Year C – 2021
Someone telling a group of friends that he, or she, has received some good news would set their minds thinking. Their curiosity would lead them to try and guess what this piece of good news can be… A promotion? Winning the lotto? Going on holidays? Perhaps the visit of a […]
31st Sunday of Year B – 2021
Today’s gospel text (Mark 12:28-34) ends with a sentence that is most hopeful: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Who would not want to be told these words? It is truly reassuring to believe that we are not far from God. Is it not what we want: […]
2nd Sunday of Year B – 2021
The conversations we have among ourselves take on different aspects. We can exchange information, relate events that have taken place or, on a lighter note, crack a joke! Questions are also very much part of our daily interaction with people. Questions of different kinds and about many topics. In today’s […]
6th Sunday of Easter, Year C – 2019
A mansion, a cottage, or even a log cabin – all of them can protect us from extreme cold or suffocating heat. The structure may be of metal, cement, or wood, any type of habitation will provide us with some kind of shelter. We can think of an apartment, […]
10th Sunday of the Year B
It is this time of the year when you can see moving vans on many streets around. People are moving, changing residence, going to another area. Some may regret the departure, others may be keen to start in a new location. Whatever the type of accommodation, an ordinary flat, a […]