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Church Inclusive: Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, 9 July 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Apparently, there is an Afghani idiom which says: “you are not a man [woman] until you give your love, truly and freely, to a child. And you…
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Church Inclusive: Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, 2 July 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans The calls made upon our compassion continues to feel stretched and over-stretched. More recently we’ve been faced once more with floods and a tornado in KZN, the…
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Church Inclusive: Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, 25 June 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Since the onset of Covid, there are certain words which have been come to the fore in trying to name what we are going through societally and…
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Church Inclusive: Third Sunday After Pentecost,18 June 2023
Dearly beloved Franciscans, it’s such an inspiration to celebrate children and youth this month opening ourselves up to fresh perspectives and ways of being in the world. What a gift…
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Church Inclusive: Second Sunday After Pentecost,11 June 2023
In so many ways our westernized society has “lost” so many significant rites of passage. Blessedly, we do still have one or 2 rites (e.g. 21st Birthday’s) when we can…
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Church Inclusive: Trinity Sunday, 4 June 2023
Dearly beloved Franciscans, Trinity Sunday is often looked upon with dread by Christian preachers. We don’t/can’t understand this mystery with our minds and maybe this is part of the point.…
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Church Inclusive: Pentecost Sunday, 28 May 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Pentecost is in many ways quite a dramatic feast in our liturgical calendar, not only because of the red vestments (p.s. you may like to wear something red on…
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Church Inclusive: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, 21 May 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans The Easter Candle stand is “empty” of the candle on the first Sunday after Ascension Day. This symbolizes a time of anticipatory waiting and spacious availability for…
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Church Inclusive: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 14 May 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Many neuro-scientists agree that all genders have an innate impulse to care for and help those who are suffering. Surely then it would be natural to assume…
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Church Inclusive: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, 7 May 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans and Visitors Macrina Wiederkehr (Benedictine nun) wrote a prayer which usually catches us by surprise because of our tendency towards self-condemnation: “Lord, help me to believe the…