LIVING MERCY In his morning homily on Tuesday of last week (Feb23) Pope Francis said: “To say and not to do is deception. To be a Christian means to do: to do the will of God. And on the last day, what will the Lord …
LENTEN NOVENA – SERMON 5
MOTHER OF MERCY Fr Gerard McCabe, CSsR I was lucky to have the privilege of being with both of my parents at the moment of their death. I know that they took great consolation in being surrounded by their children and grand-children. But in their …
LENTEN NOVENA – SERMON 3
DISCIPLES OF MERCY Fr Gerard McCabe, CSsR God of Mercy and Compassion The Father Jesus Mercy Mercy Made Flesh Our Response To become disciples of Mercy The image of dropping a pebble in a still pond. How it ripples outwards, onwards and onwards. This is …
LENTEN NOVENA – SERMON 2
Jesus, Mercy “He IS THE ICON OF THE INVISIBLE GOD” (Col 1:15) When my group were postulants — that’s the first two years of religious life as Redemptorists, before you have the one year of novitiate and then take your first, temporary vows — our …
LENTEN NOVENA – SERMON 1
God of Mercy and Compassion “BE MERCIFUL, JUST AS YOUR FATHER IS MERCIFUL” (Luke 6:36) 1 Thandi was young woman from Soweto who was detained during the apartheid era. In prison she was tortured and raped repeatedly. Later, during the TRC hears she told her …