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Forgive and be forgiven - the path to health: This Sunday's gospel
Posted by Br Kieran Fenn on 16 February 2012 | 0 Comments7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 2:1-12. This passage is a healing miracle wrapped around a controversy story concerning Jesus’ (and the church’s) authority to forgive sin.
Forgiveness of sin paves the way for recovery of health. The reaction of the scribes is the very human one of seeing that on human lips a declaration of forgiveness is blasphemous, while to command a paralysed man to get up and walk is ridiculous, since it lies beyond human capacity to make each command effective. For Jesus who calls on the power of his Abba, both are possible.
Outcasts no longer are now included - Sunday's gospel
Posted by Br Kieran Fenn on 10 February 2012 | 0 Comments6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 1:40-45: Again we see Jesus confronting the ‘uncleanness’ associated with demonic control of human life.
This ‘leprosy’ (any skin infection rather than our understanding of Hansen’s disease) was the one illness regarded as punishment from God with extreme social and religious exclusion as prescribed. Yet this leper approaches Jesus in defiance of all the barriers placed against his action. The power to heal leprosy belongs to God alone, and the only issue is whether Jesus ‘wants to’. Again we see the flow of healing is from Jesus to the unfortunate leper, and not infection flowing in the opposite direction.
This Sunday's Gospel
Posted by Brother Kieran on 1 February 2012 | 0 CommentsSunday 5 in Ordinary Time - the Reign of God breaks into history with the healing Jesus brings...Mark 1:29-39
Marist Lay Matters - Champagnat Partnership
Posted by Alan Parker on 20 February 2011 | 0 Comments
Greetings to all MLM readers. Happy New year, even if a little belated. This first publication has just two parts, some unfinished business from last year and a promotion of a forthcoming event. There is much to include with so much happening over the past three months but we will keep to our promise of no more than two pages of material as much as possible.
Vocation? Life choices?
Posted by Br Kev Dobbyn fms on 14 January 2011 | 0 CommentsThe beginning of any year and the three-quarter mark seem to be points when people think of making a new start, changing jobs or thinking about starting one, or the course of studies they'll take up, which may well influence career choice. A friend of mine has made the law her career and it is also her vocation. Listening to her talk of what she does for young offenders convinces me that the law is her vocation also. Vocation (with its Latin root in call) is somethiing more than a career.
a brother: prophetic servant to the people
Posted by Br Nevil Bingley fms on 11 January 2011 | 0 CommentsRecently Br Emili Turú (our Superior General) gave an address to Instituto Teológico de Vida Religiosa in Madrid in December 2010. To me it contained the essence of being a Lay Religious Brother so I have spent some time with it. It can be accessed on the Marist Rome website, www.champagnat.org/en/index.php . I wish to make a few comments/reflections on this excellent document.
Welcome
Posted by Br David McDonald on 15 December 2010 | 0 CommentsKia ora. Nau mai! Haere mai! Welcome to our new Champagnat Marists NZ website.
Champagnat Marists Blog
Posted by Mike on 25 September 2010 | 7 CommentsHi everyone and thanks for your posts. The site is still under construction and we hope to have it live soon so hold tight & there will definitely be more content coming soon.