SCBRC Secretariate
The Secretariat of Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Regional Conference (SCBRC) is a consortium of eight Dioceses: Archdiocese of Juba and the Diocese of Malakal, Rumbek, Wau, Yei, Tombura/Yambio, Torit and Nuba Mountains/El Obeid. The Secretariat was established in 1997 and operates from its premises in Nairobi and Juba. SCBRC coordinates Justice and Peace, Communications, Education/ Scholarships, Pastoral and Development activities of the eight dioceses mentioned above.
South Sudan's Challenge
Thursday, May 6, 2021
6th Sunday of Easter
Thursday, April 29, 2021
An Honorable Defeat
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
5th Sunday of Easter
Saturday, April 17, 2021
The Non-Violence of God
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
2nd Sunday of Easter (B)
Living beyond our Crucifixions
Saturday, April 3, 2021
The Cross as Revealing the True Cost of Life
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Against Lying
Monday, March 29, 2021
Easter Sunday
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Palm Sunday (B)
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The Agony in the Garden
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Agaainst an Eternal Horizon
4th Sunday of Lent (B)
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
3rd Sunday of Lent (B)
The Power of Powerlessness
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
2nd Sunday in Lent (B)
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Beyond Criticism and Anger
BEYOND CRITICISM AND ANGER – THE INVITATION TO A DEEPER EMPATHY
Beyond anger, beyond indignation, and beyond justified criticism of all that’s dishonest and unjust, lies an invitation to a deeper empathy. This invitation doesn’t ask us to be stop being prophetic in the face of what’s wrong, but it asks us to be prophetic in a deeper way. A prophet, as Daniel Berrigan so often said, makes a vow of love not of alienation.
But that’s not easy to do. In the face of injustice, dishonesty, and willful blindness, all of our natural instincts militate against empathy. We should feel anger and indignation in the face of what’s wrong. It’s understandable too that we might also feel some hateful, judgmental, thoughts towards those whom we deem responsible. But that’s a beginning but it’s not where we’re meant to stay. We’re called to move towards something deeper, namely, an empathy which previously we did not access.
At the truly bitter moments of our lives, when we’re feeling overwhelmed by feelings of misunderstanding, slight, injustice, and rightful indignation and we’re staring across at those whom we deem responsible, anger and hatred will naturally arise within us. It’s okay to dwell with them for a time, but after a time we need to move on.
The challenge then is to ask ourselves: How do I love now, given all this hatred? What does love call me to now in this bitter situation? Where can I now find a common thread that can keep me in family with those at whom I’m angry? How do I reach through, reach through the space that now leaves me separated by my own justified feelings of anger? And, perhaps most important of all: “From where can I now find the strength to not give into hatred and self-serving indignation?
While not denying what’s wrong, nor denying the need to be prophetic in the face of all that’s wrong, empathy still calls us to a post-anger, a post-indignation, and a post-hatred. Jesus modeled that for us and today it’s singularly the most needed thing in our society, our churches, and our families.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Feast of the Holy Child
Short Reflection for the Feast of Sto. Nino (Feast in the Philippines)
Readings: Isaiah 9: 1-6; Ephesians 1: 3-6; Mark 10: 13-16
Selected Passage: “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belong the kingdom of God. Truly, I said to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” (Mark 10: 13-14)
Reflection: The call of the gospel today is to accept the kingdom of God with child-like spirit. To them, belongs the Kingdom. The characteristics of being child-like are the following: TRUST, NO MALICE, and NO SELF-INTEREST. We believe in Jesus with child-like TRUST. And the Feast of Sto. Nino invites us to this child-like attitude in our following of Jesus. Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com
DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD...
Dhikr is an Arabic word for remembrance. In the “tariqa” (the way) movement, dhikr developed into a form of prayer… It is a prayer of the heart… following three simple steps:
1. Write in one’s heart a certain passage of the Holy Writ…
2. Make the same passage ever present in one’s lips.
3. Then wait for God’s disclosure on the meaning of the passage…that interprets one’s life NOW…!
It takes a week of remembering (dhikr)…or even more days to relish the beauty of this method…