Peter asked Jesus how often he ought to forgive his brother, but he answered his own question by suggesting that he should forgive seven times. According to Rabbinio tradition a man must forgive his brother three times. So Peter thought he was going very far by suggesting seven times with eager self-satisfaction that it would […]
In the previous episode, the missionary and his companions flew into Lafon with nerves jangling, hoping to find out what had happened to Father Joseph while trying not to make matters worse. They were met by armed soldiers and Commander William Nyoun, but Bishop Paride calmly softened the tension with warmth, stories and quiet wisdom. […]
Because of a slight difference in the text, some people see this passage as dealing with the duty of one member of the community to correct another who has done something wrong, others see it as dealing with the problem of making peace between two people, when one has done wrong to the other. It […]
The following is the Homily given by Fr. Fred Franklin during the Eucharistic Celebration on the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. There’s a very tenuous personal link between John, myself and our Founder Herbert Vauighan. When we came to St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill, in September 1962, it was the custom for […]
As the month of September begins, Pope Leo XIV is inviting everyone around the world to pray for the just and sustainable management of water, recognising it as a vital resource and a basic need for every human person. In many parts of the world, our brothers and sisters have little or no reliable access […]
The apostles had already expressed their faith in Jesus as the Messiah when he asked them who they believed him to be. Because people were waiting for a Messiah who would overthrow the Romans, Jesus warned them not to tell people that he was the Messiah, because they would want to make him the centre […]
This is a video of a recently well done released Australian documentary about the Sisters of Charity here in New York. Their headquarters is in the parish of St Margaret of Cortona in Riverdale; this was my first parish where I served for three years as a Parochial Vicar. Willem Klaver The Sisters of Charity […]
Last year, during the 25th anniversary of Fr. John Kaiser’s death, the Catholic Diocese of Ngong reprinted his book, If I Die, as a way of preserving his witness and continuing his call for truth and justice. In dedicating the reprint, Rt. Rev. John Oballa Owaa, Bishop of Ngong, said: “In honour of Fr Kaiser’s […]
Jesus and his disciples are about 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee and on the eastern side of the Jordan. Caesarea Philippi was then a new town. It was built by Philip, the Tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis, at the time our Lord was still a boy. It was named both after Philip […]
In the spirit of strengthening Lay Apostolic Movements in the Catholic Diocese of Lugazi, Uganda, our parish, which providentially is the first parish in the diocese under the patronage of St. Jude Thaddeus, was designated by the Local Ordinary as the Diocesan Centre for St. Jude Devotion. This was announced by the Vicar General, Monsignor […]
Tyre and Sidon were two cities on the coast in the south of the country called Phoenicia. The word Canaanite stresses the paganism of the woman, because the Canaanite were the ancient pagan inhabitants of Palestine, from whom the Israelites conquered the land, and who were the main enemies of the Jews and their religion. […]
On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we pray for the Mill Hill Missionaries in the Dutch Region who are celebrating their Jubilees.
