Parents are always deeply conscious of their responsibility to provide for their children, and they never fail to give them the best that life can offer in terms of education, food and entertainment.
When homeschool fathers need inspiration, ask for St. Thomas More’s help, to be like him, “God’s good servant”, offering love and sacrifice for our family.
The faithful need clarity, consistency and conviction. There is a time for silence, but speaking up at this point is pertinent, important and urgent to end the confusion.
Is there any affliction now endured by mankind that was not endured by our fathers before us? What sufferings of ours even bear comparison with what we know of their sufferings?
Mary the maiden from Nazareth was raised to the pinnacle of glory today. The human family joins her in her blessings. She is celebrated by the great English poet as “our tainted nature’s solitary boast.”
Today is August 9, a dark date in the history of mankind. The date when human history changed forever. The date when man’s evil surpassed the evil of Lucifer.
On this Sunday, the readings turn our attention to the problem of hunger and the miracle of the multiplication of five loaves and two fish to feed more than five thousand people.
May we celebrate the gift of our parents today. As St. Anne and Joachim brought forth our mother Mary, the protector of all against the pandemic, let each family be the holy family and let parents and children stand together at this moment of COVID-19 challenge.
The Covid pandemic has radically changed the face of education. Online learning is by far the most compelling alternative which ensures physical distancing and safe learning in a home-based environment. Education is going through a paradigm shift.
On this grim day of sadness, we offer this nation to the protection of the Lord and pray that those who continue to sow seeds of hatred and disunity be “collected in bundles and consigned to the fire of history” as the master in the parable did.
The ancient monument of emperors and sultans promises to be a stage of much self-promotion, with the court decision coming in time for prayers to take place on July 15, the date marking the failed coup attempt.
