The end of the Church’s liturgical year is fast approaching and will culminate in a celebration of Christ as King. Today’s readings focus on the meaning of discipleship, on what it means to live true to Jesus our King and his teaching and example.
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In the northeast corner of Thailand, away from the sandy beaches, the noisy shopping precincts and the bright night life, there is an orphanage called Sarnelli House. It is what I call a small miracle. For more than 20 years, the workers at Sarnelli House have been providing food, education, health care, security, love and acceptance to children who have been neglected, abandoned and orphaned.
The end of the Church’s liturgical year is fast approaching and will culminate in a celebration of Christ as King. Today’s readings focus on the meaning of discipleship, on what it means to live true to Jesus our King and his teaching and example.
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Missionaries face a variety of dangers and challenges on the field, such as persecution, injuries, and sickness. This week’s Family Prayer is for those who are ministering in these dark and dangerous areas. We pray that they will be kept safe, and that their words may be seeds in fertile soil to those who are outside of the church.
The kingdom of God is the heart and essence of Jesus’ teaching. References to the kingdom appear 114 times in the four gospels. According to our earliest gospel, Mark (1:15: cf. 3:24; 4:11, 26, 30), Jesus initiated his message with the proclamation, “The present era of history is at an end, the reign of God has come near; convert your mind and believe in the good news.”
Duc has been on a dramatic and faith-filled journey over the past few years.
His story, first revealed in The Magellan in the January 2016 issue, is about the love and faith that connects him as an asylum seeker with his new Australian family.
Duc fled Vietnam after attending a Mass at a private house in a village in 2012 which the police raided. His companion was taken away and has not been heard of since.
Have you ever experienced something that becomes more absorbing the more you spend time with it? Maybe it’s a piece of music, a novel, a spot in the park. You could watch that movie a million times. The bible is similar. It was written to be pondered; it is ‘meditation literature’.
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