WOMEN AND MYSTICISM
Mary anoints Jesus’ feet at Bethany (John 12:1–8). The scene is part of a series which represents passages of women with a prominent role in the Scripture. The decorations are placed around the sides of the Tabernacle in the Chapel of Meditation at the University of Mystics in Avila, Spain. Mary listens to and manifests her love for Jesus. Contemplation becomes the mesh in which her Spirit-led actions find their meaning and support.
MISSION IS FUN
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BY Fr Konrad Nefzger | MCCJ
THERE WAS an old tradition at Maria Trost that after lunch the Fathers and Brothers would pay a short visit to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament before recreation. One day, as they were on their way to church, the sacristy door opened and the little collection bag appeared, together with a long stick, and eventually Sr Anastasia appeared, holding the bag with a firm grip. “Now what?” was their first reaction, because neither the Fathers nor the Brothers were used to putting something into the collection, not even on Sundays and certainly not during the week. But, as it turned out, Sister had already taken the collection. And now, she emptied the bag, but out of it came, not money, but a frog, followed by a stern command: “Hamba, wena!”
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August 9 – SA National Women’s Day 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 12 – International Youth Day 19 – World Humanitarian Day 20 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 21 – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism 22 – International Day in Honour of the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 31 – International Day for People of African Descent September 1 – Beginning of the Season of Creation 5 – International Day of Charity 7 – International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 7 – International Literacy Day 12 – International Day for South-South Cooperation 15 – International Day of Democracy 18 – International Equal Pay Day 21 – International Day of Peace 23 – International Day of Sign Languages 24 – SA Heritage Day 26 – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 27 – World Tourism Day 28 – World Tourism Day 29 – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste |
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