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  • Palm Sunday: The Sunday of the Passion – 13 April 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,As we celebrate the joy of Palm Sunday this weekend we also hold the tension of the Passion of our Lord Jesus as our main reading for Sunday.…

  • Fourth Sunday in lent, 30 March 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Sunday’s Gospel reading is the story known to us as “The Prodigal Son”. The brief meaning of “prodigal” is “wasteful, extravagant”.In this parable, the chosen lifestyle of the…

  • Transfiguration Sunday, 2 March 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,On Sunday, after our Service, we shall be holding our annual Family Meeting, which we more formally call our “Vestry”. This is a special opportunity to reflect on…

  • Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, 23 February 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,How have you been coping with the rain? I confess that the beauty of a greening JHB nourishes my soul as the gentle wetness mutes the brash noise…

  • Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, 16 February 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,It’s not always easy to curb our more negative or reactive attitudes. But Jesus invites us into a more wholesome way of be-ing through his Beattitudes (as per…

  • Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 9 February 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,It is so easy to be overwhelmed with worry as so much US Aid is being withdrawn from SA. Added to this, apparently, some USA billionaires are also…

  • Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, 2 February 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,There’s something about a baby’s contented gurgle and the brightness of a child’s laughter that has the power to light up our lives and for a moment to…

  • Third Sunday after the Epiphany, 26 January 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, our Gospel Reading for Sunday has this wonderful quote from Isaiah about “…proclaiming good news to the poor..”. My sense is that in some or other form,…

  • Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 19 January 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, on Sunday, as we savour the story of Jesus turning water into wine, I wonder how many of us are even aware of his presence in our…

  • First Sunday after the Epiphany 12 January 2025

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans,In our COLLECT for Sunday, we have these amazing words: “liberating the future from the past”. On one level, does this not contradict God’s injunction to Jews and…