It is summertime and many people are longing for a break. Some have been planning their vacation for a long time already. Others have decided they’ll leave as a family for a ‘trip to nowhere’. A few will be spending time at their chalet in the countryside. All of them […]
27th Sunday of Year A – 2020
At times, when reading a text from Scripture, you may stop short and ask yourself: ‘Is this really possible?’ The 2nd reading of this Sunday (Ph.4:6-9) could provoke such a reaction. Writing to the Philippians, the apostle Paul tells them: “Do not be anxious about anything.” The question cannot […]
Terrorist attacks
Paris, Bamako, violence and terror: we wonder, we worry… Awful, terrible, inhuman – we lack words to describe the reality. France, Mali, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Palestine… The litany could go on and on… Yes, we wonder, we worry and… and we search for answers. […]