Category: Religion
Getting closer to Holy Easter
The Church is marking in its calendar this time of the year as an opportunity to come back to God, through a period of self denial, sacrifice, penance, prayer and commitment to God. Lent as we are in now is a special time of repentance, marked by the Holy Scriptures as a time of fasting [...]
Christians to mark Ash Wednesday
Thousands of Christians will converge in churches around the country to mark Ash Wednesday today, the first day of Lent which marks the 40 days of fasting before Easter for members of the Catholic denomination. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of [...]
Church out to make a difference
Corporate partners and supporters of the of the Christian Mission Fellowship International’s (CMFI) charity arm Global Compassion gathered at the World Harvest Centre to open a brand new warehouse yesterday. The warehouse is expected to house thousands of dollars worth of supplies for the destitute and needy in Fiji and around the world. Chief guest [...]
Make the New Year Happy
A new year has arrived and we have the opportunity once more to take stock of our lives and our marriages and see what we might do differently or better this year. Rather than set the same old goals that too often result in disappointment, let me make a few suggestions on how to approach [...]
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and A blessed New Year
Since about 400 AD, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus. ‘Christ’ means ‘Messiah’ or ‘Anointed One’ – the title given to Jesus – and ‘Mass’ was a religious festival. In the West today, the real meaning of Christmas is often forgotten. It has become a non-religious holiday! More children believe in Father Christmas than [...]
PCC concerned at increasing church groups in Fiji
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has expressed concern at the increasing numbers of new church groups in Fiji. General Secretary – Fei’loa-ki-tau Tevi says many Christian beliefs are coming up and are causing disturbances to the people’s way of life. Tevi told FBC News – the different teachings are causing people to drift away [...]
Belief, prayer the heart of a miracle
SHE received the “miracle” that allowed Mary MacKillop to be made a saint – now NSW woman Kathleen Evans is going to meet the Pope. In recent months Mrs Evans has been on a private speaking tour of regional NSW, telling the faithful how her cancer vanished, close friend Colleen Barnett said yesterday. Ms Barnett [...]
Mary MacKillop – Inspiration for every Australian
NEXT Sunday the Pope will declare an Aussie girl a saint – our first. Mary Helen MacKillop means a lot to me. My first teacher, Sister Paul Michael, was a Josephite sister at St Therese Lakemba. I have long loved MacKillop’s story and often pray at her shrine in North Sydney. I was privileged to [...]
Plan of Life
For most of us, the first thing we must do is to work — to have a roof over our head, bread in our mouth, – for ourselves and for those who are dependent on us. Work chosen and loved by a few, accepted and hated by most. Then there is the joy we give [...]
Stormers dominate Waratahs to win
A moment of individual brilliance by Western Stormers centre Juan de Jongh put his team on the way to their first Super 14 southern hemisphere championship final when they beat New South Wales Waratahs 25-6 at Newlands Saturday. The Stormers set up an all-South African final and will meet Northern Bulls who beat Canterbury Crusaders [...]
What is Goodness?
The question will be asked, “What is goodness? What does our moral nature mean?” My answer is that when a man begins to have an extended vision of his self, when he realizes that he is much more than at present he seems to be, he begins to get conscious of his moral nature. Then [...]
How about Turning a Negative into a Positive
If you read The No Complaining Rule, you know it’s a fable about a woman named Hope who has a lot to complain about in her life. Her company is struggling, she’s having problems at home and she has to go to the hospital to get some tests done. It’s at the hospital where she [...]
‘Noah’s Ark’ discovered on Turkish mountain
A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers believe they may have found Noah’s Ark about 4,000 metres up a mountain in Turkey. The team say they recovered wooden specimens from a structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating proved was 4,800 years old, around the same time the ark is said [...]
Jani lived 70 years without food and water
A TEAM of military doctors backed by India’s national defense research centre is studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent seven decades surviving without food or water. The long-haired and bearded yogi, Prahlad Jani, has been sealed in a hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad where he is under 24-hour observation [...]
Lote Tuqiri in for Kangaroos test spot
WE can reveal that in-form Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri is firmly in the frame to take Jarryd Hayne’s spot in Australia’s Anzac Test team to be chosen this weekend. Tuqiri – just seven games back in the NRL – is locked in a three-way battle with Hayne and St George Illawarra’s Brett Morris for the [...]
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