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"The God who created you without your cooperation, cannot save you without your cooperation."   -  St. Augustine

 

The Augustinian

 

 

In this Issue:

  

Message from the Parish Priest

     

    

Ash Wednesday

     

    

The Season of Lent

     

    

 

Colours and Symbols of Lent

     

    

The Journey of Lent

     

    

  

Reflections on Lent

     

    

 

Reflections on the Sunday Readings

     

    

 

Why do we fast, abstain from meat during Lent?

     

    

Message of Pope

     

    

Major Feasts in February

     

    

Church Services

    

    

    

 

 

  

 

MONTHLY NEWSBULLETIN OF St. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, SOWETO

 

 

Issue No. 2                                                               February 2008

 

 

In this Issue:

  

Message from the Parish Priest

  

Ash Wednesday

  

The Season of Lent

  

Colours and Symbols of Lent

  

The Journey of Lent

  

Reflections on Lent

  

Reflections on the Sunday Readings

 

  

  

  

4th Ordinary Sunday

1st Sunday of Lent

2nd  Sunday of Lent

3rd  Sunday of Lent

  

  

Why do we fast, abstain from meat during Lent?

  

Message of Pope

  

Major Feasts in February

  

Church Services

    

    

 

 

    

    

    

Message from the Parish Priest…

    

Dearly beloved in Christ,

 

Shortly we will be entering into the season of Lent, in preparation for the great feast of Easter. Hence, this issue of the augustinian will highlight the importance of the season as well of the significance of the Lenten practices.

 

Die vastyd is aan ons verleen om die nodige veranderings in ons lewens in te bring. Dit is baie dringend dat ons nou in hierdie seisoen meer aandag toon aan ons persoonlike lewens, en ons gedrag, gesindheid en benadering in oënskou neem, sodat ons in aanraking kan kom met ons innerlike persoon. ‘n Verandering is onontbeerlik. Gedurende die vastyd besef ons die geleenthede wat die Here aan ons elke dag skenk om in Sy weë te wandel. Hl. Paulus moedig ons aan: Laat julle lewenswandel in ooreenstemming wees met die roeping wat julle van God ontvang het. Wees altyd beskeie, vriendelik en geduldig, en verdra mekaar in liefde. Die vasberadenheid om te volhard in die uitoefening van ons geloof, gee vir ons die moed en krag om sukses te behaal in al wat ons doen.

    

LENT IS A SEASON OF GRACE! Let us harness all the powers of soul and intellect to grow in the grace of God. LENT IS A SEASON OF DYING AND RISING! Dying to our old selves and Rising to the NEW MAN that Christ makes us!

    

With kind regards

    

From your Parish Priest

Fr. Joseph KUNJAPARAMBIL msfs

 

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A S H       W E D N E S D A Y

    

Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshippers’ heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin.  Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian.

 

In the early church, ashes were not offered to everyone but were only used to mark the forehead of worshippers who had made public confession of sin and sought to be restored to the fellowship of the community at the Easter celebration. However, over the years others began to show their humility and identification with the penitents by asking that they, too, be marked as sinners. Finally, the imposition of ashes was extended to the whole congregation in services similar to those that are now observed in many Christian churches on Ash Wednesday. Ashes became symbolic of that attitude of penitence reflected in the Lord’s prayer: “forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us” (Luke 11:4).

 

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